KnowBe4
Human Error. Conquered.
Partner Account Manager
Location
Texas
Posted
29 days ago
Salary
$140K - $160K / year
High School3 yrs expEnglishSFDC
Job Description
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners reselling KnowBe4 products
• Conduct deep discovery to understand the partners’ organizational structure, goals and objectives as well as motivators for partner reps
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of your partners business and operations
• Conduct initial onboarding with assigned partners
• Collaborate with partners to develop mutually beneficial, strategic business plans to achieve sales targets
• Enable partners to equip them with positioning, product knowledge, selling best practices and demand generation tools
• Communicate the value of reselling KnowBe4 to increase partner investment
• Engage partner leadership and KnowBe4 leadership to gain executive buy-in and commitment
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with various teams at partner organizations
• Drive partners to the portal to utilize marketing campaigns and demand generation tools and assist them in implementing marketing campaigns
• Coordinate and collaborate on joint marketing efforts and tie it into business goals to deliver ROI
• Collaborate with and support direct sales and customer success teams where needed to manage the overall partner relationship
• Monitor partner performance and track key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Meet assigned targets for monthly sales volume requirements and objectives in assigned partner accounts and maintain a healthy pipeline/accurate forecasting
• Maintain accurate and thorough records in Salesforce.com
• Ensure partner compliance with partner agreements
• Drive adoption of company programs among assigned partners
• Set clear expectations with partners so that they understand rules of engagement, best practices and overall expectations of the partnership
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field a plus
- Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the IT Security Field
- Minimum 3 years of sales experience (exceeding quota on a consistent basis), Channel Sales required
- Experience with Salesforce preferred
- Must be able to demonstrate sales aptitude while being assertive, persistent, consultative, and comfortable working in a highly results oriented company
- Strong understanding of partner ecosystems and channel sales
- Excellent verbal and written communications
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Strong collaborative and teamwork skills
- Strong analytical, strategic mindset, and negotiation skills
- Persuasive communication skills accompanied with the ability to gain a quick understanding of the needs and pain points of channel partners
- Passionate about business and willing to go the extra mile.
Benefits
- company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets
- employee referral bonuses
- adoption assistance
- tuition reimbursement
- certification reimbursement
- certification completion bonuses
- modern, high-tech, and fun work environment
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