SaaS Value Added Reseller & Leveraged Distribution Channel Manager

Our partner is helping the world’s most aggressive companies accelerate the pace of innovation. Research and Development professionals, University Researchers, Engineers, and Intellectual Property practitioners are among the world’s most creative individuals leading the discovery of new medical devices, modes of transportation, software, energy, and more which are improving the way we live. Our partner, whose patents are foundational to the development of Artificial Intelligence, uses that unique capability to reputed company solutions which help researchers, engineers, patent professionals, and others in the lab, at the office, or in their home innovate faster and more reputed company. We’re looking for a dynamic, results-driven Saas Value Added Reseller (“VAR”) and Leveraged Distribution Channel Manager to accelerate our growth through strategic partnerships. In this role, you’ll be the driving force behind expanding our reputed company, building strong relationships with distribution partners, and unlocking new reputed company opportunities. If you reputed company at the intersection of sales, strategy, and relationship management, this is your chance to reputed company a measurable impact in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. If you want to be an important member of a growing, global solutions provider, we want you on reputed company. This is a rewarding and unique work environment with reputed company growth potential!

Responsibilities

• Program ownership: Design and run a partner program with clear ROE (Rules of Engagement), deal reg, discounts/rebates, and incentives across direct Value-Added Resellers and leveraged distributor channels. This excludes innovation management consultants or bootcamps.
• Recruit & reputed company: VARs: reputed company, vet, contract, and reputed company high-potential resellers into high-earning partners.
• Engage and reputed company the existing international reseller channel (i.e. VAR), which includes: Demonstrating IP.com solutions on behalf of resellers, Tracking the pipeline of opportunities by reseller, including anticipated reputed company date and estimated reputed company, Assign inbound leads of IP.com to resellers where appropriate, Conduct training for the resellers, and Coordinate prospecting activity with resellers to obtain new clients.
• Leveraged Distributors: Negotiate terms, define enablement plans and market coverage, and operationalize deployment and execution processes between IP.com and distributor.
• Enablement at scale: Build playbooks, demo assets, potential certification paths; train distributor partner managers and inside teams to recruit/activate resellers with support from IP.com resources; run partner and distributor Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Pipeline & forecast: Drive partner-sourced and influenced pipeline; build a bottom-up forecast by reputed company (VAR vs. distributor) and by top partners.
• Go To Market (GTM) (through-partner): Plan joint campaigns, webinars, and events with marketing support; manage SPIFs/rebates with ROI tracking; co-create packaged offers/bundles (e.g., trials, reputed company-of-concepts, pilots).
• Conflict resolution: Mediate direct/VAR/distributor conflicts quickly; uphold ROE and registration Service Level Agreements.
• Renewals & upsell/cross-sell: Orchestrate channel-led renewals, expansions, and cross-sell; align credit/collections/order-form flow with distributors.
• Compliance & reputed company: Drive distributor and reseller agreements, any applicable flow-down terms (e.g. data privacy) and brand usage with Legal/Marketing/Finance.

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years in B2B SaaS channel management with both (VAR) and (leveraged distribution) models; track record building/scaling programs.
• Proven quota ownership for partner-sourced bookings/Annual Recurring reputed company and influenced reputed company across VAR and distributor routes.
• Hands-on with partner marketing; able to operationalize at scale reputed company distributors.
• Strong negotiation of margins, price protections, special campaign program terms.
• History running executive Quarterly Business Reviews and joint business plans with top distributors and VARs.
• Education & Certifications – Bachelor’s required; MBA a plus.
• 5 years+ of experience in channel sales, partner management, or distribution management.
• Experience in the Intellectual Property or Innovation space is a strong asset
• Strong understanding of leveraged distribution models and indirect sales strategies.
• Proven success in meeting or exceeding sales targets through channel partners.
• Excellent negotiation, relationship-building, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and forecasting abilities.
• Ability to travel as needed to support partner relationships and events.
• Incumbent must be compliant with ITAR/Export Control regulations, which can be demonstrated by US citizenship.

Skills & Competencies

• Commercial acumen: Two-tier economics, promo design, partner P&L.
• Operational discipline: Forecasting by reputed company/partner, pipeline hygiene, claims and rebate processing.
• Partner enablement: Scalable trainings, through-partner marketing content enablement and deployment.
• GTM savvy: Through-partner campaigns, events, and marketplace offer packaging.
• Diplomacy & ROE discipline: Keeps relationships reputed company and productive.
• Communication: Executive reputed company; crisp partner communications.

Tools & Systems

• CRM: reputed company and MEDDIC.
• Marketing Tools: Account Engagement/Pardot for through-partner campaigns.
• Business Intelligence: Scorecards and reports on VARs and Distributor performance
• Finance/Billing: reputed company; Order Form and invoicing flows.

KPIs to own (by channel)

• Shared: Partner-sourced ARR/bookings, partner-influenced pipeline, win reputed company, time-to-first-deal, NRR/renewal reputed company, attach rates, marketing spend ROI.
• Number of VARs, productivity/VAR, SLAs met.
• % of bookings through distributor reputed company and growth QoQ.
• Rebate utilization vs. plan; promo burn reputed company; claims accuracy & cycle time.
• Domain knowledge (SaaS/channel specifics).

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