Senior Director leading Global Alliances strategy at Digital Realty, managing partner ecosystem and driving joint selling success. Focused on executive engagement with technology firms and channel partners.
Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop a team of alliance partner managers focused and goaled on major alliances and the adjacent execution with top channel partners in common.
Set clear goals, KPIs, and performance metrics to ensure consistent joint selling execution.
Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture across the alliances organization with a commitment to beget maximum opportunity creation.
Define and execute the global partner sales strategy and execution plan for each of Digital Realty’s prioritized technology alliances.
Serve as a senior executive liaison with alliance leadership, building trust and long-term strategic alignment.
Develop multi-year joint business plans with alliances, including revenue targets, solution strategies, and ecosystem activation.
Oversee the execution of joint selling between Digital Realty, alliance sales teams, and mutual channel partners.
Ensure alignment on joint value propositions within alliance sales motions and field execution.
Champion “triangulated selling” — activating opportunities that engage alliances, channel partners, and Digital Realty field sales together.
Guide the development of global joint GTM strategies with technology alliances, including marketing campaigns, field enablement, and demand generation.
Team with Partner Marketing to deliver co-branded content, joint use cases, and event participation.
Ensure consistency and scalability of GTM execution across all OEM partnerships.
Drive accountability for joint pipeline creation, management, and reporting across all alliances and surface insights on the production with partners in common.
Regularly review performance with alliance managers to ensure opportunities are progressing through the funnel.
Report alliance revenue contribution and performance to the SVP of Global Channels and Alliances and Digital Realty’s senior leadership team.
Partner with the whole of Channels & Alliances, Field Sales, Product, Marketing, Operations, and the CTO organization to ensure alliance alignment across all functions.
Work closely with the Channel Sales team to activate joint opportunities with mutual channel partners.
Facilitate executive QBRs with internal and external stakeholders to measure progress and reset priorities.
Requirements
10+ years of experience in alliances, channel sales, or partner leadership, with at least 5 years in a director or senior management role
Proven success building and leading high-performing partner or alliances teams in technology, cloud, or data center industries
Strong track record of driving revenue growth through joint selling with OEMs, hyperscalers, or strategic technology alliances
Exceptional executive relationship management and negotiation skills
Strong business acumen, with ability to align alliance strategies to enterprise growth goals
Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
Deep knowledge of data center, colocation, interconnection, and hybrid cloud infrastructure
Experience managing global alliances with OEMs or hyperscalers
Strong program execution skills, balancing strategic vision with operational discipline
Familiarity with CRM and partner management systems (Salesforce preferred)
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