Open Source Enterprise Sales / Alliances

Jobgether; Italia; In loco; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Annual bonus

Learning budget 2000 USD

Travel opportunities

Maternity/Paternity leave

Employee assistance

Team events twice yearly

Wellness resources

Travel upgrades

Descrizione del lavoro

Partner Company in Italy seeks an Open Source Enterprise Sales & Alliances leader to drive revenue growth with enterprise customers and technology partners. You will shape sales & partnership strategies, expand key relationships, and manage complex contracts across global markets.

The role requires strong commercial judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to travel internationally. A technical degree and solid Linux/open-source background are essential.

Competenze

• Proven track record of exceeding revenue targets in technology markets.
• Experience selling to enterprise customers and managing alliances.
• Strong English, presenting and communication skills.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical field or equivalent.

Mansioni

• Drive revenue growth through enterprise sales and strategic alliances.
• Build and expand relationships with enterprise customers, partners, distributors.
• Develop sales and partnership strategies; identify opportunities.
• Negotiate contracts and commercial terms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute go-to-market plans.
• Travel domestically and internationally to strengthen partnerships.

Conoscenze

Enterprise sales

Open source expertise

Linux knowledge

Strategic partnerships

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in technical subject

Descrizione del lavoro

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Open Source Enterprise Sales / Alliances based in Italy.

This role offers the opportunity to drive revenue growth across enterprise sales and strategic technology alliances within the global open source ecosystem.
You will build and expand relationships with enterprise customers, technology partners, systems integrators, hardware vendors, software vendors, and distributors.
The position combines commercial leadership with a strong understanding of Linux, cloud technologies, and open source business models.
You will shape sales and partnership strategies, develop new opportunities, and help customers and partners unlock the value of open source solutions.
Working cross-functionally, you will collaborate with sales, marketing, product, customer success, finance, legal, support, and engineering teams.
The role provides significant exposure to senior executives and requires strong ownership, commercial judgment, and the ability to operate across global markets.
This is an opportunity to join a highly distributed, multicultural environment where high performance, technical curiosity, and continuous learning are strongly valued.

Accountabilities:

• Drive revenue growth through enterprise sales and/or strategic alliance development across the technology industry.
• Build, manage, and expand strategic relationships with enterprise customers, go-to-market partners, hardware and software vendors, systems integrators, distributors, and channel organizations.
• Develop and own sales and partnership strategies, identifying new business opportunities and expanding existing engagements.
• Negotiate contracts, commercial agreements, and business terms while creating mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Increase customer and partner awareness of open source capabilities across Linux, cloud, and related technology ecosystems.
• Develop sales engagements and manage opportunities through to successful commercial outcomes, consistently delivering against revenue targets and objectives.
• Work closely with field sales teams to identify, support, grow, and transact new and existing opportunities.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales Engineering, Product Management, Customer Success, Finance, Legal, and Support to execute go-to-market strategies.
• Represent the voice of customers and partners internally while communicating business needs and market feedback to relevant teams.
• Lead executive-level engagements and strategic interlocks between customers or partners and senior leadership.
• Travel domestically and internationally to strengthen partnerships, meet customers, and participate in industry and company events.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated track record of exceeding revenue targets and delivering outstanding commercial results within the technology industry.
• Strong experience with Linux, open source technologies, and open source business or selling models.
• Experience in enterprise software sales, strategic partnerships, alliances, channel development, or related technology-focused commercial roles.
• Proven ability to build and expand relationships with senior stakeholders, customers, and strategic partners.
• Strong commercial skills, including experience negotiating contracts and complex business terms.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject, or a compelling alternative career or educational path demonstrating equivalent capability.
• Strong academic performance, with an exceptional academic track record considered favorably regardless of current seniority.
• Professional written and spoken English, combined with excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Confidence to respectfully challenge ideas, exchange feedback, contribute perspectives, and communicate openly.
• Leadership mindset with a commitment to mentoring others and continuously developing professional skills.
• Genuine passion for technology, demonstrated through personal projects, initiatives, or other evidence of technical curiosity.
• Strong interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, accountability, and a results-oriented mindset.
• Ability to work effectively across multicultural, multinational teams and demonstrate respect for diverse perspectives.
• High level of self-motivation, personal drive, thoughtfulness, and ownership in meeting commitments.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally twice per year for company events lasting up to two weeks, as well as travel more regularly for customer, partner, and industry engagements.

Benefits:

• Performance-driven annual bonus or commission in addition to base compensation.
• Compensation structured according to geographic location, experience, and performance, with regular annual reviews.
• Distributed work environment with opportunities to meet colleagues in person during twice-yearly team events.
• USD 2,000 annual personal learning and development budget.
• Recognition and performance rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Program with access to health and wellness resources.
• Opportunities to travel internationally and experience new locations while meeting colleagues.
• Priority Pass access and travel upgrades for eligible long-haul company events.
• Globally distributed, multicultural working environment with opportunities to collaborate across countries and regions.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

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