Partner Manager

Clay · Vertical AI · London, United Kingdom · GTM - Partnerships

This role focuses on managing solutions partners to drive pipeline creation, deal velocity, and enterprise credibility for Clay's AI-powered growth platform. The Partner Manager will own the sales execution layer of partner relationships, focusing on co-sell motions, account mapping, and referrals to generate partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own a portfolio of enterprise-focused Solutions Partners with responsibility for partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline, deal progression, and revenue
  2. Lead enterprise co-sell motions from referral through close, partnering with GTM Engineers on opportunity strategy
  3. Drive joint GTM efforts with partners: co-hosted webinars, executive roundtables, and thought leadership

Skills

Required

  • 4–7+ years of experience in sales, B2B partnerships, business development, or ecosystem roles at a B2B SaaS company
  • Hands-on experience working with solutions partners, agencies, or SIs, especially in enterprise co-sell, referral, or partner-sourced revenue motions
  • Strong familiarity with account mapping, pipeline reviews, and deal collaboration between internal sales teams and external partners
  • Comfortable operating in cross-functional environments, partnering closely with Sales, GTM Ops, Legal, and Solutions teams
  • Sales-minded and outcomes-oriented, with comfort being measured on pipeline creation, deal influence, and revenue impact
  • Able to operate with structure and rigor while building trust-based, high-leverage partner relationships
  • Comfortable engaging at the executive level with partners and internal sales leadership

Nice to have

  • experience working alongside sales engineering, RevOps, or GTM teams
  • familiarity with Clay and other tools like Crossbeam, Retool, Dust, and other similar platforms

What the JD emphasized

  • sales execution layer
  • drive partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline
  • sales, B2B partnerships, business development, or ecosystem roles
  • solutions partners, agencies, or SIs
  • account mapping, pipeline reviews, and deal collaboration
  • pipeline creation, deal influence, and revenue impact
  • structure and rigor