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The Global Partner Solutions team mission is to: build and sell intelligent cloud and intelligent edge solutions with partners, empowering people and organizations to achieve more.

GPS is a sales organization accountable for the commercial partner business at Microsoft.

Building on the GPS mission, The Surface Partner Development Manager (PDM) role in GPS organization is at the forefront of bringing Surface and the Modern Workplace to the Channel.

The PDM is a business development role responsible for managing select Surface partners (distributors) and is accountable for the performance of these partners. The PDM is responsible for helping partners build comprehensive business plans to drive sales and deployment of the complete Surface portfolio. The PDM is accountable for revenue attainment (Sell-In and Sell-Through) and quota achievement. The partner’s performance is measured against business objectives and revenue goals established in the partner business plan developed as part of the joint fiscal year business planning led by Surface PDM Manager. The role requires hardware sales and channel experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enable and grow Managed Partners (Distis) for Surface
• Develop reseller partner recruitment plan
• Develop partner business plans through joint planning to target new buyers and new influencers, along with sales target setting
• Manage plan through to success and meet joint business goals, revenue, unit & accessories targets
• Exceed revenue quota goals by delivering Surface revenue growth across managed partner portfolio
• Ensure partner readiness by developing a plan to build partner marketing, sales, integration and support capabilities
• Support partners ability to engage every customer on Surface scenarios
• Utilize field insight, data and case studies to support partners for Surface
• Conduct monthly and quarterly business reviews with managed partners to understand sales blockers and discuss plans to overcome them
• Establish high partner satisfaction by earning a "trusted advisor" status with senior executives down to the field rep level, driving positive outcome against Conditions of Satisfaction, and influencing partner business strategy & planning

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of related experience
• Hardware (e.g., PC, data storage, networking, etc) commercial sales experience
• Strong distributor partner experience
• Strong relationship building and negotiation skills
• Strong communication skills

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