Strategic Channel Manager | India | Remote | Expressions Of Interest

Grafana; India; Remote; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Strategic Channel Manager for India to build and scale our partner go-to-market. You will own the channel strategy, work with Sales, Marketing and Solutions Engineering, and drive partner-sourced revenue with SI and VAR partners in a remote, global company.

You will develop executive relationships, identify opportunities, and shape the playbook for a fast-growing channel in India, with RSU-based equity and country-specific compensation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in channel sales or sales with partners.
• Experience selling SaaS; familiarity with BEPIC and MEDDPICC.
• Proven history of achieving goals at high-growth startups.
• Consultative sales approach with high customer/partner satisfaction.
• Proven ability to develop a high-performing channel strategy for SaaS in India.

Responsibilities

• Develop executive-level relationships with focus partners in India.
• Own partner opportunity identification and deal acceleration to drive revenue targets.
• Lead identification, activation and development of regional partners.
• Develop partner capabilities, co-sell motions and brand awareness initiatives.
• Establish executive relationships to create partnership business plans.
• Work with leadership to manage pipeline and revenue commitments.
• Work across Grafana Labs on message alignment, operational coordination and evangelism of the partner strategy and program.

Skills

Channel sales

Sales with partners

SaaS sales

BEPIC methodology

MEDDPICC methodology

Startup experience

Consultative selling

Job description

Strategic Channel Manager | India | Remote | Expressions Of Interest

India (Remote)

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the fully managed observability platform trusted by more than 10,000 organizations to ensure reliability, resolve incidents faster, and optimize telemetry at scale. Built on open source and open standards and designed for interoperability across any stack, Grafana Cloud brings AI to observability and observability to AI, giving teams (and their agents) unified visibility so they can see, understand, and act on all their disparate data, wherever it lives, and move at the speed of their ambitions. Customers, including Anthropic, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Salesforce, rely on Grafana Labs. We are a 100% remote company with team members across 40+ countries, backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, GIC, Coatue, J.P. Morgan, CapitalG, and Lead Edge Capital. Learn more at grafana.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X .

We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.

You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.

The Opportunity:

Grafana Labs is looking for a Channel Manager to develop, execute and evolve our partner go-to-market strategy in India. You will work closely with Sales, Solution Engineering, Marketing, Operations and the leadership team to align sales and go-to-market efforts with our product, technical and sales development efforts. Your key task is to deliver immediate and future partner-sourced revenue growth, working primarily with Grafana's regional Systems Integrators and Value-Added Resellers.

As our first dedicated channel hire in India, you will build an emerging partner community and shape the role, the strategy and the playbook inside a rapidly growing company where partners are a core part of go-to-market.

This is NOT a programmatic channel and distribution role. This IS a sales-focused channel role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is comfortable owning a partner-sourced revenue number, and can build on a fast-growing channel business.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop executive-level relationships with focus partners in India
• Own partner opportunity identification and deal acceleration to drive revenue targets
• Lead the identification, activation and development of regional partners
• Develop partner capabilities, co-sell motions and brand awareness initiatives
• Establish strong executive relationships to create partnership business plans
• Work with leadership to manage pipeline and revenue commitments
• Work across Grafana Labs on message alignment, operational coordination and evangelism of the partner strategy and program

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• 7+ years of experience in channel sales or sales (selling with partners)
• Experience selling SaaS (open source technology is a plus), and familiarity with BEPIC and MEDDPICC selling methodologies
• A demonstrated history of consistent goal achievement at high-growth startups
• A consultative sales approach, with the goal of keeping customer, partner and community satisfaction exceptionally high
• Proven experience developing a high-performing channel strategy for SaaS vendors new to the India market

Bonus Points For:

• Running low-touch deal cycles with partners independently of the direct sales team
• A demonstrated ability to increase partner-sourced revenue (NACV) contribution to India's overall revenue.

Compensation & Rewards:

In India, the OTE (On-Target Earnings) compensation range will apply for this role. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.

*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.

Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs:

• 100% Remote, Global Culture -As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.
• Scaling Organization  – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
• Transparent Communication  – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
• Innovation-Driven  – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.
• Open Source Roots  – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work.
• Empowered Teams  – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.
• Career Growth Pathways  – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
• Approachable Leadership  – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human.
• Passionate People  – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.
• In‑Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it.
• Balance is Key  – We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.

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