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　　Our Director, Partner Development, will be responsible for building & executing our partner recruitment strategy. This senior leader will manage a team of Partner Development Managers to activate productive recruited partners.

　　 Objective

　　Grow net new customer acquisition and usage through building productive partners via executive commitment, GTM planning, practice development, sales execution & customer success

　　Assist partners with attaining partner program competency in mutually agreed upon partner programs and pathways

　　Drive targeted customers prospects and pipeline through demand generation activities

　　Ensure partner and customer satisfaction through coordinating appropriate Appian resources and developing strong Appian platform implementation services capabilities

　　 Team Accountability Execute partner profiling and prospecting strategy

　　Develop and activate new Appian partners focused on platform & solution sales

　　Engage with a defined partner portfolio to build productive partners

　　Maximize partner revenue generation through pipeline management, planning, sales

　　alignment, and practice development

　　Utilize a business planning approach to develop partners, strengthen relationships, and drive partner commitment to Appian

　　 Team Metrics # of Recruited and Activated Partners

　　# of Productive Partners

　　# of Sales Accreditations

　　# of Deployment Certifications

　　# of New Customers Acquired

　　# of Pipeline and Closed Deals

　　 Qualifications Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Computer Science or Business

　　Minimum 10+ years partner/channel software sales & partner development experience

　　Demonstrated business development success and the construction of resell and services "practices" around specific software products

　　Working knowledge of business process automation and how partners monetize their respective business across multiple business models

　　Working knowledge of solution selling methodology and practice

　　Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills

　　Confident, competitive, thorough, and tenacious attitude

　　Able to work independently, but within a team environment

　　Ability to travel up to 50%

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