Senior Partner Manager - Channels (South EMEA)

Our Channels & Alliances Team’s charter builds and activates a strategic, differentiated and high-impact partner ecosystem for our best-of-breed multi-cloud monitoring product, one partner at a time. As a Senior Partner Manager, you will recruit and develop channel partners that drive new customer adoption and revenue, including Regional and Global Systems Integrators, Managed Service Providers, and Value Added Resellers.

What You’ll Do:

• Identify and recruit new strategic channel partners to drive revenue growth
• Enable and activate existing partners through training, planning and joint selling activities
• Coordinate the technical and marketing aspects of integrated partnership launches
• Host regular 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:

• Experienced in 7+ years of partner-facing, quota-carrying business development, strategic alliances, or channel sales at a cloud services or software as a service organization
• Proven in driving sales opportunities from lead generation to closure, effectively negotiating agreements and building long-lasting partnerships
• Able to quickly comprehend technical concepts and architectural scenarios, and explain them to others verbally and in writing
• Proficiency in managing premier Cloud MSP partners will be advantageous
• Willing to travel 20-30% of the time

Benefits and Growth:

• High income earning opportunities based on self performance
• New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
• Generous global benefits