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Partner Manager - Channels

Builds and manages channel partnerships to drive revenue growth through partner recruitment, enablement, joint selling, and pipeline generation. Requires 5+ years in channel sales or alliances at SaaS/cloud companies, with technical aptitude and 25-50% travel.

93k – 109kIllinoisMichiganMinnesota+2 morePartnershipsRemote5+ YOE

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Identify and recruit new strategic partners to drive revenue growth
  • Enable and activate existing partners through training, enablement and joint selling
  • Coordinate the technical and marketing aspects of integrated partnership launches
  • Host quarterly business reviews with partners to drive accountability and report on success metrics
  • Work hand-in-hand with Datadog’s regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations
  • Generate partner-sourced net-new sales pipeline and revenue

Who You Are

  • 5+ years of experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
  • 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
  • Willingness to travel 25-50% of the time

Bonus points:

  • Experience with systems management or monitoring
  • 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

Benefits and Growth

  • Continuous Sales training and career growth
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Generous and competitive global and US benefits
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $93,000—$109,000 USD

Skills

Channel SalesBusiness DevelopmentStrategic AlliancesDevOpsCloudSystems ManagementPartner EnablementSales Pipeline GenerationTechnical ConceptsGo-To-Market

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