Director, Global Partnerships & Channels

Company Description
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today - ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
What you get to do in this role:

• Lead and grow our go-to-market partnership with strategic partners in Japan
• Manage a team of Partner Account Managers
• Increase ServiceNow's Annual Contract Value (ACV) influenced by the strategic partners
• Manage key partnership areas with strategic partners namely - strategy development, stakeholder engagement plans, joint offerings, tactical execution and alignment of go-to-market functions
• Be ServiceNow's advocate for strategic partner differentiated offerings and value
• Facilitate and co-ordinate go-to-market and internal supporting resources (incl. legal, finance etc.) to deliver desired outcomes
• Conduct day-to-day program management with relevant internal and external stakeholders; play a 'quarterback' role to manage competing cross-functional priorities
• Work closely with the executive team and internal functional leaders to drive action and build world class execution capability
• Build and maintain activity and performance reports and dashboards

Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.
• 10+ years work experience with some specific experience managing GSIs, business development or other deal-oriented role
• 5+ years work as a manager
• Software industry domain expertise (preferably SaaS), and the ability to understand complex technology problems
• Strong previous background in Partner Alliance Management
• Strategic thinker, who is also execution oriented; ideally has experience driving cross functional programs or processes
• Effective at building relationships (internally and with partners), collaborating, and influencing others; experience working with senior executives/ partners in cross-company projects
• Strong communicator, able to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner both verbally and in writing; comfort in business and technical discussions
• Self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and high-growth environment
• Strong team player who is also an independent thinker
• Willing to travel at least 50%.

Additional Information
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here . To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
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