Channel Account Manager - South Central

Wasabi Technologies; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Wasabi Technologies is seeking a Channel Account Manager - South Central to recruit, onboard, and activate channel partners and MSPs, primarily in a remote capacity with a preference for Texas-based candidates. You will train and support partners to monitor performance and drive adoption of Wasabi’s hot cloud storage solutions, reporting to the Senior Director of Sales - US West.

The role requires 3–5 years of technology channel sales experience, strong communication skills, and Salesforce CRM

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of technology channel sales experience.
• Strong planning, goal setting and follow-up.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter, coachable, creative team player.
• Experience with startups a plus.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard, and activate new, qualified Wasabi channel sales partners.
• Present and gain inspired understanding of Wasabi's disruptive hot cloud storage solution.
• Drive adoption of Wasabi channel programs among your partners.
• Establish productive and professional relationships with key personnel in partner accounts.
• Establish and maintain joint partner planning processes that develop mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones associated with a productive partner relationship.
• Meet assigned targets for sales volume and strategic objectives.
• Coordinate Wasabi and Partner resources to sell through partner organizations to end-users.
• Foster excellent communication internally and externally, and in adherence to channel rules of engagement.
• Leverage marketing automation, CRM and AI tools to rapidly isolate ideal partner and end-user prospects and systematically track activity and forecast opportunities.

Skills

Channel sales

Sales forecasting

Salesforce CRM

Communication

AI certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

At Wasabi, we’re a proven collection of pioneers, visionaries and disruptive doers. We see things differently than our competitors, and we make our mark in the industry by challenging the norm and delivering the unexpected and improbable. We’re a fast-growing company taking the Cloud Storage industry by storm and recognized as one of the best places to work in Boston.

Wasabi hot cloud storage is a new class and category of cloud storage, breaking all traditional barriers and boundaries of storage with a disruptive value proposition of being 1/5th the cost of AWS S3, faster than the competition, with no fees for egress or API requests. Cloud storage has never been so simple, so fast and so inexpensive. It’s all part of our vision to make cloud storage the next great global utility, just like electricity.

Role Description: Channel Account Manager - South Central

Role Purpose

We're looking to add an enthusiastic, driven, and ambitious Channel Sales Professional to engage and enable Wasabi partners. This is a remote role, with a preference for candidates located in Texas. You will prospect, onboard, and activate new partners and MSPs. Your time will consist of training and supporting these partners and MSPs to monitor and provide feedback on their performance.

This role will be reporting into the Senior Director of Sales - US West.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard, and activate new, qualified Wasabi channel sales partners.
• Present and gain inspired understanding of Wasabi's disruptive hot cloud storage solution.
• Drive adoption of Wasabi channel programs among your partners.
• Establish productive and professional relationships with key personnel in partner accounts.
• Establish and maintain joint partner planning processes that develop mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones associated with a productive partner relationship.
• Meet assigned targets for sales volume and strategic objectives.
• Coordinate Wasabi and Partner resources to sell through partner organizations to end-users.
• Foster excellent communication internally and externally, and in adherence to channel rules of engagement.
• Leverage marketing automation, CRM and AI tools to rapidly isolate ideal partner and end-user prospects and systematically track activity and forecast opportunities.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of technology channel sales experience (storage experience a plus)
• Disciplined about planning, setting goals, and following up
• Self-starter, passionate about achieving success
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Coachable and open to feedback on suggested alternative methods and processes
• Creative team player, willing to make positive suggestions to further the team's success
• Enthusiastic about the challenge of working at a start-up
• Prior experience with Salesforce CRM
• Sales training and AI certification a plus
• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field

Compensation

• The OTE range reflects the full range for this position at Wasabi Technologies. At Wasabi, we believe in paying fairly and competitively, and individual compensation is determined based on factors such as job-related experience, skills, location, and internal equity. On Target Earnings are just one part of our total rewards approach. Wasabi team members also receive equity, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both professional growth and personal well-being.

Wasabi Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.