Senior Manager, Commercial Partnerships, Apac (channel & Alliances)

Klaviyo Klaviyo · Enterprise · Sydney, Australia · Sales

Senior Manager, Commercial Partnerships, APAC to lead the development and growth of Klaviyo’s channel and alliances ecosystem across Asia–Pacific. This role combines team leadership, partner enablement, and market expansion, focusing on managing and growing top-tier Commercial partner book of business in ANZ, and building/scaling a high-performing Commercial partner team and reseller/alliances channel across Asia. The role treats Channel & Alliances as a core revenue engine, embedding AI-first practices in team operations and planning.

What you'd actually do

  1. Set and execute the APAC Commercial Channel & Alliances strategy, including the ANZ Commercial partner portfolio and Asia reseller motion, aligned to regional ARR, NDR, and multiproduct goals.
  2. Drive predictable partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline and ARR through a disciplined operating rhythm, inspection, and accurate forecasting.
  3. Lead, coach, and scale a high-performing Commercial partner team across APAC, creating a high-accountability, high-support culture.
  4. Embed structured co-sell motions with Sales and CS so partners are consistently involved in real customer work across new business, onboarding, and expansion.
  5. Design and run a scaled, high-velocity partner motion for smaller agencies and resellers alongside the managed tier, balancing depth with breadth across the Commercial base.

Skills

Required

  • Proven experience in partnerships, channel sales, or business development, with a focus on Commercial or mid-market SaaS.
  • Track record of building and managing partner teams and reseller ecosystems, including owning revenue and pipeline targets.
  • Strong understanding of APAC markets, with direct experience in ANZ and Asia highly preferred.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with both internal and external stakeholders, including C-level.
  • Data-driven operator with expertise in forecasting, pipeline management, and partner performance analysis.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with competing priorities.
  • Demonstrable AI-first thinking: proven ability to identify, test, and implement AI-driven workflows that increase team efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability.
  • Comfort experimenting with AI in work or personal projects, with a desire to responsibly explore new AI tools and workflows to make work smarter and more efficient.

Nice to have

  • Experience building or leading Channel & Alliances motions (agencies, SIs, BPOs, ISVs, resellers) across multiple APAC markets.
  • Exposure to ecommerce and martech ecosystems (e.g. Shopify, WooCommerce, SFCC, Magento, or adjacent platforms).
  • Prior experience designing and running co-sell programs and GTM plays with agencies and global alliances partnerships.
  • People management experience in high-growth environments, especially managing Partner Account Managers or Channel sellers.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-first thinking
  • responsibly explore new AI tools and workflows