Senior Partner Manager - Northeast

THE ROLE, IN A NUTSHELL:

We’re looking for a highly motivated strategic partner/business development professional (VARs) who has strong market knowledge, a cloud and security network, and enjoys building relationships with key decision makers to evangelize building secure and reliable software. Our sales team walks a mile in their customers shoes and wants our customers and prospects to see the immense value and expertise Chainguard's solutions offer.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Own and deliver partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline and revenue outcomes across a portfolio of assigned VARs and Regional System Integrators, with clear accountability for contribution to overall bookings

Drive consistent pipeline creation through joint prospecting, partner-led opportunity identification, and co-selling motions with aligned field sales teams

Improve partner attach rates by enabling partners to position Chainguard as a core component of their security, cloud-native, and modernization offerings

Accelerate deal velocity and win rates by ensuring partners are effectively enabled, engaged early in the sales cycle, and aligned to customer use cases

Identify, recruit, and prioritize high-performing partners that demonstrate sustained investment in Chainguard through sales focus, technical enablement, and go-to-market execution

Execute joint business planning with partners, including pipeline targets, solution focus areas, enablement milestones, and marketing initiatives, and track progress through quarterly and annual business reviews

Drive measurable progress in partner readiness metrics, including certifications, solution validation, demo capability, and delivery confidence

Increase partner-driven demand generation impact through joint regional marketing campaigns, events, and field activities, with clear attribution to pipeline creation and opportunity progression

Maintain strong forecast accuracy and pipeline hygiene by managing partner opportunities in SFDC and related tools, ensuring visibility into sourced, influenced, and co-sell deals

Partner cross-functionally with sales, solution engineering, marketing, and partner operations to remove friction, improve execution efficiency, and scale partner success

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

5+ years of Software Channel Manager experience required

Experience working with and through VARs

Successful sales background required having carried and overachieved quota

Startup experience a plus

Entrepreneurial self-starter, who knows how to structure and breakdown ambiguous problems into executable steps

Strong verbal and written communication including high level of comfort with public speaking and excellent presentation skills

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with a variety of groups

Team player and ability to work independently

Strong technical aptitude

Data, metric-driven

Base Salary Range

$145,000—$170,000 USD