Vice President, Partner Sales APJ

Saviynt; Singapore; On-site; SGD 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Saviynt seeks a seasoned executive to lead the APJ Partnerships and Channels organization, driving growth with top-tier alliances and expanding partner-driven revenue in the APJ region. The role reports to the SVP Global Partners & Channel Chief and will shape the strategy and execution of partner initiatives to meet ambitious revenue goals.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in enterprise SaaS sales, is highly analytical, and can build scalable partner models across Japan, ASEAN, and India.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of Enterprise Sales experience with a verifiable track record managing and building/scaling a critical partner organization.
• Analytical executive with the ability to apply business insights to partner sales.
• Strategic thinker with experience building innovative partner models and leading large teams.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial deals including services, reseller, and co-sell agreements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the APJ Partner organization to drive growth with top-tier partner alliances.
• Create and execute short- and long-term partner plans, programs, goals, quotas, and analytics.
• Manage a multi-geography team with hiring, coaching, and succession planning.
• Collaborate with Revenue, Marketing, Enablement, and Product teams to ensure market success.
• Drive alignment with regional sales teams and participate in opportunity reviews.
• Develop and execute lead-generation programs across all partner types.

Skills

Enterprise Sales

Partner management

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Data-driven

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Saviynt's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes. Customers trust Saviynt to safeguard their digital assets, drive operational efficiency, and reduce compliance costs. Built for the AI age, Saviynt is today helping organizations safely accelerate their deployment and usage of AI. Saviynt is recognized as the leader in identity security, with solutions that protect and empower the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. For more information, please visit www.saviynt.com .

Reporting to the SVP Global Partners & Channel Chief, the VP of APJ Partnerships and Channels will serve as the leader for the APJ Partner organization and represent Saviynt with key partner/alliance relationships across APJ. This role will be responsible for driving the strategy and execution of the APJ partner business and initiatives and will ensure short and long-term expansion, including setting the strategic direction to meet revenue goals, while identifying and pursuing new partner streams and routes to market in conjunction with the APJ Sales Leadership Team. Saviynt has a partner-first culture and views our partner community as an extension of the company. The growth and advancement of our partner organization is a key driver to the success of the company. This role needs a strong, experienced leader that will take our APJ partner organization to the next level.

The next generation of Identity Security requires partners that can deliver on the transformation necessary to improve a customers Identity security posture across many different identity types and integrations. Driving Saviynt’s growth strategy through these partners is a critical element of this role.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Lead the APJ Partner organization to drive growth with identified top-tier partner alliances. This will include the nurturing and development of new alliance partners into the core network
• Lead by the numbers in a purposeful way. Assess and improve upon current engagement processes, methodologies, structure, and associated discipline
• Create and execute short- and long-term partner plans, including strategies, programs, goals, quotas, tracking mechanisms, and analytics. The ultimate goal is to build a highly metric-driven and predictable team
• Propose & implement necessary adjustments to optimize performance and build/refine the infrastructure to facilitate ambitious & exciting growth
• Manage a team across multiple geographies including team structure, hiring, performance assessment, coaching and feedback, team succession planning, and training
• Work closely with Executive Leaders, Sales, Marketing, Enablement and the Product Organizations to create a strong and collaborative partnership that will ensure success in competitive positioning, market awareness, and execution
• Assess and improve upon current engagement processes, methodologies, structure, and associated discipline. Create and execute short and long-term partner plans, including strategies, programs, goals, quotas, tracking mechanisms, and analytics
• Drive partner director alignment in the regional APJ sales teams. Participate in the sales opportunity reviews and reach out and collaborate with the Partner Directors, Regional Sales VPs and Account Executives
• Use experience and creativity to create, analyze and execute lead-generation programs across all partner types

WHAT YOU BRING

• Minimum 15 years of Enterprise Sales experience with a compelling and verifiable track record of success managing and building/scaling a critical partner organization. Previous experience as SVP, GM, or VP for a high-growth enterprise SaaS software company
• Highly instrumented and analytic executive for the enterprise in multiple verticals
• Process-driven with the ability to use a quantitative approach to apply business insights to partner sales
• A dynamic executive with the ability to strategically build innovative models combined with the tactical ability to execute. Has seen a growth journey but has the ability to scale down. A strong leader & motivator with proven success in building a world-class sales team with proven, repeatable methodologies
• Ability to lead and serve in a hands-on capacity on projects as well as serve as the connective tissue between Revenue Org, marketing, and customer success
• Strong knowledge of the partner landscape by region/country with special emphasis on Japan, ASEAN, and India
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Willingness and ability to travel, both domestically and internationally
• Inspirational leadership, strong executive presence. Successful leadership track record in overachieving business goals and quota attainment success
• Ability to envision, develop, document and execute partner plans through a geographically dispersed partner and sales team. Demonstrated ability to build, lead and coach an APJ partner sales team
• Experience negotiating complex commercial deals, including services, reseller, and co-sell agreements
• The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources
• The ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and rapport with different types of people and businesses. This includes delivering on commitments and maintaining confidential information, as well as being approachable, showing interest in the other person, and relating well to people regardless of personality or background
• Ability to assess the current network of Partners and evaluate net-new relationships, make recommendations and execute against those recommendations

Additional Responsibilities

• Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter
• Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to):
  • Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy
  • Incident Response Policy/Procedures
  • Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures
  • Mobile Device Policy
  • Account Management Policy
  • Access Control Policy
  • Personnel Security Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Saviynt is an amazing place to work. We are a high-growth, Platform as a Service company focused on Identity Authority to power and protect the world at work. You will experience tremendous growth and learning opportunities through challenging yet rewarding work which directly impacts our customers, all within a welcoming and positive work environment. If you're resilient and enjoy working in a dynamic environment you belong with us!

Saviynt is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.