Regional Vice President, Partners and Alliances

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably efficiently securely and quickly increasing customers pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build test secure deploy and manage reliability feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI CD Cloud Cost Management Feature Flags Service Reliability Management Security Testing Orchestration Chaos Engineering Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. Were backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms including J.P. Morgan Capital One Ventures Citi Ventures ServiceNow Splunk Ventures Norwest Venture Partners Adage Capital Partners Balyasny Asset Management Gaingels Harmonic Growth Partners Menlo Ventures IVP Unusual Ventures GV (formerly Google Ventures) Alkeon Capital Battery Ventures Sorenson Capital Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary

We are seeking an exceptional RVP Partner Sales Leader for the Americas to drive growth through our ecosystem of strategic partners global system integrators (GSIs) cloud providers and regional consulting firms. This leader will own our partner sales strategy for the region manage a team of Partner Sales Managers and work cross-functionally to accelerate revenue through partners.

This role is ideal for a buildersomeone who thrives in a high-growth environment knows how to activate partners at scale and can develop a high-performing partner sales team while also rolling up their sleeves to drive field execution.

About the Role

• Partnership Strategy : Develop and execute a comprehensive partnership strategy aligned with the companys objectives and growth targets.
• Partner Identification : Identify and evaluate potential partners and alliances that align with the companys strategic priorities and market opportunities.
• Negotiation : Lead negotiations with potential partners to establish mutually beneficial agreements including terms of engagement revenue sharing and joint go-to-market strategies.
• Relationship Management : Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective partners serving as the primary point of contact for partnership-related activities.
• Collaboration : Collaborate cross-functionally with sales marketing product and other internal teams to drive alignment and execution of partnership initiatives.
• Alliance Development : Develop and implement alliance programs and initiatives to support partner enablement training and joint marketing efforts.
• Performance Tracking : Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track the effectiveness of partnership activities and initiatives providing regular reporting and insights to senior leadership.
• Market Analysis : Stay abreast of industry trends competitive landscape and emerging technologies to identify new partnership opportunities and market trends.
• Risk Management : Assess and mitigate risks associated with partnerships and alliances ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

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What You Will Have at Harness

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $200000.00 - $300000.00 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location level relevant experience and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. The compensation package for this position also includes a commission / variable component which is based on performance plus equity and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link : valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex or national origin.

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Required Experience :

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Key Skills

Change Management,Financial Services,Growing Experience,Managed Care,Management Experience,Analysis Skills,Senior Leadership,Performance Management,Process Management,Leadership Experience,negotiation,Analytics

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 200000 - 300000