EMEA Strategic Engagements Director Elevate

Reporting to the AVP EMEA APAC Japan Strategic Customer Engagements (Elevate) the missionof the EMEA Strategic Engagements Director (Elevate) is to drive ServiceNows longterm revenue growth and profitability through larger and more strategic transactions across our Europe MiddleEast and Africa business. The leader will act as an inregion deal expert responsible for driving endtoend deal strategy developing creative commercial structures and leading complex negotiations for our most strategic deals. 

The EMEA Strategic Engagements Director (Elevate) will help define and follow a consistent programmatic approach to help the regional sales organizations and crossfunctional deal execution teams to close some of our most complex and strategic deals. The role will utilize collaborative account planning outquarter pipeline development opportunity review cadences deal coaching and choreography and thought leadership to ensure relevant parties are involved in the right way and at the right time to maximize market opportunity and accelerate the sales cycle to close larger deals successfully. 

The EMEA Strategic Engagements Director (Elevate) will become an expert in the contractual aspects of ServiceNows business and be able to articulate value and structure longterm complex multiproduct agreements to enable presentation of the right deal to the customer. 

The role also contributes to continuous improvement efforts for the Global Strategic Customer Engagements (Elevate) team and participates in ServiceNows overall transformation effort to establish the best Enterprise salesforce in the industry. 

Priorities & Responsibilities 

• Drive large and complex strategic deals: validate and engage on opportunities where we intend to build > $10M NNACV opportunities tracking deal progression and escalating risks/needs to senior leaders as needed 

• Champion all collaborative integrated GTM activities for our Global Industry & Strategic Growth business including account planning sessions strategic pursuits WIN Forums review cadences or other GTM activities 

• Drive big deal thinking and best practice sharing across the strategic engagements team (deal structures operational opportunities references and content on attractive themes like Digital Transformation or Artificial Intelligence) 

• In partnership with the Account Executive serve as a primary point of contact for the Customer from deal qualification through close 

• Be the voice of the field sales to corporate to continually improve and ensure successful outcomes for our most strategic customers 

• Represent ServiceNow in senior customer facing roles as sponsor strategist and negotiator 

Qualifications :

• 9 years of experience in the software industry 

• 5 years of consultative direct sales experience into Enterprise accounts preferably selling SaaS and with progressive clientfacing responsibilities 

• Experience in Large Deal or Corporate Strategy/Business Development experience supporting complex transactions such as M&A IP Acquisition Revenue Share Models etc. a plus 

• Conversant in all emerging trends in IT and Business 

• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience 

• Team player of unquestionable integrity credibility and character 

• Experience within a large organization; ability to quickly establish trustbased relationships internally to get support for customer sales objectives 

• Strong leadership problem solving and decisionmaking abilities 

• Ability to interface and negotiate with senior client executives 

• Excellent presentation and communication skills 

• Organizational and analytical skills 

• International work experience 

• Continuous improvement and growth mindset 

Measure of success  

• Large & complex closed deals > $10M  

• Customer Feedback & NPS 

Not sure if you meet every qualification We still encourage you to apply! We value inclusivity welcoming candidates from diverse backgrounds including nontraditional paths. Unique experiences enrich our team and the willingness to dream big makes you an exceptional candidate!

Additional Information :

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ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color creed religion sex sexual orientation national origin or nationality ancestry age disability gender identity or expression marital status veteran status or any other category protected by law. In addition all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements. 

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