Digital.ai is an AI-powered software delivery platform that enables large organizations to build and deliver high-quality software. They are seeking a Global Channels Sales Leader to own and grow their channel sales strategy for Agility and DevOps product lines, focusing on partner recruitment, revenue execution, and enablement.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct a rigorous analysis of the current partner landscape across the Globe, including U.S. Federal, for Agility and DevOps
- Identify whitespace territories, underperforming segments, and markets where the direct sales team lacks bandwidth or reach
- Build a targeted recruitment plan to address those gaps with high-fit partners
- Identify, qualify, and activate regional SIs and resellers with demonstrated expertise in DevOps, Agility, or adjacent enterprise software categories
- Prioritize partners with active customer relationships in target verticals and geographies
- Lead structured joint business planning with each strategic partner, establishing revenue targets, coverage commitments, enablement milestones, co-sell activity goals, and comprehensive quarterly business reviews
- Work side-by-side with partners to identify, qualify, and progress opportunities
- Hold partners accountable to pipeline creation targets and actively co-sell on strategic deals
- Own and deliver assigned partner revenue targets, forecast accuracy, and strategic objectives across the Global partner book of business
- Maintain clean pipeline hygiene in Salesforce
- Develop and execute a marketplace go-to-market strategy with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure
- Build relationships with marketplace sales teams to drive co-sell referrals, private offers, and committed spend alignment
- Define and maintain clear rules of engagement between direct and indirect teams
- Resolve conflict quickly and fairly to protect partner trust and prevent impact on active opportunities
- Deliver a structured onboarding and ongoing enablement program for each partner, including sales training, SE certification, competitive positioning, and services alignment
- Oversee the partner portal as the operational hub of the ecosystem — deal registration, content library, certification tracking, and pipeline visibility
- Ensure it is current, intuitive, and actively used
- Partner with Digital.ai’s marketing team to co-develop demand generation campaigns, event participation, joint messaging, and co-branded assets
- Translate marketing programs into partner-level action plans with measurable pipeline outcomes
- Represent partner needs and feedback across sales, product, customer success, and executive leadership
- Ensure Digital.ai’s programs, pricing, and processes make it easy for partners to do business with us
- Build trusted relationships with product-line Account Executives and Enterprise Account Managers
- Participate in joint account plans for partner-overlay opportunities and ensure strong day-to-day collaboration
- Identify and orchestrate executive-level touchpoints between Digital.ai leadership and strategic partner executives to reinforce commitment and accelerate key deals
- Ensure partners have access to the technical and delivery resources needed to successfully implement and support Digital.ai products
- Align PS capacity with partner-driven deal flow
Requirements:
- 7+ years of channel sales experience in enterprise software, with a clear track record of building and scaling indirect revenue programs
- Demonstrated expertise in DevOps, Agility, or related enterprise software categories — such as CI/CD, workflow automation, release orchestration, or agile planning
- Proven record of recruiting, onboarding, and activating net-new channel partners who become consistent revenue contributors within 6–12 months
- History of meeting or exceeding partner-sourced revenue targets, with a disciplined approach to pipeline management, forecasting, and deal execution
- Experience navigating cloud marketplace co-sell motions with AWS, Google Cloud, and/or Azure, including private offer structuring and marketplace-originated pipeline
- Strong track record working with both public sector and commercial channel partners across the Globe
- Ability to influence and build credibility with C-level partner executives, technical leads, and field-level sellers simultaneously
- Structured thinker who can translate market analysis into a prioritized partner plan — and then execute independently
- Strong written and verbal communicator, able to craft partner-facing materials, internal business reviews, and executive briefings with equal effectiveness
- Salesforce proficiency with a disciplined approach to data hygiene, deal registration, and partner activity tracking
- Comfortable in high-growth, fast-changing environments where process is still evolving and ambiguity is the norm
- S.-based with preference for the East Coast, given the concentration of key partners