Deputy Manager- Microsoft Operations Alliance

Birlasoft · Pune district, India

About Birlasoft:

Birlasoft is a global technology company enabling “next-generation” digital transformation through expertise in Cloud, AI, Data, and enterprise solutions. Combining industry proficiency with advanced digital capabilities, it helps businesses accelerate change with speed, scale, and purpose, delivering “future-ready” solutions that enhance agility, resilience, and customer experience. Part of the CKA Birla Group and led by Chairman Mrs. Amita Birla, Birlasoft’s nearly 12,000 professionals drive innovation while building a diverse, inclusive, and learning-oriented culture. With a strong focus on sustainability and long-term value creation, Birlasoft transforms enterprises and communities, earning its reputation as a trusted partner and one of the best places to work.

Location: Pune/ Bangalore / Chennai / Noida

Experience : 8-10 years of experience

Role: Deputy Manager

Role & responsibilities:

• Strong experience in leading multiple Alliances and Partnerships for key SIs, particularly Microsoft, AWS.
• Microsoft operations lead – Ability to manage Partner Center portal, Supplier portal, Incentives and other key operations activities
• Managing the supplier portal and funding operations and logistics
• Build and maintain activity and performance reports and dashboards.
• Update the internal CRM system with activities and information as needed and aligned to senior management expectations.
• Well networked in the industry esp. within the ecosystem of Hyperscaler and providers in modern digital technologies space (Cloud, AI, Digital and Data)
• Proven track-record of a multi-million revenue influence through alliances channel, via sell-with and sell-to modes
• Good understanding of the sales cycle
• Present and promote the Microsoft value proposition and its capabilities leveraging your extended team as needed to enable the partner to build a profitable and sustainable Microsoft business by understand the value and investment payback.
• Driving your partners to grow their investment in Microsoft focusses on the four C’s – Capacity, Capability, Competency and Customer Success.
• Liaison to the Sales organization supporting and growing their partner influence business relative to their sales effort and objectives.
• Source new opportunities for our sales team via your partner ecosystem and support them during the sales motion.
• Provide regular communication and transparency to promote the success of the partnership both internal and external.
• Manage all MSP (Managed Services) opportunities for your partners providing coverage for the Microsoft account teams.
• CSP Operations lead – Managing Direct and Indirect CSP portal, onboarding customers, Optimizations and managing the cloud environment.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience of managing the Microsoft business
• You must exhibit excellent business literacy and acumen with the ability to build and articulate joint business value whilst interfacing at the senior management and C-level with ease.
• Experience operating within the Enterprise software alliances or software consulting market a plus.
• Fast pace and high growth company experience a plus.
• High degree of business acumen with sales, marketing, and solution development – MBA or