Lenovo
Senior Partner Account Lead, Pan European Strategic Partners
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Role Overview
The Senior Partner Account Lead, Pan-European Strategic Partners is responsible for end-to-end ownership of Lenovo’s most strategic pan-European reseller relationships. This role combines strategic account leadership, structured program execution, and cross-country orchestration to accelerate revenue growth, strengthen partner engagement, and ensure consistent execution of Lenovo’s Platinum and Platinum 360 standards across EMEA.
The role requires a highly collaborative, people-oriented leader who thrives in complex environments, navigates escalations calmly, and brings structure, clarity, and cross-functional alignment while maintaining close connection to partners, customers, and local teams.
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- Own end-to-end relationships with assigned pan-European strategic partners, ensuring alignment with Lenovo’s commercial priorities and Platinum / Platinum 360 standards.
- Develop, localize, and execute multi-market Joint Business Plans (JBPs) with clear KPIs covering revenue, portfolio mix, services attach, pipeline health, certification, and partner satisfaction.
- Drive forecasting accuracy, pipeline discipline, and structured business reviews with partners and internal stakeholders.
- Identify, shape, and scale new business opportunities across Client, ISG, and SSG by orchestrating cross-functional and cross-country resources.
- Act as the central coordination point across country teams (sales, channel, marketing, services, operations), ensuring consistent strategy execution and resolving operational blockers.
- Build and lead a strong community of local account teams, enabling best-practice sharing, unified sales motions, and structured execution cadences.
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with partner leadership across Europe, serving as a trusted advisor and escalation point.
- Drive partner enablement, certification, solution adoption, and sales readiness in collaboration with Channel Enablement and Services teams.
- Provide structured market, competitive, and partner insights to influence channel strategy, continuously improving programs, processes, and partner experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field; MBA preferred.
- 8–10+ years of experience in channel sales, partner management, or strategic account leadership within the IT industry.
- Proven success managing large, complex, multi-country partner relationships with measurable impact on revenue, mix, and services adoption.
- Strong understanding of the European IT channel landscape (resellers, distributors, solution providers) and multi-portfolio motions (Client, Infrastructure, Services).
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, virtual teams without direct authority in a matrix environment.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging senior executives.
- Highly collaborative, structured, and people-oriented leadership style; strong ability to build alignment, navigate escalations calmly, and drive governance.
- Analytical and data-driven, with experience using insights to drive actions, decisions, and corrective measures.
- Fluency in English; German is an advantage.
- Willingness to travel across Europe regularly.
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What Lenovo Can Offer
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- Income protection
- Attractive pension scheme
- Positive work life balance
- Learning and development
- Life insurance
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- Lifestyle discounts
- Cycle to work
- MyGymDiscounts
- Mortgage advice and support
- Referral bonus
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
- Free onsite parking
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