FinTech, Enterprise Software, Banking Technology

Regional Partner & Alliances Director

New York, NYHybridFull TimeDirectorPosted 15 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Partner Ecosystem
Alliances
Revenue Growth
North America
Financial Services
Digital Banking
Enterprise Software
SaaS
Consulting Services
Sales

Nice to have

Backbase Marketplace
Product Partnerships
Reselling Agreements
Legacy Banking Platforms
Transforming Platforms
Matrix Organization

Role summary

The Regional Partner & Alliances Director will lead the Backbase partner ecosystem across North America, focusing on accelerating license and cloud service revenue growth. This role involves guiding a high-performing team, expanding partner capabilities to meet Financial Service customer needs, and building shared visions with partners. Key responsibilities include managing alliances with Advisors, System Integrators, Hyperscalers, and ISVs, cultivating C-level relationships, and driving go-to-market strategies. The position requires strong people management skills, including hiring, coaching, and performance management, as well as expertise in enterprise software sales, consulting services, SaaS business models, and digital banking technology. The role demands a data-driven approach to decision-making and financial justification for go-to-market strategies.

***Other locations within America considered***

Meet the job:

As a member of the Global Partner Business team, you will be responsible for the Backbase partner ecosystem throughout North America. Your challenge is delivering accelerated license and cloud service revenue growth, guiding a high-performing team, and expanding partner capabilities that will meet the goals of Financial Service customers.

Success in this position requires you to build a shared vision and plan with these partner relationships, drive adoption of partner and sales programs, attain field goals and track progress while driving accountability to achieve those goals.

You will work closely with the Sales, Marketing and Customer Success leadership. Expectations include providing leadership and management to a diverse regional partner team including hiring, coaching, mentorship, and performance management.

Key responsibilities:

This role works with Advisor, System Integrator, Hyperscaler, and ISV alliances to drive new mutual revenue and add value to customers. This role does not cover product partnerships or re-selling agreements of ISVs embedded in our solution, which are handled by a different team (Backbase Marketplace).

Articulate a disruptive vision to the C level within a partner. Lead partners through their transformation enabled by a services practice around Backbase;

Work within a matrix organization and establishing solid relationships across all functions;

Cultivate net new relationships with strategic local and global partners at CxO level specifically in the region;

Understanding of the value of digital banking and its technological landscape;

Provide leadership and strategy with internal cross-functional stakeholders to create synergies with sales, marketing, partner enablement, and customer success;

Build and manage a diverse team of (Senior) Partner Managers across the region that works to scale partner-sourced opportunities and grow through partner services;

Manage business territory plans with our partner ecosystem and deliver against joint targets;

Define core constructs for managing the team including role definition, team KPIs/OKRs, hiring / capacity planning, joint business planning and compensation planning;

Ensure customer success with partners in program delivery;

Evangelize internally and externally the partner model (co-sell, re-sell, etc.) and joint go-to-market;

Ensure balanced partner coverage in the region. Build, cultivate and maintain C level and senior partner relationships to develop and implement strategies for expanding their Backbase business and practice;

Be a data-driven decision and deal maker at C level. Highly capable of building financial justification and operating models for go-to market across strategic routes to market; from strategy to implementation consulting and from Cloud players to ISVs;

Able and available for frequent travel.

How about you?

You have experience in scaling a business through a high caliber and quality partner ecosystem.

Business, product and industry knowledge required:

Background in Consulting Services, Enterprise software Sales, and/or Partnerships serving US Banks;

Experience partnering with advisors, technology companies, consulting firms & (G)SIs that build solutions and develop offerings that transform legacy banking platforms and systems;

Knowledge of partner (Advisor, Consulting, Technology & GSI) business models with a strong focus and understanding of SaaS;

Strong understanding of the value of digital banking and its technological landscape;

Background in enterprise software would be useful;

Experience setting up, building, or transforming a Partnerships & Alliances function, initiative, or program in a complex and evolving business environment.

Able and available for frequent travel.

Backbase has an innovative, team oriented ‘can do’ culture. We offer a flexible, informal and exciting environment. This is a great opportunity to join the market leader in engagement banking platforms.

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