Channel Development Manager - CDW (East Coast)

Rubrik Job Board
US Central / TOLA, US
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience managing channel partners in the Data Management / Data Protection / Storage market and have worked with vendors like Crowdstrike, Zscaler, and NUTANIX.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior experience managing CDW regional sales teams and strong partner relationships in the East and Central regions.
    — “Experience working with CDW regional sales teams.”
  • Individuals who have successfully led sales activities with partners and demonstrated a track record of deal closure.
    — “Successfully run sales activities with partners.”
  • Professionals with a background in Backup and Recovery solutions and the ability to build joint solutions with vendors.
    — “Sold competitive solutions and has an extensive experience in Backup and Recovery.”

Things to consider

  • The role likely requires strong travel capabilities due to the need for in-person partner and customer engagement.
    — “Arrange account mappings, interlocks and meetings with other Rubrik staff with partners”
  • The position demands a high level of cross-functional coordination and collaboration.
    — “work with cross-functional teams from Rubrik’s Field Sales, Systems Engineering, Channel Marketing, Field Marketing, Alliances and Sales Operations functions”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in running joint solution initiatives with vendors like Crowdstrike and Zscaler.
    — “Worked with vendors like Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Everpure, Okta, NUTANIX and others together and understands their value proposition”
  • Emphasize your ability to identify and develop new partners, especially in the East and Central regions.
    — “Able to identify, develop and acquire new partners”
  • Showcase your leadership in organizing and hosting partner and end-customer events.
    — “Strong presenter on reseller and end-customer events”
  • Demonstrate your experience in managing partner enablement and training programs.
    — “Doing Enablement sessions to train our partners field sales/SE staff”
  • Demonstrate your ability to use SFDC and Tableau for sales reporting and forecasting.
    — “Leverage SFDC and Tableau to report numbers and activities, and do forecasting”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Increasing revenues and number of Partner Initiated Deals
  • Building strong relationships with key partners
Typical background
Sales experienceChannel management

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales ExperienceChannel ManagementStrategic PlanningSales Enablement

Preferred

Experience With CDW Regional Sales TeamsExperience With Vendors Like Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Everpure, Okta, Nutanix

Stack & domain

Data ManagementData ProtectionStorage MarketSales ActivitiesMarketing ActivitiesChannel ProgramsSales And Product TrainingsReseller And End-customer EventsSales Activities With PartnersIdentifying Opportunities And Closing ProjectsSFDC And TableauHard WorkingSelf-drivenHighly MotivatedGreat Team SpiritAbility To Present In Front Of Bigger AudienceAbility To Host EventsAbility To Identify And Initiate DealsAbility To Work In TeamsAbility To Work As A Team PlayerSalesMarketing

About the role

Original posting from Rubrik Job Board

As a Channel Development Manager (CDM) you will build & manage relationships between Rubrik and key regional and national channel partners across North America. In this role, you will work with cross-functional teams from Rubrik’s Field Sales, Systems Engineering, Channel Marketing, Field Marketing, Alliances and Sales Operations functions, as they will be key resources for you to leverage to attain and exceed sales performance goals.

Day-to-Day

CDM’s will grow the channel business in their regions through strategic partner planning, enablement, and driving sales acceleration and pipeline generation activities.

Where you can make an impact:

Driving Rubrik’s focus around technologies/products and increasing revenues and number of Partner Initiated Deals.

Managing existing and the growth of Distribution and regional Channel partners that will allow better market and vertical sales/support coverage.

Arrange account mappings, interlocks and meetings with other Rubrik staff with partners to qualify target accounts and opportunities that will lead to Partner Initiated Deals and POCs.

Doing Enablement sessions to train our partners field sales/SE staff to ensure we have self-sufficient partners

Build up strong relationships with relevant decision makers and key persons within those partners to get the right and needed attention to be set as a strategic partner with them.

Who you are:

Hard working, self-driven and highly motivated individual with great team spirit

Strong knowledge about the Data Management / Data Protection / Storage market

Great relation and reputation with key partners in assigned region

Able to present in front of bigger audience and hosting events with and for partners and end-customers

Able to identify and initiate deals with partners, work on deals and close them with a partner in close sync with Rubrik Account Teams

Ideal background:

Experience working with CDW regional sales teams. Existing relationships with Sales leaders in the East and Central regions.

Ideal locations include Chicago IL, NYC/New Jersey, Washington DC, Tampa Fl.

Effective at quarterly and yearly planning of sales activities

Ability to implement marketing plans and coordination of marketing activities

Able to identify, develop and acquire new partners

Display repeated success in encouraging existing partners in their sales activities

Strong ability to execute channel programs

Lead sales and product trainings

Strong presenter on reseller and end-customer events

Successfully run sales activities with partners

Worked supporting partners in identifying opportunities and closing projects

Worked in teams and is used to work as a team player

Leverage SFDC and Tableau  to report numbers and activities, and do forecasting

Sold competitive solutions and has an extensive experience in Backup and Recovery

Worked with vendors like Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Everpure, Okta, NUTANIX and others together and understands their value proposition and how to build up a joint solution with Rubrik

Be CEO of your regional business.

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