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Alliance Specialist – Cloud Hyperscalers

Ntt Limited

full time Nairobi Posted 17 hours ago

Qualifications**

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, or a related field.

  • Additional advantage: familiarity with cloud certifications (even foundational) across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Experience**

  • Experience in alliance management, partner programs, channel sales, or cloud GTM roles—preferably in a tech or IT services environment.

  • Experience working with hyperscaler programs or cloud‑centric partnerships is a strong advantage.

  • Proven ability to support programs that generate revenue, cloud consumption, or partner incentives.

Cloud Hyperscaler Partnership Management**

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with AWS, Microsoft, and Google partnership teams.

  • Support negotiation and management of partnership agreements, program enrollments, and competency requirements.

  • Coordinate participation in partner programs (e.g., AWS Partner Network, Microsoft Partner Program, Google Cloud Partner Advantage).

  • Track and maintain compliance with partner tier requirements, certifications, training, and business metrics.

Ecosystem Vendor Collaboration****

  • Build and sustain relationships with key ecosystem vendors (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, RedHat, HashiCorp, security ISVs).

  • Identify opportunities for joint solutioning and co‑selling with ecosystem partners.

  • Support integration of partner technologies into internal offerings.

Joint Go‑to‑Market & Co‑Selling****

  • Support planning and execution of joint GTM initiatives with AWS, Azure, and GCP.

  • Assist with co‑selling motions, pipeline building, and partner‑sourced opportunity management.

  • Support joint campaigns, webinars, solution briefs, and partner events.

  • Prepare GTM materials, pitch decks, and capability statements tailored to each hyperscaler.

Customer Success & Cloud Adoption****

(Added per your request — now a core responsibility)

  • Work with customer success, delivery, and sales teams to drive adoption of hyperscaler cloud services within customer accounts.

  • Track customer cloud consumption, usage growth, and adoption metrics across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

  • Identify upsell/cross‑sell opportunities that align with partner incentives, funding programs, or consumption targets.

  • Help customers unlock value from cloud investments through partner programs, funding, and technical resources.

Rebates, Incentives & Funding Optimization****

  • Manage tracking, documentation, and submission for:

  • Partner rebates

  • MDF (Market Development Funds)

  • Incentive programs

  • Co‑op funds

  • Proof‑of‑Concept or Migration funding (MAP, FastTrack, GCP Funding)

  • Ensure the business maximizes rebates and incentives based on customer activity and consumption targets.

  • Report regularly on revenue impact, forecasted rebates, and earned incentives.

Operational Excellence & Reporting**

  • Maintain dashboards to track partner performance, certifications, pipeline, rebates, and key KPIs.

  • Improve internal processes for alliance engagement, opportunity registration, and partner reporting.

  • Support quarterly business reviews with hyperscalers and internal leadership.