Partner Network Manager

Zühlke is a service provider for innovation projects. We develop financially successful products, services and business models for today’s digital world – from coming up with the initial idea through to the implementation and operation. We can achieve this by drawing on the experience of over 1000 in-house experts and of more than 10.000 successful projects. Zühlke Serbia is an attractive employer that offers challenging career opportunities for skilled, highly motivated software engineers. Within the Zühlke Group, we position ourselves as a center of expertise for distributed, agile software development. Together with colleagues in Switzerland, Germany, the UK, Austria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Portugal and Vietnam we work on challenging software projects involving the latest technologies and variety of known practices.

Our modern workplace mindset has steered us towards expanding our competences with long-term partnerships, in which we function as one team, regardless of our locations. This synergy will enable us to meet demand and deliver complex projects in an optimal way. Zühlke introduced a Partner Ecosystem, an eye-level partnership with companies, startups and freelancers in the region. It’s a flexible cooperation platform, based on mutual benefits and availability in regards to projects and business needs.

We are looking for a Partner Network Manager who will help us in managing existing and establishing new partnerships with a focus on high-quality projects delivery.

Your Role

• Recruit, interview and onboard new partners (people engaged in Zuhlke projects)

• Work closely with partners, regular feedback exchanges, performance management

• Closely monitor partners’ experience and satisfaction and proactively manage potential issues

• Project staffing, allocating partners to the projects in the optimal and quality manner

• Take care of the quality of project delivery and project stakeholders’ satisfaction

• Expand partner network

• Active contribution to strategic topics and yearly plans for Partner Ecosystem team

Your Talent

• You have 5+ years in management, line management, leading people in IT industry

• Skilled in stakeholder management and managing teams

• Basic understanding of technology (Java, .NET, DevOps), methodology (agile, Scrum) and SW development practices

• Proactive and having solid negotiations skills

• Experience in coordinating multiple vendors or partners, sales activities is considered as a plus

• Experience in project staffing (aka “resource management”) is considered as a plus

• Experience in project management with a focus on delivery and quality management is considered as a plus

Why Zühlke?

• Possibility to personalize working hours

• Hybrid workplace - option to work both fully remotely and from the office

• 25+ days of annual leave

• Further development – we invest 10% of our turnover in the development of our employees. We help you grow through continuous, high-quality training and you also get paid time off for professional development

• Company profit share

• Unique culture - we communicate openly with each other, assess ourselves honestly, and enjoy working in a team

• Knowledge exchange - we have an interdisciplinary approach, culture of knowledge sharing, and learning from each other

• Great workplace – we offer a culture of trust, encourage you to think outside the box and to share your ideas

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