Principal Partner Specialist, Google Cloud

MongoDB MongoDB · Enterprise · New York, NJ · Remote · Cloud Partners

This role is for a Principal Partner Specialist focused on Google Cloud partnerships for MongoDB. The primary responsibilities include developing and executing Go-to-Market strategies, generating pipeline, driving large deals, and managing the end-to-end partner relationship. The role requires significant experience in strategic sales or partner channel sales, pipeline generation, and stakeholder management, with a focus on co-selling with hyperscalers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build & leverage Executive-level relationships between Google Cloud & MongoDB to create and close business
  2. Proactively prospect, identify, qualify, and develop a sales pipeline to and through our cloud partners
  3. Report to the Head of Global Co-sell for GCP and own, on behalf of AVP Northeast & AVP Southeast, all things Google Cloud related
  4. Drive large and strategic deals in partnership with the MongoDB field sales, partners, and Google Cloud sales teams
  5. Interlock with the Global Cloud Program team for backup, support, and pipeline generation

Skills

Required

  • 8 + years experience in a quota carrying direct strategic sales or partner/channel sales
  • Solid experience in generating pipeline and sales forecasting
  • Experience in working in a heavy sales matrix model
  • Relevant experience and knowledge of open source, enterprise software apps, SaaS, Database, or Cloud Computing
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
  • Proven ability to drive complex sales cycles, demonstrating multiple stakeholder management
  • Experience developing successful and scalable technology partnership programs
  • Ability to engage & influence C-Level executives

Nice to have

  • Previous Sales Methodology training a plus (e.g. MEDDIC, SPIN, Challenger Sales)
  • College degree in business, economics, engineering, finance, science, math or similar
  • Possess aptitude to learn quickly and establish credibility
  • High EQ and self-aware
  • The ability to work in fast paced environment, be trusted to drive initiatives autonomously and gain buy in from a wide collection of stakeholders
  • Passionate about growing your career in the largest market in software and developing and maintaining an in-depth understanding of MongoDB products

What the JD emphasized

  • quota carrying direct strategic sales or partner/channel sales
  • generating pipeline and sales forecasting
  • working in a heavy sales matrix model
  • co-selling with the hyperscalers
  • drive complex sales cycles
  • stakeholder management
  • consistent overachievers