Location: Milan, Hybrid
About the Department
Channel Account Managers, Account Executives, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all work together to help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free services to millions in our community.
What you'll do
We are looking for a seasoned channel sales professional to help us build out the channel organization in the region. This is a great opportunity to be part of the Channel Sales Team in the region and play a critical role in developing Cloudflare's presence in the market.
In this role, you'll identify, recruit and operationalize new reseller partner organizations to help expand Cloudflare's indirect sales reach within an assigned territory. You will build a regional partner business plan with quantified goals and milestones to achieve partner sourced revenue metrics to meet all quarterly sales requirements.
As a Principal Channel Account Manager, you will develop a comprehensive regional partner map, outlining target partners to recruit. You will work with partner stakeholders to drive sales enablement and coordinate technical training of Cloudflare's solutions, work with respective field teams on demand generation initiatives and campaigns, as well as working with direct sales on various Channel oriented opportunities.
Additional responsibilities will include:
- Maintain and report an accurate sales forecast in Salesforce.
- Manage contract negotiations. Maintain a robust sales pipeline.
- Develop long-term strategic relationships with key partners.
- Ensure customer satisfaction.
- Strong network within the GSI and NSI.
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- 10+ years in Software/SaaS/Security/Networking Sales & Channel management.
- 10+ years of experience and a proven track record developing a partner ecosystem VARs, SI's, MSP's/MSSP's, within a SaaS model.
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure ecosystem and cloud security is highly preferred.
- Direct experience in recruiting, onboarding and enabling resellers/SI's.
- Experience working in a start-up environment.
- Ability to travel 30-50% of the time.
- Technical competence strongly preferred.
What We Do
Cloudflare, Inc. is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare’s suite of products protect and accelerate any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was awarded by Reuters Events for Global Responsible Business in 2020, named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2021, and ranked among Newsweek's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in 2022.
Why Work With Us
Cloudflare employees come from all walks of life. Our team is energized by a collaborative, creative environment that celebrates our differences and fosters new ways to grow together.
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We are committed to developing a global team that is distributed with a flexible working approach. Doing this equitably and inclusively is essential to our success. Visit our careers site for more on 'How & Where We Work.'
