Senior Partner Manager - Channels

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · Singapore · Channels & Alliances

Senior Partner Manager focused on channel sales and alliances for a cloud software company, aiming to drive customer adoption and revenue through strategic partnerships. Responsibilities include revenue growth, co-selling, GTM strategy, partner enablement, recruitment, and relationship management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own a channel sales quota. Work with partners to build a healthy pipeline and close deals.
  2. Work hand-in-hand with Datadog’s regional enterprise, mid market, and commercial sales organizations in jointly selling and going to market with our channel partners
  3. Collaborate with Marketing to create joint campaigns, webinars, and blue prints with our focused partners to generate partner-sourced net-new sales pipeline and revenue
  4. Work with our Partner Solution Architects to enable and activate partners technical & GTM resources to ensure partners can pitch and demo our SaaS solution effectively.
  5. Identify and onboard strategic partners that align with our ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) and technical ecosystem

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organisation
  • Proven experience in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long-lasting partnerships
  • Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
  • Based in Singapore, and willing to travel 25-50% of the time

Nice to have

  • Experience with systems management, monitoring, and / or security
  • Experience with partnerships supporting DevOps, particularly in a cloud environment
  • Technical background/education
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for taking initiatives from ideation to impact
  • Passion for fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable growth culture and environment
  • Experience in identifying market opportunities with a track record of initiating go-to-market plans and sales follow-through

What the JD emphasized

  • quota-carrying
  • quota-carrying