Global Partner Sales & Success Lead

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Global leader driving commercial growth with Red Hat's Specialized Partners. Overseeing pipeline orchestration and value-based co-selling in the commercial segment.

Responsibilities:

  • Pipeline Orchestration: Collaborate with Specialized and commercial-focused partners to identify high-fit accounts and build a durable, high-velocity pipeline.
  • Strategic Alignment: Co-design account strategies with commercial sellers, leveraging partner status as trusted advisors to penetrate new markets.
  • Partner Collaboration: Work alongside Partner Account Managers (PAMs) to drive commercial-specific business initiatives.
  • Value-Based Co-Selling: Lead joint sales pursuits using Value Engineering to anchor propositions in customer business outcomes.
  • Mutual Action Plans: Facilitate MAPs between commercial internal teams, partners, and clients to ensure a frictionless path to closure.
  • Deal Architecting: Manage partner-led transactions from discovery to signature, maintaining the partner as the primary relationship driver.
  • The Success Handshake: Bridge the gap between initial close and long-term value by keeping partners embedded in the Customer Success workflow.
  • Outcome Realization: Execute customer success frameworks to track and measure business outcomes, ensuring high adoption and time-to-value.
  • Expansion & Retention: Identify upsell opportunities by leveraging partner-led insights into evolving customer needs.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of combined experience in customer/partner success, commercial sales, business development, or partner/distribution management.
  • 5+ years specifically within a partner organization, ideally in a sales capacity.
  • Proven expertise in Value Selling and quantifying ROI to build compelling business cases.
  • Strong 'Partner-Led' mindset with a track record of closing business in complex co-sell environments.
  • Exceptional cross-functional communication, consultative selling, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Build and maintain relationships with global experts and ecosystem teams to align on strategic Commercial goals.
  • Identify and analyze industry trends to ensure proper strategic alignment of ecosystem initiatives.
  • Measure and highlight success through KPIs and the development of internal/external success stories.
  • Ability to travel globally as required to support strategic partner initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of IT trends in the commercial segment and the post-sale landscape.

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
  • Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
  • Retirement 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
  • Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
  • Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!