Channel Account Manager, Abnormal Security
Public Sector
Cloud email security platform
Job no longer available
Cloud email security platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the cloud a safer place for businesses.
Role
Who you are
- Ability to apply a channel methodology that you have successfully implemented in the past to this role
- Public Sector experience is required
- Know who to work with and which partners can move the needle in the territory
- Be a good presenter: ability to help partners clearly understand what pain points Abnormal Security can alleviate for their customers
- Strong follow through with channel partners to turn the trainings and demand gen sessions into pipeline
- Good at conflict resolution between partners, reps, and customers when needed
- Organizational skill is key to good channel management. Being quick to respond to inquiries in a timely manner as well as not letting tasks fall through the cracks
- Grit; ability to find success in an early-stage environment without all the resources/teams available to much larger organizations
- Good understanding of how to leverage other departments including Sales Engineering, Marketing, BDRs, Product and Customer Success
- In addition to excelling at the core responsibilities and deliverables, you are considered by local Sales and SE leadership as a key “go-to” person to help with aspects outside pure channel-related topics (i.e. hiring, territory changes, QBRs, team structure, etc)
What the job involves
- Abnormal Security is looking for a Public Sector Channel Account Manager to join our Channel Management Team
- The team leverages channel partners to drive growth and sales productivity
- They drive collaboration and engagement with partners via account mapping sessions, develop Partner Account Plans, partner with marketing to execute channel-marketing events, recruit and onboard new partners, and support the sales teams that they are mapped to
- They build strong relationships with key information security channel partners throughout the region, including both National Partners and local headquartered regional partners
- The team is highly analytical and detail oriented, and are able to adapt as they deal with the different personals within a partner (CEO, Sales and Technical leadership, AEs, SAs, etc)
- They leverage strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills and are able to clearly and effectively articulate Abnormal Security's value, and help partners understand how Abnormal will be critical to their business growth and strategic initiatives
- Meet and exceed partner-sourced pipeline and booking targets (New Business Meetings, pipeline $ goals, % of total pipeline and bookings that are partner-sourced, etc)
- Work with Abnormal Security channel and sales leadership to identify the right partners for us to target and recruit. This will include a set of national partners, regional partners, and eventually MSSPs
- Develop a go to market strategy and Partner Account Plans with our top partners that include a set of agreed upon set of sales goals, marketing goals, and certification goals
- Put together a channel enablement plan in place with the key target partners for both the sales and technical teams
- Create a demand generation strategy with the key partners alongside the Abnormal Security channel marketing team to drive customer demand in territory
- Work with the sales teams in your region to determine which prospects they deem their top targets to connect them with the right partners to help them to create a measurable channel sourced pipeline
- Regular interaction with partner principals, executives, and sales and sales management at existing and prospective partners
- Drive alignment between Abnormal Field Leadership (RD, SE Manager, etc) and key partner regional leaders
- Write and distribute Partner Win Wires every month to maintain and gain partner mindshare
- Ensure that Abnormal-sourced opportunities are brought to our Focus Partners (as opposed to fulfilled via opportunistic partners)
- Conduct regular sales training presentations with partner sales teams to ensure they understand and can articulate Abnormal Security's product and services
- Work with the Marketing team to drive marketing programs with key partners and ensure that activities tie back to a successful ROI
- Assist with driving pipeline, sales qualification, and closing of business
- Develop and execute a regional strategy for recruiting new channel partners as needed to support growth
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Abnormal Security's competitive positioning in the marketplace
- Oversee relationship building activities and account mapping activities between Abnormal Security's sales organization and partners in the territory
- In addition to core responsibilities and deliverables, you take responsibility for one or more National Partner relationships with specific monthly/quarterly activities that help Abnormal drive the National Partner relationship further (organize sales and technical enablement sessions; partner account org mapping; executive relationship building; etc)
- Become a Subject Matter Expert on any number of channel topics (Deal Reg; Account Plans; PG plans; new PG initiatives; etc) and then share these best practices with other CAMs through formal and informal enablement
- Develop expertise in different areas of Partner Program Operations (Requirements / Benefits, Enablement and Certification paths, other Partner Program, SPIFF payment platforms, etc) and take an active leadership role in getting these implemented at Abnormal
- Become a trusted advisor to senior Sales and SE leadership for anything related to the business and territory
Our take
Fraud involving impersonation is one of the top causes of online financial crime. Criminal tactics like email account spoofing, where the criminal impersonates an official account to steal personal information or money, are rife. Abnormal Security is a startup aimed at handling these hyper-targeted and personalized email attacks by analyzing communications and identifying potential fraud before it can take place.
The fraud detection space is extremely competitive but Abnormal Security differentiates itself through its focus on the threat of impersonation rather than a spectrum of threats. This has allowed it to amass a wealth of data relating specifically to high-risk impersonation attacks, analyzing over 45,000 signals to detect any anomalies.
Its specialized approach has fueled rapid growth, leading to a $4B valuation after a Serice C Funding round. Now, Abnormal plans to double down on product development and expand internationally, prioritizing markets where data security laws necessitate a local presence. By staying focused on impersonation, Abnormal Security positions itself as a formidable force in the fight against online financial crime.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2024
$250m
SERIES D
May 2022
$210m
SERIES C
Total funding: $534m
Company benefits
- Healthcare
- Flexible PTO
- 401k
- One Medical
- Flexible Spending Account
- Mental Health Resources
- Home Office Stipend
- Monthly Internet & Phone Stipend
- Health and Wellness Stipend
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Evan Reiser
(CEO)Having started their career as a Software Engineer, co-founded GamerNook.com, Bloomspot, and Adstack before spending 3 years at Twitter. Co-founded Abnormal Security in April 2018, and has been CEO since.
Sanjay Jeyakumar
(CTO)Previously Senior Software Engineer at Twitter and Google. Was also Software Architect at TellApart.
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