Strategic Cloud Partner Manager | APAC | Singapore | Remote

Grafana Labs; Remote; SGD 340,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global open-source platform is seeking a seasoned professional to lead cloud partnerships across the Asia-Pacific region. This role involves developing strategies, building relationships with cloud giants like AWS and Azure, and driving joint business initiatives. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in cloud sales, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple time zones. The position is fully remote, offering competitive compensation and stock options.

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

30 days annual leave

Remote work flexibility

In-person onboarding

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in APJ partner alliances or cloud sales roles.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Excellent relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud partnership growth across APJ.
• Develop and execute the APJ cloud partner strategy.
• Track and report partner activity and performance.

Skills

Cloud partnership growth

Relationship-building

Pipeline forecasting

Co-selling motions

Job description

Grafana Labs is a remote‑first open‑source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana the open‑source visualization tool around the globe monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France.

Grafana Labs also helps more than 3000 companies including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase and eBay manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self‑managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki) and traces (Grafana Tempo).

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

Lead cloud partnership growth across APJ with AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

Work closely with the Global Head of Cloud Partnerships and the APJ Partner organisation to align cloud initiatives with regional strategy.

Build a scalable, repeatable cloud go‑to‑market motion across APJ in collaboration with CSP field teams, solution engineers and SI partners.

Drive joint business acceleration by deepening engagement with the region’s major cloud ecosystems.

What You’ll Be Doing

Developing and executing the APJ cloud partner strategy aligned to global cloud priorities.

Building strong field relationships with AWS, GCP and Azure to support co‑selling account alignment and joint pursuit activity.

Creating partner‑sourced pipeline by educating cloud teams and activating CSP channels as a business‑generation engine.

Delivering enablement programs, workshops and technical training for CSP sales and technical teams across APJ.

Orchestrating joint go‑to‑market initiatives with cloud providers and SI partners including events, campaigns, workshops and customer‑success projects.

Managing operational elements of cloud partnerships such as Marketplace transactions, cloud credits, co‑marketing funds and program compliance.

Integrating cloud‑partnership activities with APJ sales, partner marketing and product teams.

Tracking and reporting partner activity, co‑sell pipeline and performance metrics.

Monitoring regional cloud‑market trends to inform ongoing strategy.

What Makes You a Great Fit

10+ years experience in APJ partner alliances or cloud sales roles within enterprise software, SaaS or cloud technology companies.

Hands‑on experience running joint go‑to‑market and co‑sell motions with AWS, GCP or Azure.

Proven ability to generate new opportunities through structured cloud‑field engagement.

Strong capability in delivering training and enablement across diverse APJ audiences.

Excellent relationship‑building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders internally and externally.

Confident managing pipeline forecasting and reporting.

Comfortable working across distributed teams and multiple time zones.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with cloud marketplaces, incentives, co‑marketing funds and programmatic partnership operations.
• Understanding of APJ SI consulting and cloud‑native partner ecosystems.
• Background in high‑growth SaaS or cloud‑platform environments.
• Multilingual skills relevant to APJ.

Compensation & Rewards

In Singapore the OTE (On‑Target Earnings) compensation range for this role is SGD 340,000 – SGD 375,000. 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‑defined pay range and 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 – 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity build a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow.

Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings.

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