Description

Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favourite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That’s the power of data in motion in action—giving organisations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, we’re building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organisation. With Confluent, organisations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.

We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energised to roll up their sleeves and help realise Confluent’s enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Partner Development Manager to manage a portfolio of system integrators and lead our overall partner ecosystem engagement with our sales leadership across the Cloud Providers, Independent Software Vendors, and our System Integrators.

Apache Kafka™ and Confluent are powering the transformation to real-time business across various industries, which has a profound impact on traditional business.  This market shift offers a significant opportunity for Partners to build practices and solutions based on the Confluent Platform, On-Premise and in the Cloud, that leverages their regional, industry, and technology integration assets.

We are seeing a significant increase in the partner ecosystem's interest in (AMER/EMEA/APAC) to work with Confluent. We need a PDM to join the team to develop a Confluent services practice across a portfolio of local and regional system integrators. 

What You Will Do:

• Develop a Confluent practice with a 4-8 partner portfolio of local and regional system integrators. This includes executive alignment, mutual KPIs, enablement strategy, solution plays and GTM plan, marketing plan to support the sales effort, and delivery plan and skills development.
• Leverage the system integrators as the orchestrators and influencers with customers but also triangulate with the other parts of the ecosystem including the three cloud providers, ISVs, and Global SIs.
• Work with the Global Partner teams to manage the field execution with the 3 CSPs, 2 Strategic ISVs, and the 3 strategic GSIs.
• Work with sales leadership to develop partner strategy and plan to support execution in the region
• Work closely with Confluent sales teams to develop and execute key opportunities with partners.
• Work with Confluent’s Partner Solutions Architects, Enablement team, and Marketing to enable partners to develop, launch, and support Confluent-based solutions and services

What You Will Bring:

• 8+ years of related experience in partner sales, business development, and/or partner development across the region
• You are fluent in both Bahasa Indonesia and English being the two main languages used with our customers, partners and internally.
• Track record working with Regional SI’s (“RSI”) across X region in joint GTM motions to drive consumption
• Familiarity with GCP, Azure, and/or AWS offerings and GTM approach
• Outstanding track record of establishing and driving strategic partnership(s) between companies and channel partners
• Proven success in building ambitious, compelling, multi-year, and multi-dimensional business plans
• Demonstrated success in driving GTM and sales/revenue impact, including working with Microsoft, Google, and AWS stakeholders at different levels
• A self-starter mindset with a strong sense of urgency and passion for making great things happen
• Ability to drive cross-functional and global teams to achieve desired outcomes such as influenced bookings, new pipelines, logos, marketing leads, etc.
• Experience with negotiating large and complex deals with industry leaders
• Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior executives
• Experience with Open Source, Data, and/or Analytics products

Come As You Are

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