We are looking for a versatile & out of box innovator who formulate strategies to increase the volume of business & establish partnerships. Excellent interpersonal skills and a natural flair for associating and connecting with people at all levels. Must have strong business acumen to spearhead the sales and business development function.

Why we need this role:

We are looking for a leader to help us build out our marketplace of services that our customers will need as they build out their ideas into a fully functioning software. This includes everything from Cloud services to technical and non technical 3rd party integrations/services (i.e Analytics). We want to do this to increase stickiness with our customer and deliver on our promise of a single bill for the entire journey from idea to built software.

A secondary function will be to establish key GTM partnerships in APAC/MENA and help the US BD efforts through multiplier partnerships such as channel. An extension to this will be the ability to do joint GTM with our marketplace partnerships.

Why you should join?

This is a challenging and diverse role that requires you to build an organization from the ground up, to centralize partnerships and to ensure we are making all our partnerships 360 degrees. Only join this role if you are able to create a path in un-chartered territory, if you are comfortable with trying fast and failing fast.

First 6 Months OKRs

1. Establish quick wins in GTM for MENA/APAC Region
   1. Build an end to end process from target list to executed partnerships with key GTM partners in the region
2. Establish quick wins in GTM for the US Market
   1. Establish east coast partnerships
   2. Execute existing 3rd party cloud partnership with a key US Partner
3. Establish Marketplace Target List and Business Model
   1. Develop out first list of partners to engage in and monetize
   2. Create partner framework
4. Establish Marketplace Account Management
   1. Create a framework to engage and leverage our marketplace ecosystem partners
   2. Establish GTM partnerships that offer bundles with their products to our customers

Personality Traits

Passionate about loosely held values and ideas. We want someone who has experience but is not blinded by the path already taken.

Requirements

• Ability to maintain a thorough understanding of the clients industry, including industry trends, industry business processes, industry financial measurements and performance indicators, and key client competitors in their industry.
• You are a dynamic and influential story teller who excels in the art of pitching to C-Suite executives
• You drive additional value from partnerships by collaborating both internally and with partners
• You push boundaries of conventional thinking by exploring new methodologies to take the organization to the next level
• Process orientated with an aptitude for building out workflows and/or communication schedules in line with customer behavior
• Experience in building end-to-end processes from target list to executed partnerships in both international and domestic markets
• You are a disruptive yet calculated risk taker who challenges loosely held ideas to achieve better results
• Expertise in data-driven decision making in a sales or partnership environment. You prefer making decisions based on deep analysis when it comes to evaluating sales achievements and course correcting

Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Working in the heart of Silicon Beach in Playa Vista
• WeWork office which means free coffee, fun events, networking, and more
• Mission-driven company that is making the world a better place