This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 3500000 - Rs 3800000 (ie INR 35- 38 LPA)
Min Experience: 6+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time
We are looking for an experienced Partnership Manager to build, scale, and manage a high-impact partner ecosystem across Southeast Asia. This role is responsible for driving partner-led revenue by identifying, onboarding, enabling, and growing strategic channel partners, technology alliances, system integrators, and resellers.
The ideal candidate has a proven track record in SaaS partnerships, channel sales, or alliances, and understands how to build scalable partner programs that contribute directly to business growth. This is a high-ownership role requiring strong commercial acumen, relationship management, and experience working across international markets.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Partner Strategy & Ecosystem Development
- Develop and execute the partnership strategy across Southeast Asia.
- Identify, evaluate, and onboard high-potential partners including system integrators, resellers, referral partners, and technology alliances.
- Build and scale a sustainable partner ecosystem that accelerates business growth.
- Create and execute partner enablement and certification programs.
Revenue Growth
- Own partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue targets.
- Collaborate closely with sales teams on co-selling opportunities and joint customer engagements.
- Develop joint go-to-market strategies with strategic partners.
- Drive partner activation, engagement, and long-term revenue generation.
Partner Lifecycle Management
- Manage the complete partner lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding to enablement and ongoing relationship management.
- Conduct regular business reviews and performance assessments with partners.
- Monitor partner performance and implement strategies to maximize productivity and business outcomes.
Strategic Relationship Management
- Build executive-level relationships with partner leadership and key stakeholders.
- Identify expansion opportunities within existing partnerships.
- Negotiate commercial agreements and maintain long-term strategic collaborations.
Market Expansion
- Represent the organization across Southeast Asian markets through customer visits, partner meetings, industry events, and conferences.
- Track regional market trends, competitor activities, and emerging partnership opportunities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support international business expansion initiatives.
Requirements
- 6–8 years of experience in Partnerships, Alliances, Channel Sales, or Partner Management.
- Strong experience working within SaaS or enterprise software organizations.
- Proven success building and managing partner ecosystems across Southeast Asia.
- Experience driving partner-led revenue and executing channel growth strategies.
- Strong commercial negotiation, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Willingness to travel across Southeast Asia as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Enterprise SaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, Telephony, Conversational AI, Contact Center, CRM, or related technology domains.
- Existing partner network across Southeast Asia.
- Experience developing scalable partner enablement programs.
- Strong understanding of enterprise sales cycles and channel-led go-to-market strategies.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional sales, product, and marketing teams.
Must-have Skills
- Partnerships Management
- Alliance Management
- Channel Sales
- Partner Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Partner Sales
- Southeast Asia (SEA/APAC) Market Experience
Good-to-have Skills
- SaaS / Enterprise SaaS
- CPaaS / CCaaS
- Telephony
- Conversational AI
- Contact Center Solutions
- CRM Platforms
- Chatbots / Voicebots
- Enterprise Software Sales