The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways - from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

• Alliance Formation: Execute joint go-to-market strategies by managing key relationships, structuring the framework, operating, commercial and engagement models, and joint value proposition as part of a highly collaborative relationship model.
• Organizational alignment and program management: Identify and align critical functions, tasks and accountabilities required from key stakeholders to execute against a formalized alliance strategy and business plan.
• Competency development: Facilitate understanding of AspenTech's portfolio of solutions and impact on asset optimization, digital transformation, and value creation. Ensure that partners build and maintain the required competency levels, leverage AspenTech's recommended service delivery methodologies and our existing sub-contractor ecosystem.
• Portfolio management: Mapping AspenTech and partner's offering portfolio; managing any competitive challenges via heat mapping and rules of engagement. Evaluate and identify key technology areas for co-development of enhanced digital solutions, which can include OEM. Oversee the launch of new joint offerings solutions to gain awareness and adoption across the organization and with customers.
• Performance Management: Set and manage joint business planning, including professional services certification, pipeline creation and analysis, program revenue and customer targets. Develop and manage relevant metrics for the life cycle of the partner relationship. Adhere to AspenTech's values in everything you do.
• Demand generation and pipeline management: With internal and external marketing organizations, ensure the creation and execution of a joint demand generation plan, including joint account plans, opportunity engagements, co-marketing and thought leadership.
• Sales Alignment: Facilitate effective and self-sustained joint engagements between the partner, AspenTech's Direct Sales and Services organizations to drive license growth. Understand the various Business Units within the EPC organization, their contracts and how they go-to-market and execute a plan to extend the partnership influence across those groups as an additional sale channel.
• Governance: Maintain peer-peer relationship mapping, and quarterly business reviews. Identify and resolve issues, escalate where appropriate. Become the go-to person and "trusted advisor" for business line executives and managers. Ensure sustained engagement across functions (technical, marketing, sales) up to ELT level. Establish regular cadence calls.
• Partner Advocate: Serve as the key advocate for the Partner externally to the organization, and within AspenTech.

• Bachelor's degree in business or technical degree required. MBA preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in the process or manufacturing industries.
• Proven success building and/or managing high growth/high potential, global relationships with leading consulting and advisory partners.
• Credentials in professional alliance management (e.g., ASAP certification) preferred.
• Experience leading complex operational and strategic, technology-driven initiatives. Track record of strategic thinking and operational excellence.
• Experience in digital transformation, operational excellence, industry 4.0 related initiatives.
• Background with leading global consulting and advisory companies, including experience working with their energy and natural resources practice valued highly.
• Prior experience with AspenTech's product portfolio or that of a competitor is preferred.
• Executive presence. At ease presenting insmall or large group settings, working with executives to GM level, and fostering collaboration and trust to C-levels. Ability to manage relationships at all levels, both internally and externally
• Strong collaboration and influence skills. Exceptionalwritten and oral communication skills.
• High energy with a positive disposition. Comfortable working in fluid, fast paced environments. Self-starter.
• Strong business acumen. Adept at identifying improvement large growth opportunities, selling the vision while building inter-organizational interlock, overcoming resistance to change, and innovative thinking.
• Flexibility to travel globally (25-50%).

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