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Bellevue, Washington, Us

Bagneux, France, Fr

Bagneux, France, Fr

Driving exceptional customer experience through ownership and execution of the Quadient BPA Partner Ecosystem

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Led a global team of ISV recruitment and enablement managers.Responsible for enhancing Sage Business Cloud through an Ecosystem of connected ISV Applications to maximise customer value and ensuring Sage has the strongest possible ISV portfolio for our cloud and cloud connected products across all key target industries and segments.Led on complex ISV and OEM partnerships, contracting and negotiation.Instrumental in the creation and definition of the Ecosystem (ISV) Strategy, Program and Partner SuccessLed the re-engineering of the ISV program and requirements for legal contract construction.Built and supported a high performing team that was integral to the launch of the Sage Marketplace as well as defining new business processes to ensure effective execution and ways of working across a complex matrix and multi-national organisation.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Leading Sage’s X3 Product Evangelists across the world and driving Product Management in Commercial Planning, Product Strategy Development and Execution Globally. Ensuring the team were focussed on the customer and driving deep market insight to shape product strategy, roadmaps & requirements to deliver value in each of their regions

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Responsible for the definition and execution of the product vision, strategy, roadmap, product lifecycle, requirements, communication, and stakeholder management. Collaborating cross-functionally and multi-nationally.Responsible for managing global OEM partnerships, the engagement, contract negotiation and agreement of strategic OEM relationships and commercial contracts with 3rd parties.Defined the process and governance for strategic engagement across the business, aligning and driving strategic procurement processesDelivered significant savings across the business with key strategic suppliers

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Leading Sage ERP X3 Product Management for Europe.Responsible, in partnership with other regional product leads, for the definition and execution of the product vision, strategy, roadmap, product lifecycle, requirements, communication, and stakeholder management. Also responsible for strategic planning and management of the entire Mid-Market Europe (MME) product portfolio (ERP & Finance).Leading and collaborating cross functionally and multi-nationally, specifically with Finance, Product Management and Product Engineering.Instrumental in the development and execution of the MME corporate strategy and organisational transformation, change management, optimisation, and business process improvement.Customer Advisory Council and Partner Advisory Council owner, strategic partnerships, and alliances (ISV/OEM), managed the engagement, negotiation and agreement of strategic relationships and commercial contracts with 3rd parties.Lead the change process of re-invigorating product management and leading the transformation to agile, increasing release frequency and cross functional release management.Global pricing strategy for Sage ERP X3 and go to market for Sage ERP X3Overseeing the monitoring and prioritisation of backlog and the active engagement around customer and market insight

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Responsible for the definition and execution of the product vision, strategy, roadmap, product lifecycle, requirements, communication, and stakeholder management. Led cross functional teams to drive successful launches both direct and Indirect. Successful transformation of the delivery model with product engineering and support to recover and improve product quality to improve customer experience. Customer Advisory Council and Partner Advisory Council owner, strategic partnerships, and alliances (ISV/OEM)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Led direct/indirect (VAR) go to market and managed multiple product launches for UK Mid-Market portfolio. Instrumental in launching Sage ERP X3 to the UK Market. Strategic planning, forecasting and budget ownership, pricing, cross functional and multi national collaboration, strategic partnerships, and alliances (ISV & OEM)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Led direct/indirect (VAR) go to market and managed multiple product launches for ACT! Strategic planning, forecasting and budget ownership, cross functional collaboration, strategic partnerships and alliances

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Double digit growth. Created, managed go to market and launched Sage Certification. Led go to market and managed multiple launches for both Self Study and Classroom curriculum. Strategic planning, forecasting and budget ownership, cross functional collaboration

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Successfully led cross-selling and up-selling account management team to drive customer success. Sales pipeline management, forecasting, coaching and mentor.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Overachieving targets. Customer success, building strong relationships, consultative selling

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Led automated testing. Specifically, creation and execution of test scripts, requirements, use case, business analysis documentation and collaboration

London, Gb

London, Gb

Hnd, Business Studies

Cim, Professional Diploma In Marketing