About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Partner Account Manager - Technology Alliances based in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Own the overall technology partner relationship, including partner-program requirements, business planning, governance, operating cadence, and performance reporting.
- Develop and execute annual and quarterly joint business plans focused on pipeline creation, bookings, margin growth, renewals, and strategic solution areas.
- Build trusted relationships with partner executives, account teams, specialists, channel and distribution organizations, and internal stakeholders.
- Drive sales engagement by educating partner sellers on cybersecurity solutions, identifying target accounts, supporting account mapping, and coordinating joint customer opportunities.
- Establish a consistent sales cadence through pipeline reviews, opportunity strategy sessions, partner updates, and executive business reviews.
- Identify, recruit, and enable sales and technical champions to increase field coverage, confidence, and adoption of the solutions.
- Collaborate with marketing teams to plan and execute demand-generation campaigns, events, webinars, and customer outreach programs.
- Monitor partnership performance across pipeline, revenue, win rates, attach rates, renewals, certifications, marketing activity, and seller participation.
- Coordinate with sales operations and distribution partners to resolve quoting, ordering, licensing, renewal, and deal-registration challenges.
- Ensure partner teams understand and maximize available incentives, deal-registration programs, marketing development funds, and other partner resources.
- Share market intelligence, customer needs, competitive insights, and growth opportunities with relevant internal and partner stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong executive alignment and a predictable operating rhythm while continuously identifying opportunities to improve the partnership.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in channel sales, alliances, partnerships, business development, or related sales roles, preferably within cybersecurity or enterprise technology.
- Demonstrated success growing strategic vendor partnerships, generating qualified pipeline, and influencing sales organizations without direct management authority.
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity solutions, channel sales models, reseller economics, enterprise purchasing processes, and technology partner ecosystems.
- Experience collaborating with vendor field teams, distributors, marketing organizations, sales operations, and technical specialists.
- Strong business planning, forecasting, presentation, negotiation, and executive communication capabilities.
- Ability to analyze performance data, identify trends and gaps, prioritize investments, and translate insights into clear commercial actions.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to establish credibility across executive, sales, technical, and operational stakeholders.
- Highly organized and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, initiatives, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and turning strategic plans into practical execution.
- Commercially driven mindset with a strong focus on pipeline creation, revenue growth, renewals, partner engagement, and measurable business outcomes.
- Ability to operate effectively in a remote environment while maintaining strong communication, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
Conditions
- Base salary range of $188,000–$225,000, depending on relevant factors such as experience, location, skills, responsibilities, and internal equity.
- Equity opportunities.
- Commission opportunities and performance-based earning potential.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees.
- Health and dependent savings accounts.
- Life and disability insurance programs.
- Paid parental leave.
- Retirement savings programs.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Company-sponsored wellness programs and wellness reimbursement opportunities.
- Additional voluntary benefit programs.
- Fully remote work environment, with this position focused on the U.S. West Coast.
- Opportunity to work in a collaborative, cross-functional environment at the intersection of cybersecurity, enterprise technology, and strategic partnerships.