Partner Account Manager

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce's AMER Apps, Agents and Integrations organization seeks an experienced Partner Account Manager for its Sales or Service aligned partner portfolio.

As PAM, you'll manage named partners across build, market, go-to-market, support and operate motions to drive revenue, platform adoption and marketplace launches. You will engage with partner leaders, forecast key metrics and negotiate revenue share agreements while championing AI-first initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years in ISV, technology or product partnership or SaaS sales.
• Proven quota attainment and partner growth.
• Strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead partner relationships across build, market, GTM, and support.
• Drive revenue, platform adoption and marketplace targets.
• Forecast business metrics and manage complex revenue share deals.
• Advocate for AI tools and integrate AI-first initiatives with partners.

Skills

Partnership management

Sales experience

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Executive communication

AI/Platform experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Job description

The Experience

Salesforce's ISV partner ecosystem is a powerful engine that drives revenue, innovation and customer success. Our partners connect to and extend the Salesforce platform's value by embedding their data, workflows and agents in the flow of work for our mutual users. The AMER Apps, Agents and Integrations (AAI) organization seeks an experienced Partner Account Manager (PAM) for it's Sales or Service aligned partner portfolio.

As Partner Account Manager (PAM) you'll be responsible for named partner relationships across build, market, go-to-market, support and operate motions. In doing so you'll play a meaningful role in driving Salesforce revenue metrics, next-gen platform adoption and the launch of our transact-able marketplace on the AgentExchange- where customers go to discover and purchase trusted solutions across Salesforce and Slack. Partners you manage will include leaders in the sales productivity, revenue intelligence, data enrichment, content management, enterprise search and productivity spaces.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Leadership: Internally, represent partners to influence Salesforce stakeholders across Global Partners, Distribution, Product or Marketing. Externally, establish yourself as a trusted advisor to partner leaders across functions; evangelize the Salesforce platform, partner program and priority initiatives to ensure buy-in, resourcing and execution.
• Portfolio Growth: Apply a "GM mindset" to grow your portfolio of named partners. Own portfolio strategy for driving partner adoption of our next-gen platform (Agentforce, Data 360, Slack, AIforce). Deliver revenue, platform adoption and marketplace targets. Ensure focus on both in-quarter deliverables and also the work that will produce dividends for years to come. Prioritize partner opportunities for investments from Partner Solutions, Partner Marketing, Partner Success and Co-Innovation.
• Commercial Execution: Manage go-to-market initiatives with partners that drive pipeline; successfully sign and onboard partners to AgentExchange Commerce and drive Private Offers transactions; accurately forecast the business across key metrics. Inspect partner health metrics to proactively raise risks and opportunities, own the plan to address or pursue them. Lead the negotiation of complex and material revenue share agreements.
• Model AI-first: personally adopt and champion Salesforce AI tools like Coworker and Slackbot, as well as external AI tools to drive personal productivity and business outcomes with partners

You're Our Person If...

• 5-10+ years in ISV, technology or product partnership and/or sales experience in the SaaS, PaaS or AI
• Consistent track record of achieving quota and targets, territory growth and partner growth
• Strong work ethic, critical thinking, problem solving, business acumen and technical aptitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to synthesize complex situations into crisp updates
• Ability to effectively prioritize and embrace change in a fast paced, demanding environment
• Compelling point of view for how AI and Agents are transforming industries and the opportunities ahead
• Proficiency with Salesforce, Slack, Google Workspace and AI productivity tools
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• Additional Knowledge of Salesforce next-gen platform technologies Agentforce, Data 360, Slack, AIforce
• Experience working at or with a Cloud or Hyperscaler Marketplace
• Experience working at or with AI labs, MCP solutions or Consumption business models

Why This Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high impact portfolio at the center of our industries major shifts on Platform, AI, Agent and Marketplace. The AMER Apps, Agents and Integrations partners will continue to play a huge role in helping Salesforce drive adoption and consumption of our products, grow our revenues and and deliver customer success.