Partner Sales Manager

Sumo Logic; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

As a Partner Sales Manager, you will own the partner development opportunities with key Sumo Logic Partners (e.g. AWS, SI’s, Consulting organizations & VAR’s). You will be a strategic thinker with a focus on driving revenue (“sell with” and “sell through”) across enterprise business and have a “problem-solving” mindset. You will be responsible for the overall success of the Partnership including enablement, GTM initiatives, and sales opportunities. You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Product Management and will be the focal point for the technical alliance Partners for all matters.

You will own the task of managing and growing our overall Partners leveraged revenue objectives within an assigned geographic territory.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit and operationalize new Partner organizations to help expand Sumo Logic’s indirect sales reach within an assigned territory.
• Build a regional Partner business plan with quantified goals and milestones to achieve Partner sourced revenue metrics and address certified Partner capacity gaps such that regional capacity exists to meet all quarterly sales requirements.
• Develop a comprehensive regional Partner map, outlining current Partner capabilities, capacity and gaps.
• Work with internal and Partner stakeholders to enable sales and technical cross-training of Sumo Logic’s solutions.
• Work with respective field teams on demand gen initiatives and campaigns.
• Manage assigned regional Partners to agreed sales goals.
• Manage regular business reviews between Sumo Logic and Partners.
• Work with direct sales teams / reps on various Channel oriented opportunities.
• Maintain and report an accurate sales forecast in SFDC.

Desired Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 10+ years’ in software Enterprise Sales & Partner development combined.
• Demonstrable ability to understand, develop and navigate complex sales cycles involving a variety of stakeholders.
• Direct experience creating and executing Partner business plans with both Global and regional sized Partners with an emphasis on security service providers.
• Experience working in a start-up environment is essential.
• Ability to travel 30-50% of the time.
• BA/BS degree required. Technical competence strongly preferred.

About Us

Sumo Logic, Inc. empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable and secure cloud-native applications through its Sumo Logic SaaS Analytics Log Platform, which helps practitioners and developers ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. Customers worldwide rely on Sumo Logic to get powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.