Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably efficiently securely and quickly increasing customers pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build test secure deploy and manage reliability feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI CD Cloud Cost Management Feature Flags Service Reliability Management Security Testing Orchestration Chaos Engineering Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.
Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. Were backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms including J.P. Morgan Capital One Ventures Citi Ventures ServiceNow Splunk Ventures Norwest Venture Partners Adage Capital Partners Balyasny Asset Management Gaingels Harmonic Growth Partners Menlo Ventures IVP Unusual Ventures GV (formerly Google Ventures) Alkeon Capital Battery Ventures Sorenson Capital Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.
Position Summary
The Partner Sales Manager is a crucial role in accelerating the growth of Harness business through strategic partnerships. This role demands a deep understanding of the partner ecosystem exceptional relationship-building abilities and a strong focus on closing deals. Key responsibilities include creating and executing a strategic plan expanding the territory developing regional partners and fostering collaboration with field teams. The role also involves navigating complex enterprise sales cycles with a primary focus on promoting Harness software and services. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of generating net new enterprise business through channel and SI partners as well as experience in expanding the partner ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate partner sourced pipeline and revenue by developing go-to-market strategies with partner ecosystems.
- Develop joint business plans with strategic partners to achieve defined targets in your assigned region through partnership sales
- Establish thought leadership with focus partners to align their GTM sales and services strategy with the Harness Platform.
- Collaborate with regional partners and sales teams to identify mutual prospects resulting in new business meetings and increased partner sourced pipeline.
- Create enablement plans to help focus partners build technical pre-sales and post-sales capabilities that drive customer success.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive regional partner sales plan.
- Work across internal and external business functions to enhance alignment and scale.
- Recruit onboard and enable new partners into the Harness ecosystem.
- Collaborate closely with Harness field sales leaders and teams to drive partner engagement.
- Participate in and support business reviews with Sales Teams.
- Contribute to building and promoting partner communities across the Northeast.
About You
- Passionate about developing and working with the partner ecosystem.
- Established partner relationships across the Northeast.
- Proven track record of quota achievement with reseller and SI partnerships.
- 5 - 7 years of experience in partnership development and partner management.
- Demonstrated ability to establish partner strategies which generate partner-led customer engagements.
- Strong relationships with Channel SI and Cloud partners
- Exceptional organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to outline and implement partner strategies.
- Experience with MEDDIC-based sales methodology; prior experience in a start-up environment is preferred.
- History of accurate forecasting and business reporting.
- Proficient in using Salesforce and other sales-oriented tracking tools.
- A leader who embodies and promotes the Harness Values.
Work Location
- This is a hybrid role. Preferred locations include New York or New Jersey.
What You Will Have at Harness
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
- Quarterly Harness TGIF-off / 4 days
- Monthly quarterly and annual social and team-building events
- Recharge & Reset Program
- Monthly internet and cell plan reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay rate include your specific skills experience qualifications location and comparison to other employees already in this addition to the base salary certain roles may qualify for a performance-based incentive and/or equity with eligibility depending on the position. These rewards are based on a combination of company performance and individual Hiring Range For This Position Is $145000 - $182000.
A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
Pay transparency
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Required Experience:
Manager