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The Director, Deal Desk will lead the North America Deal Desk team and will partner with Sales Leadership and regional Sales teams on sales transactions to provide guidance and recommendations on deal pricing, commercial structure, and contract terms and conditions to optimize revenue, bookings, and cash in-line with the Company’s financial and strategic objectives. The role provides great insight into pricing strategy, sales strategy, negotiations, and deal financials.
Key Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities for this role include (but are not limited to):
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Manage and coach the North America Deal Desk team in supporting and enabling the team to drive commercial discussions on deals
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Work with Sales Leadership, account teams, Business Unit and other members of Genesys to develop commercial strategy and deal structure
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Review and approve deal terms in Salesforce (SFDC) and ensure appropriate documentation in quote outputs and contracts
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Lead communication and management of exceptions approval with relevant stakeholders, including members of the Genesys Leadership Team
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Manage the planning and execution of the contract negotiation process, acting as a liaison between the business, Legal, and the customer to drive forward contract negotiations
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Negotiate with customers on commercial and contractual elements of the deal
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Contribute to the development of margin and/or pricing tools developed by other teams
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Develop and maintain a good working knowledge of customer needs combined with market and product knowledge to be able to influence and shape the development of commercial constructs
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Support transformation initiatives related to the function of the Deal Desk within Genesys, particularly related to price realization improvements and quote-to-cash processes, in collaboration with Sales Operations, Revenue and Billing Operations, Customer Success Operations, Legal, Pricing, Product Management, and other functions
Key Requirements:
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Minimum 5 – 10 years of managerial experience with at least 2 direct reports
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Minimum of 5 years of relevant career experience with a SAAS / technology company with demonstrated pattern of increased responsibility
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Bachelor degree in Business (ideally with a focus in Finance)
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Working knowledge of software pricing, discounting, value-positioning, and basic revenue recognition concepts
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Strong analytical and modelling skills
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Deep knowledge of Salesforce and Microsoft Office
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Ability to manage large transactions and ensure that open items are resolved in a timely and efficient manner
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Work under pressure without compromising quality
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Experience working in a cross-functional environment to develop collaborative solutions but able to work independently when necessary
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Ability to use judgment and draw on experience to make decisions or recommendations
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Personable, energetic, and highly collaborative, able to build network quickly
Compensation Pay Range:
$127,400.00 - $264,600.00
About Genesys:
Every year, Genesys® orchestrates more than 70 billion remarkable customer experiences for organizations in more than 100 countries. Through the power of our cloud, digital and AI technologies, organizations can realize Experience as a Service℠, our vision for empathetic customer experiences at scale. With Genesys, organizations have the power to deliver proactive, predictive, and hyper personalized experiences to deepen their customer connection across every marketing, sales, and service moment on any channel, while also improving employee productivity and engagement. By transforming back-office technology to a modern revenue velocity engine Genesys enables true intimacy at scale to foster customer trust and loyalty. Visit
www.genesys.com
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