Strategic Partner Mgmt Specialist

Career Level : 9

JOB SUMMARY

The candidate to work closely with all internal stakeholders on Cisco Program Management Role service offerings, to establish relationships and understand various levels of complex requirements for Cisco partnership program to help Accentuate Cisco County leads and Partner Development Directors ’s. Coach and support other resources with the team to achieve their goals. Become subject matter expert and driver of specific program initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for managing, developing, and growing Cisco partner program engagement, working through leadership and stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of complex compliance requirements for various levels of partnership.
• Collate and drive Cisco Partner Channel Certification effort.
• Maintains a network with respective Cisco Partner POCs and support teams, to maintain various partner level status effectively.
• Designs and execute Cisco Partner certifications´ training plans.
• Identify risks to Accenture Cisco Country leads and propose action plans to mitigate the same
• Able to work under pressure and to tight timescales, with minimal supervision.
• Cisco Partner Program Enrolments and Recertification follow-up - tracking and compliance.
• Effective tracking in Budget utilization and be vigilant in any non-compliance to be highlighted to Accenture Cisco Country leads.
• Cisco Partner Program - connect with POCs/Country Leads/PDD’s - for tracking, follow-up, and compliance.
• Maintaining a consolidated Dashboard and MMS reports.
• Through understanding of various Cisco certifications and products, services are must for driving Partner program effort.
• Accountable to attend regular calls with stakeholder/leads/ 3rd party vendors.
• Experience in managing a technical certification program end to end is required to make a difference in the role

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related technical field

PREFFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven track record of supporting global client or internal stakeholders in variety of scoping, planning, execution, and monitoring activities.
• Experience of working across multiple geographic borders and time zones.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of Cisco’s programs and certifications is preferred.
• Experience in technical Program management.
• Experience in managing external Audits.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Outstanding spoken and written communication skills: able to deal confidently, tactfully, and appropriately with people of different disciplines and at all levels of the organization.
• Able to build strong relationships with multiple global stakeholders quickly via virtual tools; listen, understand, and respond to any concerns.
• Comfortable working within a large and complex environment with multiple stakeholders and interest groups.
• Ability to motivate and influence others to achieve results.
• Ability to manage a matrix environment.
• Very good in program and project management tasks.
• Strategic planning abilities.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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