Sales

Sales and Partner Enablement, Senior Manager

60 london wall, London

Back to vacancy overview Share vacancy Last updated: 19-12-2022

Your role

The EMEA Sales and Partner Enablement lead will be responsible for providing innovative and technical direction in enabling our sellers and partner ecosystem in support of our corporate goals and objectives.

The successful candidate will be involved with in-house enablement programs intended to raise efficiency and overall productivity of the Global Sales organization. S/he will also manage the global Partner Enablement program to drive our Partner’s sales success and expand Digital Realty opportunities.

Reporting to the Senior Director of EMEA Sales Operations, this role requires the individual to collaborate with stakeholders in Channel and Enterprise Sales, Marketing, Product, Training, Operations, and other cross-functional teams. S/He will conduct needs analyses and develop resources to address gaps and opportunities for improvement.

The ideal candidate for this position will be someone currently in a Partner and/or Sales Enablement leadership role who is looking to broaden the impact of their expertise and enjoys the excitement and challenges of equipping a sales team with resources to excel.

What you’ll need

Partner Enablement

Establish consistent communication with our EMEA and Global Channel Sales and Sales Leadership; gather feedback to uncover opportunities to best support the sales process and sales objectives
Execute Partner Enablement programs including communications, scheduling, measurement, and reporting against the agreed business metrics
Maintain sales enablement resources and content repositories for ease of access and use by the Channel Partners
Provide regular updates to regional channel management on the status of each partner’s enablement and detail the achievements against the agreed business metrics
Identify areas where additional Partner learning and reinforcement are required
Onboarding of new Channel Partners

Sales Enablement

Collaborate with the Global Sales Enablement team to develop sales guides, competitive fact sheets, and other compelling sales enablement assets to support teams and help advance deals
Partner with the Sales Management leadership team to monitor performance of new sales representatives within their first 90 days, identify “at risk” or underperforming reps and work with Sales Management to develop solutions to improve their performance
Track and analyze enablement effectiveness to determine readiness and prioritize resources
Coach sales team on best use of marketing and sales enablement materials, positioning, value proposition, audience, etc.
Work with Marketing to manage customer advocacy programs focused on creating case studies and other customer content resources to improve Sales’ ability to build brand awareness and personal credibility with their customer base
Work with Training & Development to identify, create, and update training curriculum modules and materials to improve education processes for new and tenured sales reps
Supplement the formal New Hire Training Program with Sales Enablement programs for a holistic approach to the onboarding experience

Your Strength's

Program management experience
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong professional relationships at all levels
Demonstrated ability workingCo in global teams, building global programs
Demonstrated ability to partner/work cross-functionally with product, marketing, and finance teams, to create impact
Demonstrated strategic planning skills, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
Excellent communication skills, with experience dealing at senior/executive level
Proven success as mentor/coach to young sales professional
Self-starter, high-energy, with ability to execute on business objectives
Ability to multitask, change priorities rapidly and work under pressure
Excellent organizational skill

A bit about us

Interxion: A Digital Realty Company, is a leading provider of carrier- and cloudneutral data centre services across EMEA. With more than 700 connectivity providers in over 100 data centres across 13 European countries, we are at the heart of the internet – powering finance, communication, healthcare, creativity, entertainment, life. As part of Digital Realty, our customers now have access to 49 metros across six continents. We’ve 2,800+ colleagues around the world who work together, come up with life-changing solutions and create connections that matter every day

A bit about our sales team

Our Sales team is at the sharp end of our business, securing new customers from network and cloud service providers through to all kinds of major global and regional enterprises and local businesses. We help identify the objectives of our customers and enable them to succeed by combining our strategic knowledge of the industry, technical knowledge of our global data center platform, PlatformDIGITAL®, with our ability to develop strong partnerships.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future