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Director, Partner Sales, ANZ (Based in Sydney/Melbourne) Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. Location Sydney / Melbourne About The Role We are searching for a Director, Partner Sales to lead our ANZ Partner Account Team. The role will be based out of Sydney/Melbourne, reporting to the Vice President of Partner Sales, Asia Pacific. You will be responsible for collaborating with the Sales Area Vice Presidents and key stakeholders to build the strategy to grow partner revenue, market expansion, and develop partner relationships to drive customer adoption in ANZ. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement a comprehensive partner sales strategy that aligns with the regional sales strategy. Cultivate and nurture executive relationships with strategic partners (distributors, resellers, service providers, alliance partners, managed service providers, global systems integrators, etc.). Lead a team of partner sales managers as well as an indirect technical team to manage partner sales revenue and pipeline target delivered through partners in collaboration with field sales teams. Lead, inspire and motivate your team to grow and develop professionally to achieve individual and team goals, whilst fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Own performance metrics such as forecasting, and related operational cadences to oversee growth in partner booked revenue, partner attach, partner-initiated opportunities, partner competency, geographical coverage and market expansion. Oversee partner services, partner programs, managed services, and partner marketing performance within your region. Work closely with sales leadership, crossfunctional teams, marketing, product, customer support and stakeholders to ensure a cohesive approach to the market to align partner strategies with overall business goals. Qualifications 15+ years of proven success in partner sales and partner management. 6+ years managing people. Strategic thinking and business acumen to develop partnerled strategies. Experience recruiting, developing, and managing both 1tier and 2tier channels. Deep understanding of the ANZ and overall APAC partner ecosystem, including VARs, MSPs, GSIs, and Distributors/VADs. Proven track record in accurately forecasting partner business and meeting partner booked, partnerinitiated and related partner metric targets. Executive presence, and ability to influence. Strong written and oral communication, and negotiation skills. Strong understanding of sales and partner sales cycle. Demonstrated ability to prioritise effectively, create strategic plans, and deliver successful partner sales results. Ability to thrive under pressure in a fastpaced environment, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. Ability to cultivate business relationships through networking. Willingness to travel. What Makes Cloudflare Special? Were not just a highly ambitious, largescale technology company. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we''ve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customersat no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacycentric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use. Sound like something youd like to be a part of? Wed love to hear from you! 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