Partner Manager - Channels

WinsAbove; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous Sales training

Stock equity options

Comprehensive employee benefits

Friendly workplace culture

Job summary

WinsAbove is seeking an experienced Channel & Alliances sales professional to foster growth through strategic partnerships. This role involves recruiting new partners and enhancing existing relationships, targeting cloud service expansion. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in business development or channel sales. WinsAbove offers a competitive salary between $93,000 – $109,000, alongside comprehensive benefits including stock equity options, continuous training, and a friendly workplace culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or SaaS organization.
• Proven experience in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure.
• Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and explain them.

Responsibilities

• Identify and recruit new strategic partners to drive revenue growth.
• Enable existing partners through training and joint selling.
• Host quarterly business reviews with partners.

Skills

Business development

Strategic alliances

Channel sales

Negotiation

Technical understanding

Job description

Individual Contributor JD:

We are looking for an experienced Channel & Alliances sales professional to build and accelerate growth with our channel partners by identifying and recruiting new partners for long‑term success as well as managing ongoing relationships with key strategic partners, including professional services partners and resellers. Our ultimate goal is developing alliances that drive both customer adoption and new revenue. This is a great opportunity for you to join a cloud software company and help blaze the path for our company's growth.

What You’ll Do:

• Identify and recruit new strategic partners to drive revenue growth
• Enable and activate existing partners through training, enablement and joint selling
• Coordinate the technical and marketing aspects of integrated partnership launches
• Host quarterly business reviews with partners to drive accountability and report on success metrics
• Work hand-in-hand with Datadog’s regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations
• Generate partner‑sourced net‑new sales pipeline and revenue

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
• Proven experience in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long‑lasting partnerships
• Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
• Willingness to travel 25‑50% of the time

Bonus points:

• Experience with systems management or monitoring
• Experience with partnerships supporting DevOps, particularly in a cloud environment
• Technical background/education
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for taking initiatives from ideation to impact
• Passion for fast‑paced, sometimes unpredictable growth culture and environment
• Experience in identifying market opportunities with a track record of initiating go‑to‑market plans and sales follow‑through

Benefits and Growth:

• Continuous Sales training and career growth
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Generous and competitive global and US benefits
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best‑in‑class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

Salary: $93,000 – $109,000 USD