: Head – Strategic Partnerships & Alliances (Data & AI)

Role Overview

We are seeking a high-caliber, growth-driven Head – Strategic Partnerships & Alliances for our Data & AI service line. This is a high-impact, revenue-enabling leadership role focused on building a strategic partner ecosystem to expand market access, enhance go-to-market (GTM) capabilities, and drive top-line profitability.

This is not a relationship-management or administrative position. You will be directly responsible for identifying the right partners, forging executive-level relationships, creating compelling joint value propositions, and converting alliances into a measurable, repeatable pipeline. You will collaborate closely with internal Data & AI specialist sales, presales, solutioning, and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Ecosystem Development

- Formulate Strategy: Define and execute a robust partnership and alliance strategy tightly aligned with corporate growth and revenue priorities.
- Portfolio Management: Build a curated portfolio of high-value partners based on strategic fit, market adjacency, and revenue potential.
- Hyperscaler & AI Alliances: Identify and scale strategic relationships across major hyperscalers (including Databricks and Snowflake), emerging AI startups, and consulting organizations.

Go-To-Market (GTM) & Revenue Generation

- Drive GTM Outcomes: Architect and scale repeatable co-selling motions, referral programs, account mapping activities, and industry-specific sales plays.
- Pipeline Ownership: Build and manage a transparent, measurable partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline.
- MDF Optimization: Strategize, secure, and execute Market Development Fund (MDF) activities to maximize ROI on joint GTM initiatives.
- Sales Alignment: Work hand-in-hand with Sales leadership to pinpoint target accounts, uncover whitespace opportunities, and secure executive introductions.





Governance & Relationship Management

- Executive Engagement: Cultivate trusted, peer-level relationships with partner CXOs, alliance executives, and sales leaders.
- Performance Tracking: Establish rigorous joint business plans, governance frameworks, Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), and transparent KPIs to track strategic growth.

Qualifications & Experience

Required Experience

- Overall Tenure: 15+ years of overall experience in IT services or adjacent technology sectors.
- Domain Expertise: 8+ years of dedicated experience leading strategic partnerships, alliances, or partner-led sales.
- Proven Track Record: Demonstrated success in transforming alliance relationships into commercial pipelines and closed revenue (not just relationship management).
- Market Knowledge: Deep understanding of enterprise technology buying cycles, with specific exposure to the North American technology-services market.

Skills & Competencies

- GTM Excellence: Mastery of co-selling structures, account mapping, and running joint marketing/proposal pursuits.
- Leadership & Influence: Ability to build consensus and collaborate across matrixed internal teams, including Sales, Marketing, Delivery, and Innovation.
- Network Advantage: Pre-existing relationships within major data, cloud, and AI technology ecosystems are highly advantageous.
- Communication: Exceptional negotiation, commercial judgment, and executive presentation skills.

Education & Travel Requirements

- Education: Bachelor’s degree required; an MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree is preferred.
- Travel: Willingness to travel frequently within India and periodically overseas as business requires.

What We Offer

- The opportunity to shape and scale a critical growth engine for our Data & AI business line.
- A highly rewarding career trajectory with clear professional development opportunities.
- A highly competitive salary, performance incentives, and benefits package.

📌 Head – Strategic Partnerships & Alliances (Data & AI) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tech Mahindra
📍 Bengaluru