Senior Partner Manager, Enterprise

As a Senior Partner Manager, you'll be responsible for:

• Driving sales of Automattic products through partner channels with digital agencies, identifying new opportunities for revenue generation.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with a book of partners, supporting partners through their whole journey, from onboarding to expansion, by understanding their business strategy and needs.
• Developing and executing on high-impact strategies for partner retention, net revenue retention, and partner growth.
• Representing Automattic and building awareness of our products and services in the partner’s organization via a one-to-many approach with partners.
• Communicating often with key stakeholders within WordPress VIP, as well as other business units, on the needs, alerts, and statuses of partner relationships.
• Become the agency’s trusted advisor, helping them to build strong WordPress VIP business practices, deliver successful projects, and scale their own growth via Automattic for Agencies and VIP.
• Provide training and support to partners to enhance their understanding of Automattic's products, services, and value propositions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external Business Unit (BU) teams, including Marketing, Sales/CS, Happiness, Product, and Executive Leadership.
• Collaborate on marketing and sales enablement programs for partners with respective BUs.
• Attend and support flagship events, explore potential sponsorships, and participate in partner events to drive lead generation and enhance brand visibility.
• Gather feedback from partners to improve products, services, and the overall partnership experience.
• Advocate for partner needs within Automattic or the partner’s respective BU niche.
• Stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and market developments.
• Use market insights to refine partnership strategies.
• Ensure partners adhere to agreed-upon standards and compliance requirements.
• Seek ways to enhance the overall partner ecosystem within Automattic.

You’re thrilled about this opportunity because you have:

• 8+ years of experience as a Partner Manager, Relationship Manager, Customer Success Manager, or Account Manager at a technology or media company (SaaS preferred).
• Expertise in managing a high-volume portfolio of partners, and meeting/exceeding Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and growth goals.
• Experience working with Global System Integrator/System Integrator organizations to build new alliances, introduce technology practices, maintain and scale them.
• Demonstrated experience communicating and negotiating with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders within partner accounts and internally.
• Outstanding communication. You should be great at holding people’s attention, whether presenting, talking on the phone, or writing a quick blog post.
• Dynamic Presentation Skills: adept at presenting to individuals and groups, including C-level executives, in person or virtually.