Strategic Business Alliances Business Development Director - Workday Adaptive
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Strategic Business Alliances Business Development Director - Workday Adaptive

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You'll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There's no one like you and that's why there's nowhere like RSM.

RSM is seeking a Strategic Business Alliances Business Development Director to join our North America Sales, Strategic Business Alliances Center of Excellence (“SBA COE”) team. This role is responsible for sales and revenue growth through the assigned strategic business alliance. This role will use consultative, co-selling skills along with a deep understanding of your assigned SBA to achieve revenue growth targets. This role is expected to find new business and opportunities through co-selling with your assigned SBA and smoothly transition opportunities to the aligned sales team member such as Industry BD, Account Manager, Enterprise Account Leader, or as directed. The SBA Business Development Director will work closely with your aligned strategic business alliances leader and practice leaders internally for overall go to market strategy and execution.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Sources and qualifies new opportunities through assigned SBA.
• Create a sales plan for your assigned SBA that is designed to drive growth of related practice areas and fits within the overarching alliance plan as directed by your aligned SBA COE lead.
• Position RSM as the strategic alliance of choice to assigned SBA.
• Be a firmwide champion for your assigned SBA and serve as a catalyst across the sales teams, especially for business development, account management, presales, and pipeline development.
• Actively network with your assigned SBA to create new relationships and strengthen existing relationships, including any aligned professional affiliations, industry groups, and relevant centers of influence.
• Develop and nurture relationship with assigned SBA to drive larger impact for clients and facilitate matchmaking to drive opportunities.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to establish quality SBA connections and orchestrate processes to set expectations and generate trust.
• Manages co-selling activities for assigned SBA to drive joint pipeline, including joint account planning and targeting.
• Conducts frequent pipeline reviews with joint sellers and proactive engagement to ensure right prioritization and pipeline coverage to support joint targets.
• Lead a monthly sales review to ensure scale, growth, and execution.
• Leverage available incentives and programs to ensure deal acceleration and execution.
• Provide support in driving top key deals to deliver revenue impact to the business and deal coaching.
• Work closely with aligned strategic business alliances leader, marketing, and practice leads to develop effective go-to-market plans.
• Collaborates with sales enablement and sales training to create and maintain training materials.
• Leverages the voice of the SBA to identify and alleviate key success blockers, supports removing blockers and communicates overall feedback relative to the market.
• Maintains and stays up to date on sales compliance processes in accordance with your assigned SBA and RSM compliance policies.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's or associate degree (preferred).

TECHNICAL/SOFT SKILLS

• Strong business acumen, communication, organizational and analytical skills (required).
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills (required).
• Experience working with Microsoft 365 applications for internal communication and collaboration (preferred).
• Experience working with CRM applications such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar for sales tracking and report generation (preferred).
• Self-motivation.

EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years selling professional services or technology products or services.
• Experience working with the alliances either indirectly or directly (required).
• Active network of contacts within the alliances ecosystem.
• Experience working with modular sales organization where focus and activities are divided by the firm's needs and objectives (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to work with practice leaders and other internal stakeholders to build strong coalitions and ongoing collaboration (preferred).
• Experience working in the middle market.
• Experience navigating legal, regulatory, independence and risk management policies and procedures (preferred).

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life's demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at

As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer all applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-###-#### or send us an email at ...@rsmus.com.

RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F-1 visa holders). If you are a recent U.S. college/university graduate possessing 1-2 years of progressive and relevant work experience in a same or similar role to the one for which you are applying, excluding internships, you may be eligible for hire as an experienced associate.

RSM will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, including but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional information regarding RSM's background check process, including information about job duties that necessitate the use of one or more types of background checks, click here.

At RSM, an employee's pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, location, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Compensation Range: $142,800 - $253,000.

Individuals selected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.