Senior Regional Alliances Manager - GSI - Benelux

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The Okta Alliances team is growing across the Benelux region!

Okta is looking for a Sr Regional Alliances Manager with strong deal, strategy and relationship management experience to support Okta’s GSI Partners with the aim of extending and enhancing Okta’s position across the Benelux region.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong background within Channel and Partner management along with an understanding of all the elements that are required to enable partners to be successful with the Okta solution.

A Sr Regional Alliances Manager at Okta will need to think strategically and analytically about business, product and technical challenges, with the ability to create compelling value propositions and work cross-organisationally to build consensus to drive revenue. We are looking for someone who is creative, proactive and looking to expand and advance their Regional Alliances knowledge. We want you to grow as Okta grows!

As an Okta Regional Alliances Manager you will:

• Drive pipeline and revenue within the partner ecosystem across the Benelux region
• Support partner program management and thought leadership across an assigned partner base to increase revenue and drive business opportunities
• Collaborate with Okta’s Executive, Marketing, Sales and Presales teams to drive a successful partnership for both Okta and our partners
• Define tailored value propositions and create detailed go-to-market plans that strengthen our value proposition to the marketplace while providing new revenue opportunities
• Serve as the partner advocate inside Okta; evangelise partners and the opportunities they present by injecting partner DNA into Okta field sales
• Build relationships with partner sales teams to keep Okta “front and centre” for appropriate opportunities

You could be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Proven experience of alliances at a SaaS company, successfully demonstrating Channel/Field Alliances strategy to drive increased sales
• A track record of exceeding channel sales revenue targets
• A business leader who is able to influence and build strong relationships with decision makers across all levels of partner and prospect organisations
• Current knowledge of the trends and market leading companies in the broader Cloud Computing and Identity Management ecosystem across the Benelux region
• Experience with Cloud Software Vendors and their strategies/business models;
• A high degree of honesty, integrity and sound judgment

You might also have:

• Understanding of and experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions
• BSc/BA degree or equivalent (preferred but not essential) or relevant industry experience

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live.

Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 19,300 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.