Partner Development Manager

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.What is The Role:Elastic, the Search AI company, is looking for a Partner Development Manager to join our Business Development organization to cover partners across France. This role is responsible for supporting Elastic’s efforts to build an elite ecosystem of partners who are highly strategic to the company’s long-term goals. The Partner Manager will recruit, enable, and support a network of partners in order to drive partner sourced, influenced, and fulfilled revenue. We want upbeat, innovative, and results-oriented partner leaders.What You Will Be Doing:Identify, recruit, enable and manage partners (Regional SIs, VARs, referral partners, consulting firms) to support business goals and to execute partner sales strategies specific to each geographic regionDrive consistent and predictable channel bookings through joint business planning and ongoing channel enablementWork closely with our direct sales teams on development, tracking, and reporting goals and objectives, forecasts, key metrics and definitions of success for each partner accountNegotiate and close channel and partnership contractsBuild and drive overall channel strategy and prioritization plan for coverage area, including the development of an Elastic Stack practice across priority channel partnersWhat You Bring:Upbeat, smart, self-directed, and passionate business development and channels professionalExperience recruiting, enabling, and leading a network of SI and channel partners with direct personal involvementExposure to and expertise in building channel networks from the ground upDemonstrated success growing the impact of channel results through increased lead growth or bookings growthExperience negotiating channel agreements and crafting channel programsUnderstanding of analytics, search, or big data markets / products or ability to learn quicklyWilling to travel up to 30% of the timeNative French speakerAdditional Information - We Take Care of Our People:As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.We strive to have parity of benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salaryHealth coverage for you and your family in many locationsAbility to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many rolesGenerous number of vacation days each yearIncrease your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and serviceUp to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you loveEmbracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leaveDifferent people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. 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Please note that national origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility for employment with Elastic.Please see here for our Privacy Statement.What Elastic Has to OfferElastic is the company behind the Elastic Stack - Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash. From stock quotes to Twitter streams, Apache logs to WordPress blogs, Elastic helps people explore and analyze their data differently using the power of search. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Cisco, eBay, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Elastic offers their employees benefits like:401(k) / Retirement PlanMinimum 16 weeks of parental leaveHealth coverage & vision insuranceFlexible locations & schedulesWork from home policyGenerous vacation time & paid holidays #J-18808-Ljbffr