Senior Partner Manager Italian Market (Milan)

Hello!

Are you a connector by nature Do you thrive on building meaningful relationships that spark business growth At Factorial were on the hunt for a Senior Partner Manager for the Italian Market whos not just great at managing partnerships - but who lives for discovering activating and scaling powerful partner ecosystems from scratch.

Please note: this role is based in Milan Italy

Your Role

As our Senior Partner Manager youll be the driving force behind our partner acquisition and activation strategy. Youll map out the ecosystem hunt down the most valuable potential allies and create lasting strategic alliances that accelerate growth on both sides specifically focused on big alliances like telcos banks and insurances.

What Youll Be Owning

• Partner Hunting: Proactively research and reach out to high-potential partners who align with our mission vision and market strategy.
• Network Activation: Be the spark that ignites new alliances. Youll own first contact discovery relationship-building and value design.
• Strategic Co-Creation: Collaborate with marketing sales and product to build joint value propositions co-branded campaigns and win-win commercial models.
• Ecosystem Growth: Scale our partner network across strategic verticals and geographies. Think beyond 1:1 think ecosystems.
• Performance Playbooks: Define KPIs build dashboards and continually iterate on what success looks like for new and existing partnerships.
• Partner Enablement: Empower partners with the right tools knowledge and assets to confidently represent Factorial in the market.
• Growth Hacking: Spot untapped opportunities in existing partnerships and design creative strategies to 10x the impact.

Your Profile

• A natural networker and strategic thinker with a passion for turning cold outreach into high-impact partnerships.
• 5-7 years of experience building or managing partnerships in a high-growth SaaS or tech environment.
• Known for your proactive hustle emotional intelligence and ability to turn a coffee chat into a closed deal.
• Fluent in both Italian and English with exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
• Excited by the idea of joining a fast-moving high-energy startup and being a key part of its growth engine.
• Curious data-driven and obsessed with making things happen.

About us

At Factorial were building the leading business management software for companies of all sizes. Our platform centralizes key workflows across HR finance and operations freeing teams from manual processes so they can focus on what really matters: leading growing and taking care of their people.

With over 1400 employees across 7 markets we serve 700000 users and are one of Europes fastest-growing SaaS companies backed by top-tier investors and proudly headquartered in believe in bold goals radical ownership and inclusive collaboration. If youre excited to shape the future of business management technology wed love to meet you.

Our Values

• We own it: We take responsibility for every project. We make decisions not excuses.
• We learn and teach: Were dedicated to learning something new every day and above all share it.
• We partner: Every decision is a team decision. We trust each other.
• We grow fast: We act fast. We think that the worst mistake is not learning from them.

Benefits

• High growth multicultural and friendly environment
• Save expenses with Cobee and get your salary in advance with Payflow
• Healthy life with Gympass and Alan as private health insurance
• Language classes with Yolk Academy
• Syra discounts Nora & Apeteat lunch
• Breakfast in the office organic fruit and free caffeine and theine
• Flexible schedules pet Friendly and no dress code!