Strategic Channel Manager, Grafana Labs
West Coast
$250-272k
+ Equity
More information about location
Open & composable observability platform
Job no longer available
Open & composable observability platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$250-272k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unite data, no matter where it lives, and empower its users to analyze, take action, and make smart decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in channel sales
- Experience selling SaaS and/or open source technology is a plus
- Demonstrated history of consistent goal achievement at high growth startups
- Experience in consultative sales approach with the primary goal of maintaining exceptionally high levels of customer, partner, and community satisfaction
- Proven experience developing a high performing Channels strategy
What the job involves
- Grafana Labs is looking for a Channel Manager, US West who will be responsible for developing, executing, and evolving all aspects of our partner go-to-market strategy in the US West Coast region
- You will work closely with the Sales, Marketing, Operations, and leadership team to align sales and go-to-market efforts with our product, technical, and sales development efforts
- Your key task will be to develop and deliver immediate and future revenue growth through our partner channel, working primarily with Grafana’s Regional and Boutique Systems Integrators and Value-Added Reseller partners
- This role requires the experience to manage an emerging partner community in the region and you will be well placed to act as a trailblazer to shape the role, develop and evolve the strategy to make your mark within a rapidly growing company where partners are a core element of its GTM
- Own partner opportunity identification and deal acceleration activities to drive revenue targets
- Lead the identification, activation and development efforts for regional partners
- Develop partner capabilities, co-sell motions and brand awareness initiatives
- Establish strong executive relationships to create partnership business plans
- Work with leadership to manage pipeline and revenue commitments
- Work across Grafana Labs to provide input on message alignment, operational coordination, and evangelism of the partner strategy and program
Our take
Observability plays a crucial role in software development, where dashboards are pivotal for monitoring the health of IT infrastructure across an organization. However, for developers, the frustration of spending unnecessary time navigating between different dashboards to find the latest information detracts from valuable programming time.
Grafana creates customizable observability platforms for its clients, to enhance the efficiency of this process. Its offerings include cloud-based data structures, dashboards, API plugins, and collaboration tools. The company boasts over 25 million users globally, with a customer base exceeding 5,000 and including prominent names like Bloomberg, PJ Morgan Chase, eBay, PayPal and Sony.
While Grafana provides free plans with a simplified tool package, the Grafana Enterprise Stack offers customized solutions on a monthly subscription. The company's continues to improve to meet the evolving needs of its users, enhancing functionality with each iteration. It also fosters community engagement by enabling users to share their Grafana dashboards with the broader open-source community.
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Insights
49% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$270m
SERIES D
Apr 2022
$240m
SERIES D
Total funding: $805.2m
Company benefits
- Vacation: Balance is key. Our team enjoys 30 days of paid vacation each year on top of national holidays, parental leave, and sick leave. We also take a breather on a number of Grafana Shutdown Days each year
- Healthcare: We’re proud to provide health coverage or stipends for our colleagues in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, and India
- Retirement planning: There’s no time like the present to start saving for your future. We make employer contributions into the pension pots of our team members in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany
- Professional development: On top of a $1,500 annual learning and development stipend, Grafanistas have thousands of on-demand courses at their fingertips to help them grow professionally. Want to attend a conference or training? Go ahead. Just pass on what you learned
- Work location: Vast majority of our roles are fully remote, focused on hiring the best talent and allowing you to perform from the comfort of your home. If you fancy a change of scene, we’ll also reimburse you up to $175 a month for a personal co-working space
- Choice of tech: There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the tech required to do your job. Choose the laptop and accessories you need when you join us, and we’ll refresh them every three years
- Mindfulness: When you join the team, you can sign up for a complimentary subscription to Headspace to take advantage of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation. Our wellbeing resource group also organize sessions run by fellow Grafanistas or external trainers
- Paid parental leave: Grafana offers paid parental leave to all eligible new parents. This offers Grafanistas time to bond with and care for their children in the first year after birth or adoption
- Global Employee Assistance Program: We offer all team members a 100% confidential support service with 24/7 365 access to professionally qualified counsellors and specialists
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raj Dutt
(CEO & Co-Founder)Currently a Board Member at NSONE. Previously founded Voxel where they served as the CEO for 12 years. They also served as the Senior Vice President of Technology at Internap Network Services.
Torkel Ödegaard
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Mälardalen University with a Master's in Computer Science. Founder of Coding Instinct. Previously worked as a Consultant at H&M, Avega, and Ebay.
Anthony Wood
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Visa and Voxel as a Senior Systems Engineer. They also have Systems Engineering experience at PalVision and iiNet.
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