Channel Account Manager driving Premier and Elite partner revenue for ShareGate, a Microsoft 365 migration and governance platform. Building strategic channel relationships and expanding migration and governance adoption.
Responsibilities
Own a defined book of Premier and Elite partners across North America
Drive partner-led revenue growth, own quota, maintain pipeline coverage, and forecast accurately
Build growth plans with goals, joint actions, and success metrics for each partner
Develop multi-level relationships across sales, technical, and leadership teams
Serve as partners' strategic ShareGate advisor
Run sales training and technical sessions with the enablement team
Coordinate technical, RevOps, direct sales, and other internal resources
Build demand with channel marketing
Identify larger and more complex migration opportunities
Expand mailbox migration, including competitive displacement, and Protect adoption
Drive adoption of new partner programs
Use AI for account research, partner planning, forecasting, and communications
Report to the Channel Sales Manager and collaborate with channel leadership, Channel Account Managers, Distribution Channel Managers, Partner Development Managers, channel marketing, RevOps, technical enablement, support, and direct sales
Within six months, own the partner book and cadences, establish partner growth plans, and test new ideas
Requirements
5+ years of channel sales experience in North America, ideally including the US
Up to 30% travel between Canada and the US
Documented track record of meeting and exceeding quota
Experience managing Premier- or Elite-level partners
Experience building and executing partner business plans
Sales-first, hunter mindset
Independent, entrepreneurial ownership
Ability to create own pipeline
Sound judgment and initiative
Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
Ability to speak with sales teams and executives at partner organizations
Solid understanding of the IT channel ecosystem, including distributors, resellers, and services partners
Daily comfort using AI tools such as Claude, Copilot, and ChatGPT for account research, planning, forecasting, and communications
Microsoft ecosystem experience and existing relationships with M365 partners are a bonus
Benefits
LTIP program, share in Workleap's long-term growth
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