Senior Partner Manager - Channels (israel)

Datadog Datadog · Enterprise · Tel Aviv, Israel · Channels & Alliances

This role is for a Senior Partner Manager focused on building and activating a partner ecosystem for Datadog's multi-cloud monitoring product. The responsibilities include recruiting and developing channel partners (SIs, MSPs, VARs) to drive new customer adoption and revenue, enabling partners through training and joint selling, managing business reviews, and generating partner-sourced sales pipeline. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales within a cloud services or SaaS organization, with proven negotiation and partnership-building skills. Technical comprehension and proficiency in managing Cloud MSP partners are advantageous. The role involves travel and offers high income earning opportunities, stock equity, and professional development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify and recruit new strategic channel partners to drive revenue growth
  2. Enable and activate existing partners through training, planning and joint selling activities
  3. Coordinate the technical and marketing aspects of integrated partnership launches
  4. Host regular business reviews with partners to drive accountability and report on success metrics
  5. Work hand-in-hand with Datadog’s regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations
  6. Generate partner-sourced net-new sales pipeline and revenue

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales
  • Experience in cloud services or SaaS organizations
  • Proven sales opportunity management (lead generation to closure)
  • Negotiation skills
  • Partnership building skills
  • Ability to comprehend and explain technical concepts
  • Willingness to travel 20-30%

Nice to have

  • Proficiency in managing premier Cloud MSP partners

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
  • Proven in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long-lasting partnerships
  • Able to quickly comprehend technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing