Channel Account Manager- South East

About The Position
Silverfort is a cyber security startup that develops a revolutionary identity protection platform. Our mission is to provide industry leading unified identity protection solutions for hybrid and multicloud environments. Using patented technology, Silverfort's platform enables strong authentication across entire corporate networks and cloud environments, without any modifications to endpoints and servers.
Silverfort has been widely recognized as an industry innovator, being named "Best of MFA award" from Expert Insights, Microsoft Security 20/20 partner award, Homeland Security Award for Best Identity Access Management platform for its agentless secure authentication and zero trust platform by Astors.
The Channel Account Manager will generate new business through building a reseller, referral partner, and distributor network. The Channel Account Manager will be tasked with executing on all aspects of the business relationship with each partner including recruiting, qualifying, onboarding, training, pipeline generation and reporting, and win/loss reporting.
Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Account Executives in the South East to identify the focus partners
• Build the Go To Market business plans with the identified focus partners
• Align the sales organization through targeted demand generation and alignment activities
• Drive resources to provide enablement activities at both the Sales and SE levels
• Provide executive alignment with partner stakeholders
• Align yourself internally with Enterprise, Commercial Sales and Sales Leadership to drive toward a common goal
• Accurate forecasting partner opportunities in conjunction with the direct sales teams
• Build marketing plans and manage a budget for the region
• Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams (including SE organization, product marketing, sales, marketing, operations and legal) to deliver a world class experience for the partner
• Hold the partners and the stakeholders accountable to agreed-upon goals
• Proactively maintain ongoing knowledge of industry, global markets, existing and target channel partner accounts & competitive landscape
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of each strategic partner's business and what drives their success

Requirements

• At least 5 years of proven success in Channel or Technology Sales
• Experience in Security and/or Identity technologies
• Skilled at strategizing with large partners
• Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales quota targets
• Strategic mindset to drive the partner lifecycle, including recruitment, enablement, pipeline, revenue, marketing
• Proven ability to communicate with partners at all levels within an organization
• Demonstrates thorough preparation for all partner meetings and activities
• Proven success with sales ability and demonstrated knowledge of sales process
• Excellent presentation skills
• Willingness to go above and beyond the job description to be successful
• BA/BS degree- an advantage
• Team Oriented
• Open to travel

Position located in South East (Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, Tampa, or Orlando)- must travel