CHANNEL SALES MANAGER, US & CANADA (STARLINK ENTERPRISE SALES)
CHANNEL SALES MANAGER, US & CANADA (STARLINK ENTERPRISE SALES)
Starlink is the world’s most advanced constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites providing reliable, high-speed and low-latency broadband internet. Our 8,000+ satellite constellation provides internet from space to over 8 million customers on earth across more than 150 markets. Starlink Global Enterprise Sales is a rapid-growth division of SpaceX enabling business continuity through fixed, mobile and portable use cases in both urban and rural locations.
We’re hiring Channel Sales Managers to help accelerate our go-to-market. The role requires ownership, motivation, and curiosity to lead the channel like a general manager overseeing an extension of Starlink’s sales team.
INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Exceed revenue growth targets for the Channel you’re responsible to lead while executing a high-growth scale strategy to 2-3x the business
- Report activity, pipeline generation, bookings, cash collection, activations, and consumption KPIs plus needs, health, opportunities and risks
- Develop, manage and deliver presentations, use cases and prospecting tools
- Support sales requests for alignment, opportunities, proposals and needs
- Support account management requests for operational support
- Understand and become an expert in:
- Starlink’s business, technology, solutions, and channel strategy
- Starlink’s use cases and customer success stories
- The connectivity market, verticals, customers and alternate solutions
EXTERNAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Represent SpaceX with professionalism, integrity, and expertise
- Align the Channel to our go-to-market and operational model
- Manage leadership relationships; alignment with partner, product, sales and technical teams; set expectations and goals; drive progress; own performance reporting, reviews and management, and health monitoring
- Support in-person and virtual channel meetings and events
- Deliver enablement and training with a focus on scheduled live groups, day-to-day customer conversations, and offline self-paced content
- Support prospecting and opportunities as needed
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years of enterprise channel and/or sales experience; OR 1+ years of experience at SpaceX
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Proven track record exceeding targets
- Applicable experience with:
- Resellers/MSPs
- Solution and System Integrators
- Value Added Resellers (VARs)
- Independently motivated self-starter, with a demonstrated track record of project ownership
- Motivation to make a meaningful difference
- High intellectual and emotional intelligence, along with strong analytical skills
- Bias for action towards accomplishing results and Starlink’s mission
- Highly detail-oriented, diligent and hard-working with strong interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Ability to communicate the big picture with outcomes and data while being concise
- Coachability in an environment that is fast paced, dynamic and unstructured
- Comfort with ambiguity and figuring out the solution
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Willingness to travel approximately up to 50% of the time
- This position is based in Bastrop, TX and requires being onsite – remote work not considered