Senior Director, Strategic Alliances

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At FourKites we have the opportunity to tackle complex challenges with real-world impacts. Whether it’s medical supplies from Cardinal Health or groceries for Walmart, the FourKites platform helps customers operate global supply chains that are efficient, agile and sustainable.

Join a team of curious problem solvers that celebrates differences, leads with empathy and values inclusivity.

The Senior Director of Strategic Alliances will play a leading role in developing a highly effective go-to-market strategy through strong partnerships and alliances. The ideal candidate is sales oriented, a problem solver, a relationship builder, and self-motivated, with superior communication and organization skills. You are an assertive, enthusiastic, creative self-starter who compels others to get on board. Knowledge of supply chain and logistics, along with SaaS-based software experience, are strongly desired.

What you will be doing:

  • Grow FourKites’ partnership ecosystem to drive additional revenue for FourKites and expand customer value through joint innovation
  • Act as a liaison between partners, sales, marketing, and product personnel while building an alliance strategy and output that will contribute significantly to the company’s growth
  • Activate and manage opportunity pipelines between FourKites and strategic partners and investors, such as FedEx, Zebra, Accenture, EY, Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder, etc.
  • Collaborate with Product Management to solve business challenges through the partner network and enhance the value of supply chain visibility
  • Lead partner enablement for SI & Consulting firms to ensure that our partners have the necessary product knowledge to co-sell and operationalize the FourKites platform
  • Generate partner initiatives to drive net-new revenue including new referral business, implementation programs to outsource services, and creating streams of revenue through partner sponsored events
  • Define and execute partner engagement plans such as product education, account mapping, and joint marketing messages
  • Manage the Partner Operations team to create systems and procedures to streamline the measurement and success of partnerships

Who you are:

  • 8+ years of experience in software sales, business strategy, and/or partnerships
  • 4+ years of experience in supply chain management and logistics
  • Bachelor’s Degree or MBA
  • Display high levels of energy and drive, thrive under pressure with strong business acumen, have strong process orientation and excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proven success working in cross-functional teams
  • Strong project management, organization, and presentation skills
  • Must be able to demonstrate and leverage deep supply chain industry knowledge
  • Willingness to travel 20-30% of the time

Who we are:

FourKites® is the #1 supply chain visibility platform in the world, extending visibility beyond transportation into yards, warehouses, stores and beyond. Tracking more than 2.5 million shipments daily across road, rail, ocean, air, parcel and courier, and reaching over 185 countries, FourKites combines real-time data and powerful machine learning to help companies digitize their end-to-end supply chains. More than 1,000 of the world’s most recognized brands — including 9 of the top-10 CPG and 18 of the top-20 food and beverage companies — trust FourKites to transform their business and create more agile, efficient and sustainable supply chains.  

FourKites provides competitive compensation with stock options, outstanding benefits and a collaborative culture for all employees around the globe. To help you be your best, we have 5 global recharge days, in addition to standard holidays, and a hybrid, flexible approach to work. Parental leave for all parents, an annual wellness stipend and volunteer days also provide you with time and resources for self care and to care for others. Throughout the year, FourKites sets aside time during the workday to learn and celebrate diversity. And we're always listening for new ways to support everyone in and out of the office. 

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Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental & Vision benefits start on first day of employment
  • 20 PTO days, 5 recharge days, 2 volunteer days 
  • Technology reimbursement
  • Annual Wellness Stipend 
  • Ongoing learning & development opportunities
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Location

110 North Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

An Insider's view of FourKites

How does your team reward individual success?

We find that getting to know what motivates a team member allows us to give more valuable and appreciated rewards and recognition. It could be a team meeting shout out for a job well done, a gift card through our wish list program, an exciting new project that allows the employee to work with new teams or departments or even a spot bonus.

Amanda

Director, Talent & Development, Talent Acquisitions

What projects are you most excited about?

I had the privilege of being involved in the development of Appointment Manager and providing feedback when it was just a "simple" calendar designed to assist our customers in organizing appointments based on real-time ETAs. The utilization of this tool yields significant time savings, making it an undeniable favorite of mine.

Kayla

Customer Enablement Manager

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

From day one, I have been encouraged to explore my professional interests. I had only been an individual contributor in previous roles but was interested in people management – here, I have had the opportunity to grow into a manager role and the company has sponsored my participation in leadership programs to support my professional development.

Helen

Manager of Professional Services

How do you empower your team to be more creative?

The design team goes beyond being creative. We are strategic thinkers who execute scalable and sustainable product user experiences for our customers. Empathy is at the core of our design and more importantly, the entire FourKites company. I always encourage my team to think through our customer's lens in order to be the most impactful.

James

VP of Global User Experience

What are FourKites Perks + Benefits

FourKites Benefits Overview

We provide an elite tier of benefits and wellness programs, have a bias for promoting within, and an array of global culture & connection programs and committees, such as DEI Employee Councils, FourKites Pride, and FourKites Women's groups.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Wellness days
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Company sponsored family events
Fertility benefits
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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