Global Agency Partnerships Lead

Canva Canva · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Sales

This role focuses on building and managing global agency partnerships to drive the adoption and growth of Canva Enterprise. It involves contributing to program strategy, evaluating and recruiting partners, activating relationships to support enterprise revenue, and collaborating with sales, success, and marketing teams. The role requires a strong understanding of SaaS GTM, partner ecosystems, and operational rigor.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contribute to the strategy, design and evolution of Canva's global agency program - including engagement models, partner tiers, playbooks, and performance frameworks - aligned to Canva’s broader go-to-market strategy.
  2. You’ll take ownership of key agency programs, moving them from concept to active pilots with clear timelines, ownership, and measurable outcomes.
  3. Evaluate partners for strategic fit, service maturity, regional relevance, and ability to deliver Enterprise customer outcomes.
  4. Build, recruit, and develop a portfolio of agency partners aligned to Canva Enterprise priorities across training, design services, onboarding, implementation, adoption, and expansion that balances geographic reach, specialization, and commercial impact.
  5. Build and activate agency relationships that support enterprise revenue: partner-sourced awareness, qualified pipeline, deal support, and adoption services.

Skills

Required

  • Background in SaaS, enterprise software, digital platforms, or agency ecosystems.
  • Experience working with agencies, consultancies, or service partners in a commercial or strategic capacity.
  • Strong understanding of Enterprise GTM: pipeline generation, sales cycles, onboarding, adoption, renewals, and expansion.
  • Expertise working with service partners that support onboarding, implementation, or adoption programs.
  • Commercial instincts paired with operational rigor — comfortable with CRM, reporting, account mapping, and metrics.
  • Experience working across multiple regions or in global teams with regional execution models.
  • Exceptional communication, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

  • Experience in design, content, martech, collaboration, or creative workflow ecosystems.
  • Experience supporting Enterprise customers through agency- or partner-led service delivery models.

What the JD emphasized

  • Enterprise customer outcomes
  • Enterprise GTM
  • Enterprise customers