Manager, GSI Partnerships

OpenKrill; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Temporal Technologies is seeking a Manager, GSI Partnerships to own a focused portfolio of priority GSIs, driving multi-year joint business plans and executive relationships that deliver measurable pipeline and customer outcomes.

You will align Temporal sellers with GSI teams, enable practitioners, and develop repeatable offerings, while navigating complex global organizations to build sponsorship and drive co-sell success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in strategic partnerships, alliances, enterprise sales, and/or business development.
• Direct ownership of one or more top-tier GSI relationships and a track record of turning those relationships into sourcing engines.
• Experience building and executing sell-to, sell-with, and sell-through motions with GSIs.
• Ability to navigate complex, matrixed global organizations and build relationships from alliance leaders to field sellers.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow a focused portfolio of priority GSIs, building multi-year joint business plans and executive relationships that translate into measurable pipeline, consumption, and customer outcomes
• Drive internal adoption, practitioner enablement, and, where appropriate, Temporal-powered managed services and repeatable offerings
• Align Temporal sellers with GSI account, industry, and practice teams; map strategic accounts; source and shape joint opportunities; and orchestrate co-sell execution from account planning through close
• Create repeatable routes for GSIs to resell, package, deliver, and operate Temporal as part of broader transformation programs and managed services
• Develop high-leverage joint GTM and solution plays around priority use cases and industries, partnering with a Technical Services, Product, and Marketing to turn partner capabilities into repeatable offerings
• Navigate large, matrixed GSI organizations to build executive sponsorship and activate the field, while serving as the internal voice of the partner across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success
• Establish a rigorous operating cadence for each partnership, including pipeline inspection, joint account planning, enablement and practitioner goals, project delivery, and business reviews; operate as a force multiplier for Temporal sellers

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Enterprise sales

Business development

GSI relationships

Job description

ROLE SUMMARY

Temporal is a paradigm shift in modern application development, and one of the fastest developer movements in recent memory. Following our $300M Series D at a $5B valuation, we’re continuing to power the future of durable applications and have quickly become the orchestrator of choice for production agentic workloads. Global System Integrators are a core company bet and critical to establishing Temporal as trusted infrastructure for the world’s largest enterprises - building enterprise credibility, accelerating adoption across strategic workloads, and scaling Temporal through the firms that architect, build and modernize their most critical systems. As Manager, GSI Partnerships, you’ll own a focused set of strategic GSI relationships and build the full business model around them across sell with, sell to, and sell through.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own and grow a focused portfolio of priority GSIs, building multi-year joint business plans and executive relationships that translate into measurable pipeline, consumption, and customer outcomes
• Make Temporal strategically relevant inside each GSI by driving internal adoption, practitioner enablement, and, where appropriate, Temporal-powered managed services and repeatable offerings
• Align Temporal sellers with GSI account, industry, and practice teams; map strategic accounts; source and shape joint opportunities; and orchestrate co-sell execution from account planning through close
• Create repeatable routes for GSIs to resell, package, deliver, and operate Temporal as part of broader transformation programs and managed services
• Develop high-leverage joint GTM and solution plays around priority use cases and industries, partnering with a Technical Services, Product, and Marketing to turn partner capabilities into repeatable offerings
• Navigate large, matrixed GSI organizations to build executive sponsorship and activate the field, while serving as the internal voice of the partner across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success
• Establish a rigorous operating cadence for each partnership, including pipeline inspection, joint account planning, enablement and practitioner goals, project delivery, and business reviews; operate as a force multiplier for Temporal sellers

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 7+ years in strategic partnerships, alliances, enterprise sales, and/or business development, including significant direct ownership of one or more top-tier GSI relationships and a track record of turning those relationships into sourcing engines
• Proven experience building and executing sell-to, sell-with, and sell-through motions with large RSIs or GSIs, spanning internal adoption or managed offerings, field co-sell across strategic accounts, and resale or delivery motions
• Demonstrated enterprise-selling instincts: you can identify opportunity, shape deals, mobilize account teams, inspect pipeline, and partner effectively with sales leadership to move complex opportunities forward
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, matrixed global organizations and build relationships from alliance leaders and practice executives to field sellers, account leaders, and delivery teams

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

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