Alliance Sales Lead- Salesforce, London

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Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

Job Description

What you will do

Reporting into the Chief Growth Officer, as the Alliance Sales Lead, you will shape and qualify opportunities for handoff to the Enterprise BD team. You'll respond to inbound leads generated via Partner events, Inside Sales and campaigns to further qualify and evaluate for handoff.

• Primary objective: Net New Logo lead generation through Salesforce partner source, Salesforce network, own outreach and supporting Merkle related marketing effort
• Develop accurate, high-quality leads into Merkle’s Salesforce pre-sales team aligned to our sales process
• Ensure sales tools and documentation are up-to-date on live opportunities to enable accurate pipeline tracking
• Develop close working relationship with senior vertical portfolio sales leads and marketing to develop outreach campaigns to target clients/industry verticals aligned to Merkle Salesforce sales motions
• Develop understanding of assigned Salesforce industry vertical, associated Merkle GTMs and case studies to become a trusted partner to the Salesforce Account Executive team and trusted advisor to prospective clients
• Manage relationships with Salesforce alliance partner account executives to guide Merkle propositions, campaigns and sales opportunities
• Originate new client and cross/up-sell opportunities for proactive proposals and find new Salesforce service briefs, RFI and RFP opportunities for Merkle

Qualifications

What we are looking for in you

• Knowledge and an understanding of Salesforce and ad-tech marketplace
• Experience architecting complex solutions for large corporations
• Propose solid solutions to meet customer requirements
• Must have deep technical experience in integration of multiple solutions and the ability to determine scope, duration, resources required before beginning a project

Additional Information

A few of the benefits

• You’ll have a great compensation package, private health & dental insurance, corporate discounts and career development through Dentsu University, and free access to LinkedIn learning
• 29+ days of annual leave (25 days of regular holidays, Birthdays off and 3 additional wellness days)
• We also offer the opportunity to volunteer for up to 2 days per year and tend to close down the agency between Christmas and New Years
• You’ll have a hybrid working schedule, with flexible start/end hours

At the point of application, you'll have the legal right to work in the UK as we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

Merkle does not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Experience stipulated in this job description serves as a guide only and all applications will be considered on their merits, irrespective of experience.

As part of our Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and as an Equal Opportunities employer, if you require reasonable adjustments during the selection process please engage directly with your Recruiter.