Channel Sales Manager - Japan (Bilingual Japanese/English)

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Tokyo
Mid level
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Our mission is to protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way.
The Role
The Channel Sales Manager will collaborate with sales teams, educate partners about Verkada products, execute marketing activities, conduct business reviews, report on partner performance, and recommend improvements to channel strategies. A successful candidate must have strong channel management experience and be bilingual in Japanese and English.
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Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

 

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

 

Founded in 2016 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 28,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Responsibilities

  • Work collaboratively with Verkada sales teams to identify key opportunities, develop sales forecasts, and remove potential obstacles
  • Educate partner executives, LOB owners, and sales teams on Verkada products, programs, promotions, pricing and sales campaigns
  • Develop and execute customer-facing and internal partner marketing activities
  • Conduct quarterly and ad-hoc partner business reviews to ensure aligned with objectives
  • Regularly report on partner achievements and assigned metrics
  • Make recommendations regarding channel partner program tools, incentives, and go-to-market messaging

Requirements

  • 4+ years of channel management experience with Security and/or IT VAR reseller partners
  • Bilingual Japanese/English 
  • Demonstrated channel sales success (President’s Club or similar recognition)
  • Disciplined to follow defined processes, yet creative to recommend/build new, scalable approaches
  • Ability to develop relationships and engage at all levels within partners (Sales to C-suite)
  • Fluency in Salesforce, Excel, and other business software
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision, balance multiple priorities, achieve deadlines
  • Engaging personality, polished verbal and written communication skills and meticulous attention to detail
  • Must live in/around the greater Tokyo area
  • Must be willing to travel roughly 50% of the time to partners/events

Perks & Benefits

  • Significant equity in a rapidly growing startup 
  • Generous company paid medical & dental insurance coverage
  • Fertility benefits 
  • Wellness allowance  
  • Monthly commuter benefits  
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy. 

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Jane Wang
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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
2,000 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Verkada is the world’s largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform, offering a seamless blend of tech and safety. With six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace systems, and intercoms — all integrated on one cloud platform, Verkada is designed for simplicity and scalability. Our real-time insights help organizations keep their spaces safe and comfortable while taking swift action to minimize security risks, workplace hassles, and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016 and backed by over $460M in funding, we’ve grown fast, with 16 offices spread across four continents, 2,000+ employees, and 26,000+ customers in 85+ countries — including 82 of the Fortune 500.

Created by Stanford computer scientists and security experts, alongside Cisco Meraki’s co-founder and COO Hans Robertson, Verkada calls San Mateo, CA home. We also have offices in Salt Lake City, Tampa, Phoenix, Austin, London, Sydney, Taiwan, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Mexico City, Seattle, Tokyo, and Korea.

Why Work With Us

Verkada’s products start with safety – video security cameras, door-based access control and alarms, and extend to operations, environmental sensors, visitor and mailroom management.

All of our products can be accessed within one cloud ecosystem, bringing the intuitive and easy-to-use nature of consumer security products to the levels of scale

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