MSSP Partner Development Manager

SentinelOne
Australia

Who this role is best for

Aimed at experienced sales professionals with partner management expertise who thrive in a fast-evolving security landscape.

Best fit for

  • Experienced sales leaders with a track record of building and scaling security partnerships
    — “recruiting, onboarding, and launching new strategic MSSP partners”
  • Candidates with a technical background and a deep understanding of security solutions
    — “Deep knowledge of current security solutions”
  • Individuals who can align with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives
    — “collaborate across sales, channel, product management, operations, and marketing”

Things to consider

  • The role likely demands a high level of travel and interaction with local field sales teams
    — “work closely with local field sales teams”
  • Above-quota performance is a key performance indicator for success
    — “A 'whatever it takes' attitude and motivation to deliver above-quota performance”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in driving sales enablement for channel partners
    — “Experience growing the sales enablement function”
  • Demonstrate your ability to forecast revenue accurately and manage programs effectively
    — “Prepare and deliver accurate weekly forecasts of MSP/MSSP revenue”
  • Showcase your ability to communicate complex security concepts to technical and business leaders
    — “Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Recruit new strategic MSSP partners
  • Drive program management and governance for service offering launches
  • Evangelize partner service offerings
Typical background
Sales experience in cybersecurity or related industry

Skills & requirements

Required

SalesChannel ManagementProgram ManagementMSSP

Preferred

Product ManagementMarketing

Stack & domain

SalesRecruitmentOnboardingLead GenerationGo-to-market CampaignsStrategic Business PlansSales ExcellenceMSSP ModelProduct UpdatesService OfferingsProgram ManagementGovernancePartner Service OfferingsForecastingEnablementLaunch Of PartnershipsCuriosityContinuous LearningProblem-solvingInnovationCollaborationCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipCybersecurityPartner DevelopmentMSSP

About the role

Original posting from SentinelOne

Our Purpose

At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here.

About Us

SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters.

Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.

As an MSSP Partner Development Manager you will be tasked with recruiting, onboarding, and launching new strategic MSSP partners in your region, identifying and signing the right partners, then getting them productive fast. You'll work closely with local field sales teams, marketing, and sales engineering to design and implement lead-generation and go-to-market campaigns, develop strategic business plans, and drive sales excellence in a highly competitive market. You'll collaborate across sales, channel, product management, operations, and marketing to shape strategy and identify areas of opportunity across SentinelOne's Managed Service partners.

What will you do?

Primary responsibilities include: 

Recruit new strategic Managed Service partners and build revenue-generating security service offerings.

Stay current on the SentinelOne competitive landscape and sell the value of our solutions and services relative to competitors.

Ensure partners receive timely product and MSP/MSSP model updates for each relevant product area, and work with internal teams to build service offerings and develop launch content with partners.

Drive program management and governance for service offering launches.

Evangelize partner service offerings and bring the voice of the partner back into SentinelOne's sales organization.

Prepare and deliver accurate weekly forecasts of MSP/MSSP revenue for your assigned territory.

Stay aligned with local teams on forecasting, enablement, and launch of newly formed partnerships.

What skills will you bring

Ideal candidates will have: 

BS technical degree or equivalent.

5+ years of above-quota sales experience, preferably as a Regional Sales Executive/Manager selling security solutions across endpoint, identity, data, and cloud.

Deep knowledge of current security solutions.

Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage a variety of technical and business leaders internally and externally.

Enterprise sales experience with an actionable network of MSSP decision makers.

Superb organizational and reporting skills.

Experience growing the sales enablement function to support sales in a rapidly evolving, competitive marketplace.

A “whatever it takes” attitude and motivation to deliver above-quota performance.

Prior startup experience.

Experience working with channel partners and a strong understanding of partner-centric go-to-market approaches.

Smart, funny, technical, and passionate about security!

Why us?

AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.

We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:

Equity & Rewards

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Time Off & Wellbeing

Competitive leave benefits

Gender-neutral parental leave

Insurance & Financial Security

Medical and insurance benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Work Perks & Flexibility

Global home office allowance

Internet and mobile phone allowance

Flexible benefits allowance

SentinelOne is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles. 

Source: SentinelOne careers

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