CloudflarePrincipal Partner Account Manager
About Us
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have 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 named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
About The Role
We are seeking a Principal Partner Account Manager to join our Global System Integrator (GSI) team. The role is based out of Singapore and will report to the Sr. Director, GSI.
The Principal Partner Account Manager will be responsible for managing and optimizing strategic relationships with our key GSI’s across APJC. This role will focus on developing and executing partnership strategies that enhance collaboration, drive revenue growth, and leverage the combined strengths of our organizations to deliver exceptional value to clients.
The ideal candidate will have strong executive presence, established relationships and experience leading GSI partnerships, preferably in the technology and/or security and networking sector. They can work independently to build a strategy and execute the plan leveraging stakeholders both internally and externally. They will have the ability to influence decisions and investments. Key stakeholders include Cloudflare Leadership, Account Executives, Solution Engineering, Channel Managers, Customer Success teams, Sales Operations, Marketing teams and external Partner executives.
You will be expected to travel as required. The ideal candidate will have a network of existing partner contacts within the key GSI partnerships, including client leads and decision makers.
Key Accountability: Achieve and exceed partner booked sales goals.
Responsibilities
- Create and implement strategic account plans for each partner that align with overall business objectives and growth targets, including the ownership of partner sales revenue
- Identify opportunities for joint ventures, co-marketing initiatives, and solutions integration with partners to drive strong pipeline generation and growth.
- Build the joint go-to-market services and solution stack offerings working closely with the global alliances team and services team
- Relationship development including building executive key influencer and sales relationships that peer with Cloudflare leadership
- Act as the primary contact for all partner-related inquiries and ensure effective communication and collaboration
- Business planning, including account mapping, development and execution of the joint growth and customer acquisition strategies to expand into new verticals and territories
- Own and run Business and Quarterly Planning/Reviews both internally and externally in partnership with regional Partner and Sales teams
- Track and analyze partner performance metrics, including targets, revenue attribution, and market impact
- Own the plan for ongoing training & support for client leads and technical resources
- Work with GSI partnerships and /or field sales on RFPs, proactive account planning, deal registrations and forecasting
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Relevant Bachelor Degree
- 15+ years experience including 10+ years working with Global System Integrator partnerships.
- Existing relationships with Accenture, NTT, Kyndryl and HCL
- Executive presence with proven success in managing large enterprise partnerships, with demonstrated results in driving growth and innovation
- Experience working in the Technology sector. Network and/or security vendor experience a bonus
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strong analytical skills and experience in utilizing data to inform strategic decisions.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across various teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical skills and experience in utilizing data to inform strategic decisions
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
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