Smart people. Great clients. A culture that fosters innovation, teamwork and professional enrichment. These are just a few reasons why so many individuals have built long and lucrative careers with IDeaS. That next individual could be you.

Since 1989, IDeaS has been helping the world’s hospitality businesses maximize their revenue performance. IDeaS Revenue Solutions - a SAS Company, offers industry-leading pricing and revenue management Software, Services, and Consulting to the hospitality and travel industries. We've been called on by industries as far-ranging as parking, airlines, transportation and event ticketing.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with our Global Technology center located in Pune, India, IDeaS maintains sales, support and distribution offices in North & South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia and Asia. No matter what we're working on, our goal is to make revenue management so user-friendly, insightful, and profitable that revenue management professionals wouldn't think of going back to the old way of doing things.

IDeaS’ global marketing team consistently achieves exceptional results, ever pushing the envelope to maintain and amplify IDeaS’ leading brand experience and reputation for premiere hospitality-and-travel technology and services.  We look for a highly skilled and innovative individual to join our talented, passionate group of creative strategists.

Position Summary

Our Partner Marketing Specialist serves as the marketing professional to lead projects that will drive the growth and expansion of our partner program, focused on new partnership opportunities. This individual will form close, mutually beneficial strategic business partnerships and joint go-to-market strategies, marketing materials and event execution that raise awareness and support sales and client adoption of new integration capabilities. He or she partners closely with Corporate Marketing, Global Alliances and Management Team, Product Marketing, Regional Sales Leaders, and Account Management to plan, develop, implement and measure partner marketing efforts.  These programs are intended to expand our current client and partner relationships, increase client and partner engagement, and retain and grow clients.

For this role, you will have the opportunity to…

• Plan, develop and implement marketing campaigns, events and materials that drive increased partner penetration and engagement and foster increased client and prospect engagement
• Develop marketing strategies and tactics with designated partner accounts
• Produce client success stories and client references that advocate for our partnerships
• Manage and optimize partner marketing databases and activity/performance dashboards
• Create and maintain various marketing materials as requested
• Lead and execute client- and/or partner-focused communications programs
• Develop partner and client focused messaging and communication materials
• Support the entire partner ecosystem, including integrations, complimentary technologies, consultants, associations and education
• Plan and execute co-marketing programs that generate targeted, qualified sales leads
• Develop partner marketing and sales enablement materials, including sales presentations, videos, IDeaS.com website, partner portal, training materials, and demand generation activities, such as live and virtual events, emails, social media posts.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

 Do you qualify? You must have…

• Bachelors degree in business, marketing or related field of study
• 8+ years of experience in partnership development, including demand generation and/or product marketing
• Demonstrated track record of successful partner/vendor relationships and business development growth
• SaaS and/or hospitality technology experience
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability and commitment as a team player as well as working independently and autonomously
• Self-motivated, strong initiative and work ethic
• An outgoing, positive, solution-oriented approach to solving problems
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Preferences for this role include…

• Technical product communication/writing experience
• Global PR experience

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Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

SAS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Equal Employment

Opportunity is the Law. Also view the supplement EEO is the Law, and the notice Pay Transparency

Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the education requirement stated above.

The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience.

Resumes may be considered in the order they are received.

IDeaS/SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, IDeaS/SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. IDeaS/SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

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