Job Description

Position: Regional Alliance Manager –SLED 
Location: West Region (flexibility in West location)

We are looking for a dynamic leader to work with existing and new Zscaler partners to develop new business and expand existing relationships within our Channel Ecosystem of Public Sector national & regional VARs, SI’s, SP’s and cloud providers.  You will have the opportunity to make an impact helping customers enable secure transformation to the cloud by leveraging leadership, motivational, and strategic business skills. The ideal candidate will have both significant experience generating new business through alliances and channel partners, while also growing a technical practice within each partner. 

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director of Public Sector Alliances & Channels, success will be accomplished by establishing professional working relationships and collaborating with Zscaler’s sales teams, our alliance and channel partners, as well as Zscaler Professional Services, Marketing, and Support. Your mission will be to generate new revenue by helping our partners develop a core understanding of Zscaler’s value proposition, and how to position our platform to solve the unique business needs of our partners’ prospects.
 
Additionally, this role has direct responsibility for: 

• Generate Pipeline revenue by driving joint go-to-market (GTM) activity with Channel partner leadership, Channel partner sales executives, and our own internal sales organization.
• Engage with National and Public Sector partner leadership & partner managers to identify new mutual prospects and engagements resulting in new business meetings (NBMs).
• Developing product and sales competency within our core set of regional & national partners, influencing their GTM and sales strategy in alignment with Zscaler’s “CLOSE framework” to develop partner sourced pipeline
• Creating confidence at an executive level, leading to the creation of downstream sales buy-in and technical practice creation
• Sharing analytics with executive and technical champions, and driving further demand for Zscaler’s solution through regular cadence sessions
• Own the development of technical pre-sales & post-sales practices within each focus partners
• Establish and implement selection process, criteria, and controls for selection, management, and performance of alliance & channel partners including regular reviews of contractual obligations with partners and compliance with Zscaler policies, procedures, and ethical standards.
• Oversee & participate in regional QBR’s for the sales team
• Manage organizational, operational, staffing, financial, quality, and customer satisfaction so that targets are consistently met or exceeded by partners. Includes creating and monitoring KPI’s for each partner on a regular interval.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years selling in the SLED marketplace
• 5+ years direct sales experience. Must have achieved quota in all 5+ years
• Demonstrated success leveraging 3rd-party companies to achieve quota
• Solution-selling experience (vs. product-centric sales)
• Superb organizational skills and demonstrated history outlining and establishing sales strategies.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Must be willing to travel throughout the U.S. including attendance at all business reviews and meetings
• Demonstrate leadership that promotes and exemplifies the highest levels of teamwork, personal accountability, and mutual support to the Partner.

Preference:

• 5+ years of channel management preferred but not required
• Experience with progressive, born-in-the-cloud partners is preferred
• Relationships with national security & network VARs desired
• Service Provider and System Integrator experience desirable, but not required (AT&T, Verizon, BT, Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, DXC Technologies)
• Prior working experience in MEDDIC-based sales organizations
• Prior experience with network transformation technologies and any past history working in early-stage technology start-ups.