Grafana Labs is hiring a
Director, Channel Sales in Worldwide

Summary

The Director of AMER Partners at Grafana Labs is responsible for recruiting, developing, and managing strategic Channel and SI partnerships to accelerate the growth of the company. They will generate partner sourced pipeline and revenue by developing go-to-market strategies with partners, establish thought leadership, and work closely with regional partners and sales teams. The ideal candidate should have experience generating net new enterprise business through channel and SI partners and growing the partner ecosystem.

Requirements

• Proven revenue track record of quota achievement with reseller and SI partnerships
• Proven track record in building and managing successful teams
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully establish partner strategies which generate partner-led customer engagements

Responsibilities

• Generate partner sourced pipeline and revenue by developing go-to-market strategies with Channel and SI partners in the region
• Develop joint business plans with strategic Channel & SI partners and deliver against joint targets
• Establish thought leadership with focus partners to influence their GTM and sales strategy to be in alignment with the Grafana offerings
• Work closely with regional partners and sales teams to identify mutual prospects, resulting in new business meetings and partner sourced pipeline
• Establish enablement plans to help focus partners develop technical pre-sales and post-sales capabilities which drive customer success
• Develop and execute a comprehensive regional partner plan
• Recruit, onboard and enable new partners into the Grafana Labs ecosystem
• Work closely with Grafana field teams to drive partner collaboration and alignment
• Participate and support the AMER business reviews with Sales Teams
• Help to build and promote the AMER partner communities

Preferred Qualifications

• Established relationships with Channel and SI partners
• Exceptional organizational skills and demonstrated ability of outlining and establishing partner strategies
• Prior experience in MEDDIC based sales methodology
• Prior experience working in a start-up environment
• History of accurate forecasting and business reporting
• Experience working with Salesforce and other sales oriented tracking tools

Benefits

Equity, bonus (if applicable), and other benefits listed on the careers page