Partner Sales Director - IHV Alliances
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Job description
A sales leadership role responsible for leading Canonical's IHV (Independent Hardware Vendor) alliances globally across AMER, EMEA or APAC, managing a team of Business Development Managers and building relationships with strategic hardware partners.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · AMER, EMEA, APAC
What you'll do
- Build strategic relationships with IHV partners at all levels
- Grow their awareness of open source capabilities on Canonical Ubuntu
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of the Linux and cloud software ecosystem
- Negotiate contracts and commercial business terms
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of large and complex organizations
- Lead partnerships in APAC with companies like Lenovo, Huawei, Quanta, Fujitsu, Inspur, H3C, NEC, Asus etc.
- Lead partnerships in EMEA with companies like Ericsson, Nokia, Bull, Siemens
- Lead partnerships in the Americas with companies like Dell, HPE, IBM, Supermicro
- Work closely with marketing, sales engineering and product management
- Deliver on targets, objectives and provide a voice of the partner
- Lead executive interlocks between IHV and Canonical leadership
- Travel regularly - sometimes internationally - to drive partnerships in person
- Manage and grow a team of Business Development Managers
- Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for joint offerings
- Oversee day-to-day management of alliances including contract negotiations and performance tracking, and issue resolution
- Run customer workshops focused on particular initiatives, attend sales events, give public presentations and lead executive engagements
What we're looking for
- Experience in alliance or indirect sales management roles
- Autonomous, disciplined, hands-on, get-it-done mentality
- Ability to capture customer requirements, evaluate gaps, identify and create opportunities
- Passionate about Ubuntu products and mission
- Comfortable in fast-paced and high pressure environments with measurable goals
- Experience with Linux, virtualization, containers, and other cloud technologies
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Your team
IHV Alliances
Strategic partnerships team; the role reports to the Head of IHV Alliances
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
The company that publishes Ubuntu
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
Mission
Changing the world of software as a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
- Customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers
Partners & customers
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background