We are looking for an experienced Salesforce Partner Sales Manager to drive revenue growth through strategic partnerships with Salesforce and the broader Salesforce ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of selling Salesforce services, consulting, digital transformation, and managed services through partner-led and co-sell motions.
This role requires a highly entrepreneurial sales leader who can build relationships with Salesforce stakeholders, identify joint go-to-market opportunities, create qualified pipeline, and drive large, complex engagements from opportunity creation through closure.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a Salesforce partner-led sales and go-to-market strategy across target accounts and industries.
- Build and manage strong relationships with Salesforce account executives, alliance leaders, solution teams, and partner ecosystem stakeholders.
- Identify, qualify, and develop joint sales and co-selling opportunities with Salesforce.
- Generate new pipeline through partner referrals, joint account planning, field engagement, events, and targeted prospecting.
- Drive new-logo acquisition and expansion within existing enterprise accounts.
- Position and sell Salesforce-related services including Salesforce Consulting, Implementation, Integration, Managed Services, Data & Analytics, AI/GenAI, Industry Cloud, and Digital Transformation.
- Lead complex sales cycles involving CXOs, CIOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers, and senior business stakeholders.
- Develop account plans and joint business plans with Salesforce and internal delivery/solution teams.
- Coordinate with Sales, Alliances, Pre-Sales, Solution Architects, Delivery, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to develop compelling customer propositions.
- Originate and close multi-million-dollar IT Services and Consulting engagements.
- Manage the complete sales lifecycle from pipeline creation and qualification through negotiation, contracting, and closure.
- Maintain accurate forecasting, pipeline reporting, and revenue projections.
- Develop strategic relationships across the Salesforce ecosystem, including ISVs, consulting partners, technology partners, and system integrators.
- Participate in Salesforce events, industry conferences, executive briefings, and partner initiatives to strengthen market presence.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 10-18+ years of enterprise sales, business development, alliances, or partner sales experience within IT Services & Consulting.
- Proven experience selling Salesforce services and solutions to enterprise customers.
- Strong understanding of the Salesforce ecosystem, partner model, and co-selling/GTM motions.
- Demonstrated success working with Salesforce field organizations and account teams.
- Proven track record of new-logo acquisition, pipeline generation, and revenue growth.
- Experience selling complex IT Services, Consulting, Digital Transformation, Cloud, Data & AI, and Managed Services engagements.
- Strong C-level relationships and executive communication skills.
- Experience originating and closing multi-million-dollar TCV engagements.
- Strong understanding of enterprise sales methodologies and complex, consultative sales cycles.
- Ability to operate effectively in a hunter / builder capacity with limited supervision.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-management skills.