PwC: Strategic alliance sales director cre: salesforce

Job Description A career in Sales and Marketing, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to focus on positioning a distinctive PwC brand in the marketplace and drive long term revenue growth for the Firm.

You’ll focus on designing, developing, and implementing communication programmes and media events to promote and sell the PwC’s brand and services as well as contribute to and evaluating our pricing strategies in the marketplace.

Our Business Development team supports PwC and its clients by developing sales strategies, executing tactics, and securing the resources required to close sales opportunities.

As part of the team, you’ll be managing sales pursuits and the sales pipeline, helping the account team in identifying, qualifying and closing sales leads, and coordinating the utilisation of all account management methodology and business development tools.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service.

To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework.

It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: * Arrange appropriate assignments and experiences to support others’ learning and development.

* Seek out different ways to use current and relevant technological advances.

* Analyse marketplace trends economical, social, cultural, technological to identify opportunities and create value propositions.

* Deploy methods to keep up with, and stay ahead of, new developments and ideas.

* Offer a global perspective in stakeholder discussions and when shaping solutions/recommendations.

* Drive and take ownership for developing networks that help deliver what is best for stakeholders.

* Proactively manage stakeholders to create positive outcomes for all parties.

* Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences : Basic Qualifications : Minimum Degree Required : General Education Development (GED) Minimum Years of Experience : 8 year(s) Preferred Qualifications : Degree Preferred : Bachelor Degree Preferred Fields of Study : Business Administration/Management, Marketing, Economics, Computer and Information Science Additional Educational Preferences : Other business related fields of study may be considered.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills : Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts including: * Exhibiting extensive knowledge of professional services selling and the ability to build and sustain long term relations with Technology Alliances and clients to drive revenue; * Showcasing success in an individual contributor sales role for a professional services and or technology solution organization; * Understanding of the structure, key issues, language, and environment of one or more industry/sector groups with an ability to discuss and explain current and emerging issues within one or more industry sectors, including services and technology applicable to those needs and effectively engage with executive level clients and with technology-focused PwC resources; * Utilizing extensive experience and demonstrating effectiveness and success across sales competencies; * Demonstrating complex Alliance management and team selling; * Initiating sales calls and contacts; pursuing prospects to secure meetings; winning referrals and exploring sales opportunities; * Soliciting information from Alliances and clients to effectively qualify and scope opportunities; * Playing an active role in discussing and developing solutions with client teams and clients; * Understanding client business issues and matching them to service capabilities/revenue opportunities; * Leading and coaching complex sales processes through effective targeting of buyers and influencers; * Overcoming objections and obstacles to win the business, develop and execute a targeted relationship and account development strategy; * Utilizing sales cycle methodology, account, and relationship development methodology; * Demonstrating relationship effectiveness, including the ability to establish and develop long-term Alliance, PwC Account Team, and client relationships; * Effectively representing both Alliance and client needs to establish appropriate solutions are brought to the client; * Building trust with the Alliance; * Successfully navigating a complex internal organization consisting of dozens of distinct capabilities and practices; * Thriving in a