Channel Development Manager

Channel Development Manager role at Cohesity. In this role, you will be responsible for the management and enablement of Channel Partners in our Cohesity Partner Ecosystem. Your primary focus will be on building and handling account and partner plans, strategically growing the pipeline, and effectively managing the conversion process. By growing awareness, demand, and preference for our company products and services, you will play a key role in driving bookings and achieving our ambitious growth targets.

• Collaborate closely with partners to drive bookings and ensure a perfect customer experience.
• Identify, recruit, and develop new Partners to expand our sales and service capabilities.
• Forecast partner pipeline conversion in coordination with the sales teams.
• Develop and actively lead a sales strategy and business plan for assigned Partner/Distribution account(s).
• Enable Partner sales and technical teams in line with GTM plan and partner program requirements.
• Track partner performance-to-plan and identify action plans to address enablement, engagement, pipeline, and bookings gaps.
• Develop selling and services opportunities with and within Partner organizations, penetrating new divisions and organizations within assigned Partner accounts.
• Coordinate marketing activities and leverage Cohesity marketing resources to establish prioritization, execution, and return on investment.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of proven channel management experience, with a strong achievement against quota.
• Extensive experience in the growth of top Distribution Managed Partners through Distributors.
• Experience collaborating with diverse teams to coordinate marketing activities and optimize investment returns from partners.
• An aim to successfully design effective engagement with partners.
• Experience in working with customers and technology partners.
• Excellent presentation skills, comfortable presenting technical and business material to both small and large groups.
• Ability to work independently and remotely, demonstrating a strong work ethic and eagerness to take on responsibility.
• Willingness to travel, as this position requires travel exceeding 50%.

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In-Office Expectations: Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute e.g. within a 45-minute average travel time work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Sales and Business Development
• Industries: Software Development