Senior Partner Manager

Summary

Join Datadog's Channels & Alliances Team as a Senior Partner Manager to build and activate a strategic partner ecosystem for our multi-cloud monitoring product. You will recruit and develop channel partners, driving new customer adoption and revenue. This role involves enabling partners through training and joint selling, coordinating partnership launches, and conducting regular business reviews. You will collaborate closely with Datadog's sales teams to generate new sales pipeline and revenue. Datadog offers a hybrid workplace and values its office culture. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in partner-facing business development and a proven track record of driving sales.

Requirements

• 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
• Willing to travel 20-30% of the time

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in managing premier Cloud MSP partners

Benefits

• 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
• Operate as a hybrid workplace