Cohesity

Director, Channel Development

Cohesity$304K — $381K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in channel development or strategic partnerships
  • Over 5 years of leadership experience
  • Successful track record with Global System Integrators and/or Distributors
  • Proven ability to exceed revenue quotas through partnerships
  • Experience in aligning sales and marketing teams with partner goals
  • Strong communication skills with executives and technical audiences
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Build and expand strategic relationships with channel partners
  • Lead partner account plans focusing on performance metrics
  • Develop scalable go-to-market initiatives to boost revenue
  • Drive pipeline conversion in collaboration with sales teams
  • Recruit and activate new partners aligned with company growth
  • Act as a trusted advisor for partners to align business goals
  • Train and enable partner sales and technical teams
  • Collaborate on joint campaigns with marketing and alliances teams
  • Measure partner performance and optimize engagement

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Vacation and paid holidays
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Other benefits that may be offered periodically
Full Job Description

We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.


We are looking for a Director of Channel Development to join our high-impact sales organization. This individual will own and scale strategic relationships across our Partner Ecosystem—including Global System Integrators, Distributors, and Managed Service Providers. You'll play a critical role in developing joint go-to-market strategies, accelerating pipeline, and ensuring the long-term success of our partners. This is a high-visibility role that combines business development, partner enablement, and sales execution.

How You'll Spend Your Time 

  • Build, manage, and expand strategic relationships across key channel partners and distributors 

  • Lead and execute comprehensive partner account plans, including enablement, pipeline development, and performance metrics 

  • Develop and implement scalable go-to-market initiatives to increase partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue 

  • Forecast and drive pipeline conversion, working cross-functionally with sales teams to ensure partner success 

  • Identify, recruit, and activate new partners aligned to Cohesity’s growth strategy 

  • Serve as a trusted advisor and advocate for your partners—ensuring alignment with mutual business objectives 

  • Enable partner sales and technical teams through training, certifications, and ongoing support 

  • Collaborate with Cohesity’s marketing and alliances teams to drive joint campaigns and ROI-positive partner activities 

  • Measure and report on partner performance, engagement, and pipeline contribution, with a continuous eye toward optimization 

  • Drive executive relationships across partner organizations to strengthen collaboration and identify new revenue streams 

 

What We’re Looking For 

  • 8+ years of experience in channel development, partner management, or strategic alliances 

  • 5 + years of leadership; building and growing teams

  • Proven success in building and scaling channel programs with Global System Integrators and/or Distributors 

  • Strong track record of achieving and exceeding quota through partner-sourced revenue 

  • Strategic thinker with the ability to design and execute impactful business plans across complex ecosystems 

  • Experience aligning cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, technical) to partner objectives 

  • Excellent communicator and presenter, confident engaging with executive and technical audiences 

  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple high-impact partnerships simultaneously 

  • Self-motivated, results-driven, and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment 

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field (Computer Science, Business, Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience 

  • Willingness and ability to travel >50% of the time 

 

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$304,800.00-$381,000.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

Current pay transparency shows the OTE (On-Target Earnings) for commission-based roles.

About Cohesity

Cohesity is a data management company that provides a web-scale platform for consolidating secondary storage silos onto a single, easy-to-manage solution. The company's products include Cohesity DataProtect, Cohesity DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios, and Cohesity SmartFiles. Cohesity was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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1,600 employees
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Founded
2013

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