Senior Partner Alliance Manager, Okta

GSI EMEA

Salary not provided
Expert level
London
Okta

Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground

Posted today

Okta

Management platform securing resources from cloud to ground

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityInternal toolsSaaSIdentity

Posted today

Salary not provided
Expert level
London

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityInternal toolsSaaSIdentity

Company mission

To improve the connections between people and tools to make companies more productive and secure.

Role

Who you are

  • The ideal candidate will be a builder with a strategic approach and bias towards execution
  • Minimum 10+ years working in technology alliances - ideally at a SaaS company and within cybersecurity
  • Experience building out a business at scale with a Big 4 Advisory Firm or Global Systems Integrator across multiple regions in EMEA
  • Deep experience and knowledge of Systems Integrators (from business model, to training and certification strategies)
  • Executive communication skills and an ability to drive influence and action from Senior Leaders across product, finance and sales
  • Data driven mindset with strong analytical skills to continuously measure KPI’s, pipeline, marketing, deal registrations, accreditations and certifications
  • Track record of beating revenue based quotas

Desirable

  • Multiple language, Pan EMEA experience
  • 3-way partnerships with CSPs
  • Experience in SaaS based partnering models

What the job involves

  • The Global Alliance Team is part of Okta’s Revenue Organization
  • We manage the largest and most complex relationships from Cloud Marketplaces, Resellers, Distributors and Systems Integrators with a laser focus on driving sales and deployments of Okta’s software
  • We are looking for a Partner Alliance Manager, GSI for EMEA
  • Reporting to the Head of Global Strategic Alliances, this role will expand our existing alliances with GSIs like PwC, Deloitte and Accenture
  • Working closely with our EMEA sales leadership, this role has the opportunity to lay the foundation for the GSI business at Okta
  • Develop and execute partner business plans with GSIs across EMEA
  • Build capacity to scale sales and delivery
  • Develop, cultivate and maintain relationships across the largest GSIs to execute the joint sales plays that deliver financial results
  • Co-own joint Marketing initiatives, which include the use of Marketing Development Funds to drive demand generation through events and campaigns
  • Own and drive the certifications, accreditations, and training of GSIs in EMEA
  • Build and drive pipeline generation at the field level with direct sales and go-to-market partner organizations (EMEA Alliances)
  • Drive and manage partnership agreements with PwC and Accenture member firms across EMEA Partner member firm agreements for delivery and resell with Okta legal

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Okta started off as an identity company where organisations, large and small, could tap into the company to have a single sign-on interface to access all cloud applications now centralised. Okta has since expanded to provide identity management at the device as well as the server level.

The new approach towards network security is increasingly based on identification and authentication, and Okta is on track to become the go-to vendor in the space. They aim to do so by developing products that enable people to access applications and other tools more smoothly and securely than ever before.

Okta has taken strides towards expansion through significant employee growth and shuffling executive leadership. The company has also made lateral moves such as tackling governance concerns, opening up new paths for revenue.

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Insights

Top investors

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back within 2 weeks

19% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Sep 2015

$75m

SERIES F

Jun 2014

$75m

SERIES E

Total funding: $229.3m

Company benefits

  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health + Wellness
  • Financial Benefits
  • Pay + Incentives
  • Time Off
  • Everyday Living
  • Resources

Company values

  • Love our customers
  • Never stop innovating
  • Act with integrity
  • Be transparent
  • Empower our people

Company HQ

The East Cut, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

VP of Development at Salesforce.com and has nearly a decade of experience in various engineering and leadership roles at PeopleSoft.

Frederic Kerrest

(Vice Chairman)

Worked in Sales and Business Development at Salesforce.com, and previously co-founded high-tech consulting firm Meridian Global Solutions.


People progressing

Joined as Senior Manager, Recruiting EMEA and promoted to Director, Recruiting EMEA after 3 years. Promoted again to Senior Director, Recruiting EMEA after another 3 years.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Okta

  • Workforce: We believe in recruiting diverse talent to create balanced teams
  • Workplace: We support and empower employees to be authentic and grow through open conversations and education
  • Marketplace: We go to market and sell to diverse audiences

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