Senior Partner Manager - Channels (Public Sector)

Datadog

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Channel & Alliances sales professional to ignite and nurture partnerships by identifying and recruiting new partners for long-term success as well as manage ongoing relationships with key strategic partners, including managed services providers, professional services partners, resellers and cloud provider alliances. 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. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. As the Director, Channels & Alliances you will drive incremental revenue for Datadog by building and scaling a highly capable partner community. In this role, you, along with your team, will recruit, develop, and manage Datadog Sales & Services partners including system integrators, managed service providers, and resellers. You and your team will also be responsible for further developing Datadog’s strategy technology partnerships with companies such as AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure. The role reports into the VP, Channels & Alliances and works cross functionally with marketing, sales, field enablement, product, sales ops, and legal to build, manage, and scale the Datadog Partner business in the region. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Requirements

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
5+ years of experience in leadership including hiring and developing sales and partner personnel
10+ years of experience in business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or SaaS organization
Confident in recruiting and building successful partnerships, including with multi-national and global organizations.
Able to quickly understand technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including interacting with and presenting to senior leadership, externally and internally.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Identify and recruit new strategic CSP/MSP and SI 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
Hire, develop, and manage a high-performing team by recognizing exceptional talent and coaching them for success in their role
Identify and recruit new companies into the Datadog Partner Network to drive incremental revenue and deliver successful outcomes for end customers
Accelerate existing Datadog Partners’ business through business and technical enablement and successfully executing go-to-market activities
Collaborate closely with Datadog’s regional enterprise and commercial sales organizations as well as regional marketing and customer success teams to drive incremental revenue for the region.
Serve as executive regional sponsor for key partnerships including top channel partners and AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure.
Own Channels & Alliances regional metrics and reporting to Datadog leadership.