Channel & Alliances Sales Manager

Location: Germany (Remote – DACH Region)

• →Manage a portfolio of channel partners, including VARs, distributors, and resellers across DACH.
• →Build and maintain productive relationships with distributor managers and partner leadership.
• →Identify, onboard, and develop distribution partners and strategic alliances
• →Define joint business plans, revenue targets, and go-to-market strategies
• →Manage the growth plan and strategy with regular cadences and milestones
• →Expand partner footprint across geographies, verticals, or customer segments
• →Work with channel partners to identify, qualify, and execute mutually rewarding sales opportunities. Identify upsell, cross-sell, and co-selling opportunities with partners. Drive partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue
• →Provide channel feedback to RSA to ensure product offering aligns with market needs.
• →Ensure service-level expectations are met and oversee escalations as the primary point of contact.
• →Identify opportunities for partners to fill geographic or vertical coverage gaps.
• →Educate and support partners on RSA’s go-to-market strategy, value proposition, and solutions.
• →Track pipeline, forecasts, and partner performance against targets, host regular QBR
• →Act as the primary point of contact for assigned partners
• →Enable partners through training, sales tools, messaging, and product updates
• →Build strong executive and operational relationships within partner organizations

• →Support and develop RSA’s strategic alliances, with emphasis on the Microsoft partnership (e.g., co-sell, marketplace, ISV alignment).
• →Serve as a point of contact for key alliance activities, ensuring alignment between RSA and strategic partners.
• →Research, design, and deliver value-based, jointly positioned solutions that align with alliance partner requirements.
• →Identify and qualify opportunities to leverage alliance relationships to generate incremental pipeline.
• →Coordinate joint initiatives with Microsoft and distribution in areas such as co-marketing, events, enablement, and technical alignment.
• →Interface with partners and customers to expand alliance influence and identify additional solution opportunities.
• →Track alliance-related performance metrics and influence joint business planning.

• Strong relationship-building skills across distributors, VARs, alliance partners, and internal teams.
• Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders to achieve mutual goals.
• Good knowledge of contract interpretation, project management, and channel/alliances motion execution.
• Strong understanding of partner go-to-market strategies and indirect sales motions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills appropriate for partner leadership and alliance executives.
• Familiarity with joint solution design, partner enablement, and co-sell frameworks.

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