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Senior Partner Sales Manager - Public Sector

Leads Tines’ Federal partner business and builds its SLED partner strategy, owning partner-driven pipeline, revenue, and execution across resellers, distributors, integrators, and technology alliances. Requires 10+ years of senior commercial experience, strong Federal ecosystem knowledge, and frequent travel.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute Tines’ national Federal partner strategy.
  • Build the national State, Local, and Education (SLED) partner strategy and scale execution through regional Channel team members.
  • Develop and execute business plans with priority resellers, distributors, systems integrators, services partners, and technology alliance partners.
  • Take commercial accountability for partner-driven pipeline, revenue, opportunity progression, and account outcomes.
  • Work with Public Sector account executives and sales engineers to develop and advance partner-led opportunities.
  • Coordinate Sales, Sales Engineering, Marketing, Services, Alliances, Sales Operations, and partners around priority accounts and programs.
  • Use partner intelligence, relationships, contract vehicles, services, and technology alliances to strengthen priority opportunities.
  • Establish a consistent cadence of partner engagement, field activity, enablement, measurement, and follow-through.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in partner sales, channel sales, alliances, business development, or Public Sector sales, or equivalent senior-level commercial ownership.
  • Significant experience owning partner or channel sales motions involving Federal civilian, Department of Defense, or intelligence community organizations.
  • Record of delivering measurable pipeline and revenue through partners.
  • Experience building or scaling a partner motion for an emerging technology vendor or startup.
  • Strong knowledge of the Federal partner ecosystem, including resellers, distributors, systems integrators, services partners, and technology alliance partners.
  • Experience developing strategic partner business plans and navigating Federal procurement, contract vehicles, and partner-led routes to market.
  • Ability to position a technical platform and lead complex cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
  • Strong executive communication, operational rigor, and ability to manage a high volume of activity.
  • Ability to meet travel requirements, including frequent in-person engagement in the Washington, DC area.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience across multiple Federal segments.
  • SLED partner sales experience.
  • FedRAMP experience.
  • Regulated Public Sector procurement experience.
  • Salesforce experience.
  • Cloud and enterprise software experience.

Compensation

  • Target annual compensation of $300k plus equity.
  • Washington, DC-area candidates should expect approximately 30% travel; candidates elsewhere should expect 50% or more, including frequent travel to Washington, DC.

Skills

Partner Sales, Channel Sales, Business Development, Federal Sales, Sled, FedRAMP, Salesforce, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Contract Vehicles, Systems Integrators, Sales Operations

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