National Partner Manager - CDW

Socket.dev; Illinois; On-site; USD 74,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 is seeking a National Partner Manager based in Chicago, IL to grow F5 revenue via CDW and expand market share through partner-led initiatives.

You will align with F5 sales through mutual business planning, training, and demand-gen marketing, overseeing quarterly business reviews and joint marketing efforts with CDW. Domestic travel is approximately 30% and a Bachelor's degree is required.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of channel management and/or technology sales experience.
• Proven track record of building and executing growth plans.
• Working knowledge of CDW’s sales organization and go-to-market strategies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-based environment.
• Strong time management and strategic planning skills.
• Approximately 30% domestic travel.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage targeted sales plays that drive F5 adoption in cloud app delivery and security products and services through CDW.
• Deliver F5 sales training to CDW sellers, focusing on relevant use cases and customer outcomes.
• Support joint initiatives with F5’s Technology Alliance Partners to bring integrated solutions to the market through CDW.
• Elevate F5’s brand within CDW and align CDW sellers with F5 Account Managers and Regional Channel Account Managers.
• Create and execute strategic business plans with CDW, including mutual objectives, goals, go-to-market plans, and ROI metrics.
• Lead weekly cadence calls with CDW to monitor pipeline, revenue targets, and marketing activities.
• Plan and lead QBRs and executive briefings between CDW and F5.
• Develop and foster CDW leadership relationships within F5’s Partner Advisory Council and Partner Technical Advisory Board.
• Collaborate in marketing calls and events with CDW, including pre/post-event planning to optimize ROI.
• Oversee CDW contracts to ensure F5 partner agreements and obligations are met.

Skills

Channel management

Technology sales

Go-to-market

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field

Tools

SFDC

MEDDIC

Tableau

TechTarget

Job description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

As aNational Partner Manager, you willbe responsible forgrowing F5 revenue; partner-initiated pipeline and revenue; and overall F5 market share forCDW. Youwillensure they are aligned with F5's sales teams through mutual business planning, training and sales enablement, and demand generation marketing activities.This will be for a Chicago, IL based position.

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic Go to Market Execution - Lead and manage targeted sales plays that drive F5 adoption in cloud application delivery and security products and services throughCDW.

Sales Enablement and Training - Deliver F5 sales training toCDWsellers, focusing on relevant use cases and customer outcomes.

Ecosystem Partner Alignment - Support joint initiatives withF5’sTechnology Alliance Partners to bring integrated solutions to the market throughCDW.

Partner Engagement and Field Momentum - Elevate F5’s brand withinCDW, in addition to:

• Create and execute strategic business plans with CDW, inclusive of mutualobjectives; quantified goals; go-to-market plans with supporting activities; and expected ROI or success metrics. Leverage business plans in routine precedence and partner QBRs; examine and update business plans on a quarterly basis.

• Lead weekly cadence calls with CDW tomonitorpipeline;revenue to sales targets; marketing activities; sales and technical training; accreditation and certification requirements; sales team collaboration and account mapping.

• Ensure bidirectional alignment among sales and business leaders at CDW and F5.

• Plan and lead QBRs and executive briefings between CDW and F5.

• Develop and foster CDW leadership relationships within F5’s Partner Advisory Council and Partner Technical Advisory Board groups.

• Align CDW sellers with F5 Account Managers and Regional Channel Account Managers.

• Collaborate in marketing calls, activities, and events with CDW, including pre- and post-event planning tooptimizeROI.

• Lead quarter-end cadence to ensuretimelyprocessing of CDW’s committed deals; communicate with F5 Account Managers and Regional Channel Account Managers.

• Utilize sales tools (SFDC, MEDDIC, Tableau, TechTarget) to inspect prospects,pipeline, trends, etc.

• Oversee CDW contracts to ensure F5 partner agreements and obligations are executed andmaintained.

Desirable Experience:

• Minimum3-5years’ experience of channel management and/or technology sales

• Proventrack recordof building and executing successful business plans that yield high growth

• Working knowledge of CDW’s sales organization,leadershipand go-to-market strategies

• Ability to thrive in a face-paced, high-volume, team-based environment

• Strong time management, strategic planning, conflict resolution, and channel acumen skills

• Approximately 30% domestic travel

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field of study

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $74,400.00 - $111,600.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [e-mail].