Director, Partner Marketing Manager, Capital One Software (remote)

Capital One Capital One · Banking · Richmond, VA +3 · Remote

This role is for a Director, Partner Marketing Manager for Capital One Software, which offers B2B software solutions for data management and AI-readiness. The primary focus is on developing and executing marketing strategies for the partner ecosystem (VARs, SIs, Technology Partners) to drive demand generation and revenue growth. Responsibilities include building partner marketing programs, managing funding strategies, creating processes and identifying technologies for partner marketing, driving ROI measurement, and collaborating with internal teams. While the products address AI-readiness and the role mentions AI transforming B2B marketing, the core function is marketing and partner management, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build the global partner marketing program to include annual to-partner/thru-partner marketing plans, budgets, and metrics in alignment with revenue objectives. To include partner experience and engagement, co-branding and messaging, events, advocacy, media relations, demand generation, activation, and enablement.
  2. Shape funding strategies for partner marketing initiatives — including the use of contra revenue, MDF (market development funds), and opex — ensuring alignment with business priorities, ROI targets, and partner performance tiers.
  3. Create processes and identify technologies (e.g., partner portals, marketing automation tools, marketplaces, communities) to support partner marketing, regulatory compliance, and measurement of partner impact.
  4. Drive measurement of ROI for partner ecosystem marketing investments, incentives, programs, and activities.
  5. Work with internal sales, product, and marketing teams to align on priorities and deliver cohesive GTM execution and support partner needs.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • At least 6 years of experience in channel partner and alliances marketing
  • At least 5 years collaborating across diverse business functions (for example: alliances, engineers, architects, resellers, distributors, integrators, cloud service providers, consultants, agents, solution providers)
  • At least 6 years of experience driving GTM partner ecosystem practices and processes (for example: joint business planning, partner enablement, co-selling, market development funds, partner relationship management)
  • At least 5 years of experience with indirect marketing processes, deliverables, and tools (for example: SEO, Content Strategy, Case Studies, White papers)
  • At least 6 years of experience in product marketing or product management for data management, data observability, or technical B2B SaaS company

Nice to have

  • Ability to understand how AI is transforming B2B marketing as it relates to creating personalized partner experiences, content, and co-marketing initiatives
  • Knowledge of partner incentive programs like MDF, referral rewards, and performance awards
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully take initiatives from 0 to 1
  • Demonstrated experience marketing data products (for example: data clouds, data management tools, data optimization solutions, or data observability and governance platforms)
  • Strong understanding of the competitive landscape within the data management market, including key players, their strengths and weaknesses, and emerging trends
  • Understanding of partner marketing approaches of to, thru, with and for
  • Demonstrated experience identifying, measuring and reporting on partner performance success metrics

What the JD emphasized

  • partner marketing
  • partner ecosystem
  • partner marketing program
  • partner marketing initiatives
  • partner marketing
  • partner needs
  • partner-facing assets
  • partner ecosystem
  • partner performance success metrics