Partner Sales Lead, Sydney

Notion Notion · Enterprise · Sydney, Australia · Sales

Notion is seeking a Partner Sales Lead in Sydney to own and grow their partner ecosystem across value-added resellers, hyperscaler partnerships, and local services partners. This role involves building and executing go-to-market programs, managing hyperscaler partnerships, aligning partner activity to sales pipeline, and developing executive relationships with partner leadership. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in partnerships or channel sales in enterprise SaaS, a builder's track record, and strong commercial and relationship-building skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and grow Notion's ANZ partner ecosystem across value-added resellers, cloud/hyperscaler partnerships, and local services partners
  2. Build and execute joint go-to-market programs with regional VARs and solutions partners
  3. Manage Notion's hyperscaler partnerships in ANZ, overseeing cloud marketplace deal flow and co-sell motions
  4. Align partner activity directly to the ANZ sales team's pipeline — facilitating introductions, mapping accounts, and driving resell and co-sell opportunities to close
  5. Coordinate joint initiatives that bring together reseller partners and hyperscaler ecosystems for combined enterprise programs

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in partnerships, channel sales, or alliances in the enterprise SaaS or cloud software industry
  • Demonstrated experience managing both VAR/reseller programs and at least one cloud or hyperscaler partnership
  • A builder's track record: you've stood up partner programs and can point to outcomes you drove
  • Strong demand generation orientation
  • Commercially sharp with the ability to connect partner activity to revenue outcomes
  • Highly collaborative and effective working alongside direct sales teams
  • Executive presence and strong relationship-building skills
  • Experience working in or alongside hyper-growth or startup environments
  • Based in Sydney with existing knowledge of the ANZ technology market; willingness to travel across ANZ and occasionally across APAC
  • Strong organizational and operational discipline

Nice to have

  • Experience with cloud marketplace programs and hyperscaler co-sell motions
  • Familiarity with product-led growth (PLG) or bottoms-up SaaS go-to-market models
  • Existing relationships with ANZ-based VARs, systems integrators, or hyperscaler partner teams
  • Cross-market APAC experience

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of experience in partnerships, channel sales, or alliances in the enterprise SaaS or cloud software industry
  • Demonstrated experience managing both VAR/reseller programs and at least one cloud or hyperscaler partnership — comfort across both partner types is essential
  • A builder's track record: you've stood up partner programs and can point to outcomes you drove