[Hiring] Strategic Partner Business Manager @Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Role Description

We are looking for a Strategic Partner Business Manager to serve as a trusted advisor to key partners, driving end-to-end revenue growth, profitability, and pipeline through joint business planning and data-driven sales execution. In this role, you will lead the strategy to “sell with,” “sell to,” and “sell through” partners, aligning HPE’s global and local priorities to create a scalable, high-impact partner ecosystem. You will collaborate cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and specialist teams to execute initiatives that accelerate business outcomes, strengthen partner loyalty, and unlock new growth opportunities. As a subject matter expert, you will navigate complex business challenges, influence stakeholders, and provide strategic direction that enhances performance, drives innovation, and positions HPE competitively within the market.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a trusted advisor and expert to the Partner (e.g. Value Added Reseller (VAR), Distributor, SI, ISV, Managed Service Provider) on where to play within emerging trends in Partner's ecosystem in alignment with HPE business priorities.
• Works with the Partner to create a mutually beneficial plan for the future.
• Drives end-to-end HPE revenue, profitability, and pipeline by creating joint business plans and leading data-driven sales efforts with the Partner.
• Articulates both HPE global and local business strategies to effectively "sell with," "sell to," and "sell through" the Partner, creating a scalable selling ecosystem.
• Develops thorough knowledge of partner priorities, industry trends, IT landscape, IT investment strategy, HPE priorities, and HPE Technology and communicates value of the portfolios and solutions to better differentiate HPE from competitors.
• Demonstrates business and sales leadership by building mutually beneficial, executive-level relationships with one or many Partners to grow HPE market share.
• Coordinates and executes HPE activities with the Partner, leveraging HPE specialists when needed, including sales cadence, education, marketing, executive briefings, proactive forecasting, business planning, and client engagements.
• Drives HPE marketing strategy through the customer.
• Drives account mapping process with the Partner and HPE Sales teams to align field sales.
• Promotes increased value to HPE for pipeline and revenue/profit growth while leveraging the collective strength of the partner ecosystem.
• Leads and implements HPE strategy, programs, and systems with and on behalf of the Partner to assure accelerated financial outcomes and build partner loyalty to HPE.
• Influences Partner to drive increased number of sellers, Solution Architects, and other Partner resources to HPE portfolio.
• Tailors selling solutions to fit the needs of the partner's customer profile including HPE products, services and technology alliances to achieve assigned quota.
• May recruit and develop business relationships with new partners, working to increase partner commitment to HPE.
• May spend time monitoring Partner sales floor to help develop pipeline.
• Works to ensure that partners are aware of, and compliant with, HPE's SBC requirements for Partners, including applicable legal obligations.

Qualifications

• University or Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 6-10+ years of selling experience at end-user account or partner level.
• Experience selling to partners in a complex environment.
• Travel expected to be ~30%, with frequent engagement at CDW headquarters in Chicago as well as on-site visits with partners and key accounts across the U.S.

Knowledge and Skills

• Technology Acumen: Thorough awareness of current technology trends and related HPE strategy and ability to articulate same to Partner.
• Sales Acumen: Able to influence the partner to take actions that create increased value to HPE.
• Account Management: Thorough understanding of business and financial fundamentals to develop strategic plans with the partner.
• Portfolio Knowledge: Thorough understanding of HPE products and how they can deliver value to customers.
• Partner Industry Acumen: Thorough understanding of Partner industry, trends, competitors, and the channel.
• Partnering Acumen: Builds understanding of and relationships with partner and internal community.
• Negotiation and Conflict Management: Ability to achieve agreement within business contexts.
• Financial Acumen: Thorough understanding of financial accounting concepts.
• Sales Forecasting: Ability to anticipate partner needs and proactively forecast sales quota.
• Communication: Professional, clear, and effective verbal and written communication.
• Time Management: Ability to prioritize and effectively meet deadlines.
• Creativity and Entrepreneurship: Ability to innovate and take proactive steps to advance HPE sales efforts.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: Programs catered to helping you reach career goals.
• Unconditional Inclusion: Flexible work environment that values individual uniqueness.