The Principal Partner Account Manager drives sales growth through partner initiatives, manages partner relationships, and aligns strategies with business goals in APAC.
Available Location: Sydney/Melbourne, Australia
About The Role
Based out of Sydney/Melbourne, this role will report to the VP, Partnerships APAC.
This role is focussed on growth of sales and revenue by developing and executing a go to market strategy with our channel partners. This role requires a clear alignment of partner strategies with our broader business goals. You'll need to know Cloudflare's products inside and out, have sharp sales skills, diligently execute partner business plans, and successfully implement partner-led initiatives and co-sell strategies. You'll manage a mix of regional and/or global partners, utilizing our distribution network to boost overall territory partner contribution and partner-sourced revenue.
The Principal Partner Account Manager will work closely with the region's sales leadership team and key stakeholders to support our customer adoption through Cloudflare Partners. The ideal candidate will have strong existing channel partner sales experience and a close network of partner relationships - ideally decision makers within partner organizations.
Key performance indicators include achieving or exceeding partner sales goals - overall partners business revenue and partner sourced revenue - through partners assigned to your sales segment territory tied to Sales Leaders Account Executives within the segment.
Travel will be required according to the demand to support partner development, partner enablement, customer meetings, partner governance and pipeline generation activities as needed.
Responsibilities
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience
About The Role
Based out of Sydney/Melbourne, this role will report to the VP, Partnerships APAC.
This role is focussed on growth of sales and revenue by developing and executing a go to market strategy with our channel partners. This role requires a clear alignment of partner strategies with our broader business goals. You'll need to know Cloudflare's products inside and out, have sharp sales skills, diligently execute partner business plans, and successfully implement partner-led initiatives and co-sell strategies. You'll manage a mix of regional and/or global partners, utilizing our distribution network to boost overall territory partner contribution and partner-sourced revenue.
The Principal Partner Account Manager will work closely with the region's sales leadership team and key stakeholders to support our customer adoption through Cloudflare Partners. The ideal candidate will have strong existing channel partner sales experience and a close network of partner relationships - ideally decision makers within partner organizations.
Key performance indicators include achieving or exceeding partner sales goals - overall partners business revenue and partner sourced revenue - through partners assigned to your sales segment territory tied to Sales Leaders Account Executives within the segment.
Travel will be required according to the demand to support partner development, partner enablement, customer meetings, partner governance and pipeline generation activities as needed.
Responsibilities
- Driving Partner Sales - Accelerate regional revenue through both partner-led sales and co-sell initiatives with assigned partners, including distribution partners for ANZ
- Pipeline Management: Proactively identify, cultivate, and advance qualified partner pipelines throughout the sales cycle.
- Co-sell Execution: Collaborate with partners to develop and implement go-to-market strategies, solution offerings, and joint execution with Cloudflare's area sales teams.
- Strategic Planning: Work closely with internal sales leadership and peer leadership teams to align strategies and initiatives. Develop and execute partner plans, growth, and acquisition strategies to expand into new verticals and territories.
- Relationship Development: Cultivate strong relationships with partner organizations' sales, presales, and technical teams, as well as key decision-makers and influencers.
- Partner Practice Development: Collaborate with relevant Cloudflare functions to develop robust partner practice capabilities, including Partner Sales Enablement Plans.
- Performance Cadence: Lead business and quarterly planning/review sessions, serving as a key stakeholder and providing regular updates on channel performance to the leadership team.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Relevant Bachelor Degree
- 15+ years experience working with Channel and/or Distribution Partners
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written) with strong executive presence
- Experience working in the Technology sector with Network and/or security vendor experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Desirable experience: quota carrying enterprise software sales experience
Top Skills
Cloudflare Products
Network Security Knowledge
Sales Tools
Technology Industry Knowledge
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