Channel Development Manager

Arista Networks; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Dubai seeks a Channel Development Manager to drive partner-initiated revenue growth. The role involves building relationships with strategic partners, managing ongoing business plans, and facilitating sales enablement. Candidates should have 3 years of experience in channel management, a relevant degree, and be fluent in English and Arabic. This is a full-time position with no remote work options.

Qualifications

• 3 years of channel management experience or vendor sales in the network industry.
• Desire to contribute to building a world-class channel program.
• Must be available for impromptu partner meetings and open to 50% travel.

Responsibilities

• Develop executive partner relationships to increase Arista mindshare.
• Generate enthusiasm among partner sales and engineering teams.
• Conduct ongoing business planning with Arista partners.

Skills

Channel management experience

Interpersonal skills

Sales expertise

Business acumen

Fluent in English and Arabic

Education

BS/CS/BA Degree or equivalent

Job description

Who Youll Work With

As a Channel Development Manager at Arista Networks your primary responsibility will be to drive partner-initiated revenue growth with our most strategic channel partners. Utilize your exceptional presentation and relationship-building skills to convey Aristas value proposition (spanning Data Center Campus and Network Observability) to a diverse group of sales and technical staff while conducting on-going sales enablement.

Youll be an integral member of the regional sales team ensuring that we maximize field collaboration with our go-to partners. Leading candidates will possess strong critical-thinking mentality a commanding presence and an entrepreneurial spirit.

At Arista were committed to facilitate a disruptive shift in the way organizations design deploy and operate their enterprise networkwhether private public cloud-native or multi-cloud. This is no simple undertaking and the reason why were seeking energetic achievers who are as committed to shaping the future of client-to-cloud networking as we are.

Your activities will center on building solid rapport with partners to achieve measurable results in brand awareness across the channel increased revenue and expanded share in campus market. Your success in this role will span the creation and execution of extraordinary business plans with each focus partner. Youll be measured primarily on the joint business outcome with your regional partners while demonstrating your ability to work across all levels within the partner organization.

The channel organization at Arista is a strategic pillar for our continued growth and leadership position in Software Driven Cloud Networking and a critical component to accomplishing our mission. Channel development is an extension of our regional sales teams with a laser-focused objective of empowering our esteemed channel partners to successfully identify opportunities in which we will collaborate to position Aristas acclaimed products and services. This team is tasked with taking our industry-recognized achievements in Data Center into the Campus/Edge.

If youre looking for a unique opportunity to be part of a fun and spirited team putting your fingerprint on building a world-class channel thriving in an exciting fast-moving market and making a difference with all your hard workArista could be a perfect match!

What Youll Do

• Develop and leverage executive partner relationships and continuously increase Arista mindshare across the organization
• Generate enthusiasm/drive among partner sales and engineering teams to sell Arista products and services
• Systematic cadence with ELITE and ELITEPLUS partners to sharpen prospecting skills related to use cases where Arista excels
• Management/Oversight of Arista partners in the region with whom you will conduct on-going business planning.
• Active participation and contributing to the sales process with partners
• Business plans will be completed for each focus partner reviewed/updated quarterly with KPIs
• Acute accountability for jointly-developed goals
• Bi-weekly review of partner-initiated opportunities
• Manage and enforce program level compliance with up-leveled partners
• Build administer manage and/or deliver accreditation training for partner sales and technical staff
• Develop and drive incentive programs (SPIFs) to scale pipeline build and accelerate closing business
• Oversight of MDF including funding allocation resourcing & logistics to drive success in all partner-related demand generation activities
• Engage with key partners to develop proficiencies in delivering services around Arista solution set
• Ensure that partner portal is equipped with the right assets to ensure partners are effective in communicating Aristas value proposition
• Recruit/Enlist/Enable new partners

Qualifications :

• 3 years of channel management experience / vendor sales within the network industry
• BS/CS/BA Degree or equivalent in addition to previous background in sales or business development
• Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Desire to be part of and contribute to building a world-class channel program
• Tenacious and assertive hunter mentalityjust get it done!
• Ability to pivot between having a business value conversation with sales executives and a technical discussion with SEs & SAs
• Strong business acumen
• Must be available for impromptu partner meetings across regionopen to 50% travel (local & regional)
• FluentEnglish and Arabicis essential

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time