Director, Partner Solutions

Superhuman Superhuman · Consumer · Hub - San Francisco · Managed

This role is for a Director, Partner Solutions at Superhuman (Grammarly), an AI productivity platform. The role focuses on building and managing a channel strategy through consulting, services, and selling partners to extend Superhuman's business model and increase market share. Responsibilities include developing channel strategy, driving partner growth, conducting market research, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support the Superhuman Alliance Program. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Partner Sales/Business Development within enterprise software, a technical understanding of Superhuman's products, and strong leadership and analytical skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build a robust multi-year channel strategy to underpin the corporate strategy through the leverage of channel partnerships
  2. Drive exceptional partner solution growth by demonstrating effective leadership, building strong organizations, engaging partners, and executing a well-planned go-to-market strategy
  3. Understand investment planning and recruitment efforts in new and emerging markets
  4. Create partner development paths that support channel go-to-market efforts, including providing input in designing our accreditation and specialization programs
  5. Conduct research to aid program and other corporate decision-making initiatives such as partner/customer surveys and market opportunity assessments

Skills

Required

  • over 10 years of extensive experience in Partner Sales and/or Business Development
  • enterprise software vendor background
  • leadership and passion to build and optimize
  • establishing and maintaining relationships effectively
  • profile, identify, and recruit system integrator / consulting firms and technology partners worldwide
  • knowledgeable about the business metrics of relevant markets
  • technical understanding of Superhuman's products
  • outgoing, self-motivated, organized, creative, respectful, and operate with a high level of integrity and a can-do attitude
  • exceptional oral and written communication skills
  • demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance, proactively manage tasks and priorities across multiple projects, analyze and execute work efficiently, collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrive in fast-paced, results-driven environments
  • strong drive and analytical mindset
  • experience managing and expanding indirect sales and delivery teams
  • deep understanding of how to generate value and increase volume through partnerships with hundreds of partners and thousands of customers
  • focused on driving channel initiatives while maintaining and executing the channel strategy to extend Superhuman's business model by developing a portfolio of consulting services and selling partners
  • skilled at navigating complex partnership models to assemble the right portfolio of capable partners and ensure customer success
  • process-oriented mindset, utilizing metrics to inform data-driven decision-making
  • recognize the importance of aggressive partner practice development and understand that investing in and enabling partners will yield long-term benefits

Nice to have

  • present/speak at local community events

What the JD emphasized

  • partner sales
  • business development
  • enterprise software vendor
  • channel strategy
  • partner solutions
  • partner growth
  • channel partnerships
  • partner development
  • partner experience
  • partner sales
  • indirect sales
  • delivery teams
  • channel initiatives
  • channel strategy
  • consulting services
  • selling partners
  • partnership models
  • partner practice development
  • enabling partners