Channel Business Manager
Barracuda Networks
Sweden
Posted on Jan 22, 2025
Req ID: 25-512
Come join our passionate team! Barracuda is a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats. Our platform protects email, data, applications, and networks with innovative solutions, and a managed XDR service, to strengthen cyber resilience. Hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and managed service providers worldwide trust us to protect and support them with solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use.
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Job Profile Summary:
The Channel Business Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with Barracuda’s key strategic partners, guiding them to position Barracuda’s products and solutions appropriately, setting strategic sales growth goals in collaboration with executive leadership. They implement policies to optimize channel operations and leads initiatives to enhance partner performance and satisfaction. They also oversee the development and execution of large-scale marketing and sales campaigns.
Responsibilities:
- Builds and maintains relationships with Barracuda’s strategic partners and industry influencers to identify and develop successful business opportunities
- Collaborates with executive leadership to set strategic goals and priorities for the channel team, ensuring alignment with the company’s vision
- Develops go to market strategy for partnerships, articulates value of Barracuda’s platforms and services, and educates partners on how to position Barracuda products effectively
- Develops and implements policies and procedures to optimize channel operations, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness
- Provides mentorship and support to associates, leads, and managers within the channel team, fostering their professional growth and development
- Leads the implementation of projects and initiatives to enhance partner engagement, performance, and satisfaction
- Oversees the development and execution of large-scale marketing and sales campaigns, driving brand awareness and revenue
- Drives continuous improvement and innovation within the channel organization, ensuring the company remains competitive and forward-thinking
- Applies expert knowledge of varied concepts in their area of channel account sales to address challenges
- Works in a domain-oriented manner across cross-functional teams on sales project(s)
- Employs a high standard of domain specific judgement to tackle open-ended problems that are difficult to prioritize, and define what/how things are done
- Collaborates with the larger channel sales teams to develop lead generation strategies and improve conversion rates
- Provides strategic support to channel sales team by developing retention strategies and managing key accounts
What you'll bring to the role:
- Ideally between 5-8 years of experience as a Partner Account Manager
- Partner Relationship Management
- Channel Sales experience within Cybersecurity/Network Security is preferred
- Go to market Strategy
- Consultative Selling
- Channel Management
- KPI Monitoring and Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Effective Communication - Strong Presentation skills / Public Speaking
- Empathy
- Customer Focus
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