Location: Noida, India

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

Position Summary

The Channel Sales Manager, India is responsible for the definition and delivery of a strong channel strategy across CPL in India, encompassing distributors and Value Added Resellers for Data Security and Imperva. Key aspects of the role include maximizing channel revenues and productivity across India and setting the direction for replicable best practice in the CPL channel business across the region. The Channel Sales Manager will leverage a strategic market outlook to lead and engage in detailed channel and territory planning with regional channel sales teams and sales leadership, using performance metrics to measure success and drive improvements in the APAC channel business.

The Channel Sales Manager ensures that business initiatives are tailored to the needs of the channel business and also plays an active role in developing and optimizing the Partner Program. The Channel Sales Manager solves issues which impact channel efficiency and success whilst working with stakeholders internally and externally. The Channel Sales Manager acts a key contributor to channel communications and interfaces with channel partners and their senior management across India.

Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility

Develop and manage a robust and creative channel strategy for IndiaDevelop and drive engagement through successful relationships with key channel partners at senior management levelLead the development of territory channel plans together with local sales teams, with concrete action plans and regular cadence of reviewsPartner with local channel sales teams to analyze partner coverage in region, identify gaps and support recruitment and enablementSet and drive Channel best practice and facilitate its deployment across India, remaining sensitive to local specificsDrive strategies to reduce friction in the India sales channel and increase the ease of doing businessEnable the partner community to sell Thales solutions from the entire CPL portfolio, with a focus on incremental business and service deliveryPlan and develop channel go-to-market strategies and execute on marketing initiatives to deliver on the strategyPlay a leading role in the design optimization and implementation of the Partner Program across IndiaEstablish, implement and evaluate channel metrics to measure performance – revenue and pipeline growth, incremental business, product mix, certified resources, etc.Play a key role in creating an executive level Thales value proposition for target partners as well as developing channel sales collateralPresent India Sales Channel performance and business results through regular communication, forecasts, agendas, and reports

Minimum Requirements: Skills, Experience, Education, Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Certifications, Language

Experience of developing and presenting channel strategies across IndiaProven strong cross functional leadership and excellent communication skills to drive consensus across groups both internally and within the Channel/Partner organizationsStrong business planning skills and proven ability to execute and deliver a defined planStrong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to clearly and effectively articulate purposeAccustomed to delivering results in a fast-paced environment, to prioritize effectively, think big picture, and use good judgment in resolving difficult issuesExtensive Channel Management experience with a proven track record of successPassion, commitment and drive for success; experience working across matrix managed teams and organizations5 years minimum experience in channel sales and channel development, in a security, networking or infrastructure companyAbility to engage with all levels of a partner organizationResults oriented and effective in customer situations comprising senior level managementMust demonstrate both personal integrity and the ability to exercise good judgmentAbility to perform job functions independently with limited supervision

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