Partner Alliance Manager- PubSec Ecosystem

Okta·Chicago, Illinois; Colorado; Texas; Washington, DC·onsite
crypto:applicationengineeringM2Regional Alliances & GSI-128
Compensation
Not disclosed
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Description: Okta is looking for a Partner Alliance Manager for our Emerging Partner Route-to-Market with strong prospecting and relationship development experience to accelerate our Regional Partner and Alliance ecosystem across Public Sector (SLED & Federal). This will be a remote role, with focus across the US. The objective is to build and strengthen Okta’s long tail partners across the US, helping deliver accelerated revenue growth for our Public Sector business. The ideal candidate will be a team player, who possesses a strong sales and alliances background, enabling them to engage with partner sales organizations at the Director/VP level. In this role the candidate would interact with a wide variety of companies who operate with different business models and marketing strategies (e.g. resellers, referral partners, and boutique systems integrators), as well as Okta’s SLED & FED field sales teams. The candidate will be laser focused on recruiting, onboarding and building long-term and scalable Go-to-Market partnerships in the long tail ecosystem, to drive Public Sector pipeline and partner sourced revenue. The candidate should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. We are looking for candidates that are creative, aggressive, and looking