As a GSI Partner Manager of Top GSI's you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to build incremental revenue streams for Grafana.

Expectations For Success

Collaborate with Grafana to identify, target, and contract with partners that allow us to increase value to customers, win rates and as a result, our revenue.
Craft and implement a program to onboard GSI partners and educate Grafana sales team regarding partnerships
Partner with Grafana' leadership to eliminate channel conflict and build effective rules of engagement
Train and influence partner sellers by refining value propositions to meet specific client needs and facilitate client introductions to Grafana.
Build and maintain a positive relationship with strategic partners that enable Grafana products to drive new revenue streams
Drive partner referral pipeline to Grafana Sales Executives
Establish quarterly and annual plans to meet revenue growth objectives and maintain fiscal accountability for revenue quota
Work with Sales Operations to build a reporting mechanism that provides visibility on your efforts and strategies to achieve overall revenue contribution
Build relationships with Grafana's Partner Marketing to develop value propositions and marketing/PR campaigns necessary to drive demand for/through channel partners
Liaise with Grafana's Legal Department to develop contracts for alliance and channel partner agreements; negotiate and finalize all partner agreements
Participate in industry trade shows & events

You are driven, accountable and collaborative. You can make sound decisions, communicate effectively, possess financial acumen, demonstrate initiative, build realistic plans, promote teamwork, influence others and you are able to achieve great results.

Qualifications & Requirements

You have significant and demonstrable experience driving and managing tier-1 partner/alliances business initiatives within a SaaS environment
You are an experienced strategic alliance leader with the ability to initiate and develop complex partnerships that deliver results
You bring an extensive network inside some of leading Global System Integrators
You have technology knowledge that helps you engage and have credibility with product groups within Grafana and partners up to VP/CTO level engagements
Relevant experience working with partner sales and IT functions
Direct SaaS Selling Experience preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and competency in communicating at an executive level
Demonstrated track record of driving revenue and consistent attainment to quota both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year
Proven history of negotiating partnership pricing and contracts
BA/BS required; MBA preferred
You are open to travel ~ 50%
Located in India

In India, the OTE compensation range for this role is INR 9,345,787- INR 10,176,524. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here.

*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market's defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.

About Grafana Labs: There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo).

Benefits: For more information about the perks and benefits of working at Grafana, please check out our careers page.

Equal Opportunity Employer: At Grafana Labs we're building a company where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We know that our company runs on the hard work and the dedication of our passionate and creative employees. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

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Summary
Company name: Grafana Labs
Remote job title: Strategic Channel Manager, GSI
Job tags: Software as a Service, Grafana, Strategic Alliances