Senior Channel Development Manager - AHEAD West at Cohesity

Job description

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design. Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry. In this role, you will serve as a primary strategic relationship owner for AHEAD, one of Cohesity's most important national strategic partners . You will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive partner growth strategy that drives pipeline creation, bookings, enablement, executive engagement, and market expansion. Your focus will be on building trusted relationships across AHEAD executive leadership, sales, technical, services, and field organizations while aligning Cohesity resources to increase mindshare, create net-new opportunities, and accelerate revenue growth. By growing awareness, demand, and preference for Cohesity solutions across AHEAD's organization and customer base, you will play a critical role in driving bookings, expanding strategic account penetration, and achieving ambitious growth objectives. HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE: Serve as a primary strategic relationship owner for AHEAD, developing trusted relationships across executive leadership, sales, technical, services, and field organizations. Develop and execute a joint Cohesity-AHEAD business plan with measurable goals for pipeline creation, bookings, enablement, account penetration, and market development. Collaborate closely with AHEAD and Cohesity teams to drive bookings and deliver an exceptional customer experience. Expand Cohesity's presence and mindshare across AHEAD by developing new relationships within AHEAD sales, technical, services, and leadership organizations and activating those relationships to create net-new pipeline and bookings. Drive account mapping and seller alignment between AHEAD and Cohesity field teams to identify whitespace opportunities, accelerate strategic engagements, and generate net-new pipeline. Partner with AHEAD and Cohesity sales teams on strategic enterprise opportunities, including key verticals and high-value accounts. Forecast pipeline performance and bookings in coordination with AHEAD and Cohesity sales leadership. Develop, manage, and actively lead a sales strategy and business plan for AHEAD, including pipeline, bookings, enablement, marketing, and strategic growth initiatives. Build Cohesity mindshare across AHEAD by creating repeatable sales plays, enablement programs, executive engagement strategies, and field activation initiatives. Enable AHEAD sales and technical teams at scale in alignment with GTM objectives, partner programs, and strategic business priorities. Track performance against business plan objectives and establish action plans to address gaps in pipeline generation, enablement, engagement, account penetration, and bookings. Lead regular Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and executive business reviews with AHEAD and Cohesity leadership, leveraging KPIs and performance metrics to identify growth opportunities and investment priorities. Develop selling and services opportunities within AHEAD while expanding relationships into additional business units, technical organizations, and customer segments. Develop a strong understanding of AHEAD's business model and economics and clearly articulate how AHEAD sellers and services teams can profitably grow their business with Cohesity through services, incentives, programs, and expansion opportunities. Coordinate Cohesity sales, SE, marketing, services, p