Osano is hiring an entrepreneurial Head of Partnerships to join our growing team! The ideal candidate is a builder with a knack for relationship development and experience establishing and executing channel and technical partnerships strategies.
Reporting directly to Osano’s Chief Revenue Officer, you’ll work cross-functionally to build onto an existing partnerships framework while making it your own as you formalize programs and explore new channels. As a core pillar of our go-to-market strategy, you’ll collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, Customer Experience, Engineering, and Compliance to develop relationships that grow our customer base + community.
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At Osano, we value candidates from all walks of life and are focused on building a diverse team. If you don’t exactly meet all the listed requirements, don’t let that keep you from applying. We’re looking for people who are eager to learn and grow with us. If you’re interested in being part of our inclusive, mission-driven, venture-backed tech startup, say hi!
The Role
- Establish and implement a partner enablement strategy from Osano’s current partnership landscape.
- Identify and pursue partnership opportunities across Osano’s strategy + priorities.
- Act as an Osano ambassador + strategic business leader to partners, fostering and nurturing relationships across a diverse range of organizations. You’ll also negotiate partnership structures, deal terms, processes, and contracts.
- Deliver compelling presentations, demos, and proposals to attract + enable partners.
- Establish the effectiveness of diverse channels, rationalize investment approaches, and formulate strategies for the future growth of the partnerships organization.
- Work with cross-functional leaders and individual contributors to prioritize partner needs and requests within Marketing, Product, and Sales.
- Create and execute partner enablement, communications, and engagement programs.
- Manage a robust pipeline of partnership opportunities, defining and reporting on key metrics, and contributing to the overal sales pipeline + won revenue.
- Nurture our supportive culture by building relationships across Osano and working closely with others to ensure clients’ success/satisfaction.
- Elevate our brand by representing Osano at industry events and amongst thought leaders. Travel may be required and is expected to be <15% of this role.
- Build solutions for our partners and customers by becoming an expert in our product, privacy operations, and the regulatory environment.
- Meet + exceed individual targets while also building the overall Partnerships function.
About You
- You bring 4+ years of partner and strategy development experience across channel and technical partners.
- You have some experience + exposure in governance, risk, compliance, legal-tech, cybersecurity, or similar industries.
- You’re a storyteller who identifies and illustrates opportunities in a way that’s memorable + creates a delightful partner experience.
- You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty and serve as an individual contributor while you rationalize additional investments to build a partnerships team.
- You have experience providing technical demos to prospects and know when to bring in a Sales or Solutions Engineer for when more technical resources are needed.
- You have working knowledge of HubSpot (or comparable CRM), Outlook, LinkedIn, and other sales tools, as well as a willingness to learn new tools.
- You are highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and thrive as a partner to other internal teams. You’re also adaptable and understand that deadlines and priorities may shift as we scale.
- You take pride in your communication and see it as a representation of your brand; you understand that clear, concise communication builds rapport and trust.
- You are highly resourceful and able to overcome obstacles with positivity, creativity, and grit. You see failure as an opportunity to learn + grow.
- You are innately curious + adaptable – you don’t just leverage resources available, you also learn from them.
- Lastly, you should thrive in a remote environment – for us, that means being empathetic, proactively communicating, and bringing ingenuity and initiative every day.
Why Us
- A well-defined career path that’s not just “climbing the ladder” – learn different competencies, skills, and concepts as you progress and get recognized for it.
- Supportive leadership and peers – from sales engineering and product marketing to sales development and demand generation – you’re never in this alone.
- You’ll be stepping into a space that’s on fire – worth $2.36 billion in 2022, with an expected CAGR of 40.8% between 2022 and 2029. (Wait until you hear about our growth rate!)
- You’ll become a privacy expert, including the opportunity to receive your Certified Information Privacy credential.
- You’ll be representing a product that makes prospects say, “This is so awesome” when you demo it.
- We’re a Great Place to Work for the second year in a row, with 98% of employees saying it’s a great place to work.
Benefits
- Fair-pay compensation (provided below) + ownership interest for early stake in our success!
- Unlimited paid time off with a requirement to take at least two weeks off per year.
- We’re continuously a Best Place for Working Parents and offer paid parental leave for all new parents + believe that family, however you define it, comes first.
- Osano sponsors individual premiums at 100% and dependent premiums at 50% for Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance via Aetna.
- A fully, permanently remote company so you can work from anywhere in the U.S.
- Receive a Macbook + $1,000 to craft your home workspace
- Annual company trip designed to foster connection, creativity, and having fun together!
- Mental health benefits with free memberships to mindfulness + talk therapy services
Compensation
Depending on your skill, experience, and quota capacity, you can expect your annual on-target earnings to be somewhere between $235,000 – $250,000 upon joining the company. In addition, you’ll also receive stock options.
A bit more about Osano
At Osano, an Austin-based, venture-backed startup, we believe data privacy is a fundamental human right, and the companies that embrace privacy will become the next wave of trusted brands. Osano is a B-corp and a Public Benefit Corp, which means that—although we are a for-profit company—we are mission-oriented and wake up every day with the goal of doing well by doing good.
Osano is a leading data privacy platform that simplifies privacy compliance by helping organizations build, manage, and scale their privacy program to increase trust, stay compliant, and do the right thing. Founded in Austin, Texas, we solve for consent management, data subject rights, assessments, and vendor risk — all in one place!
Osano is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, neurodiversity, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We participate in E-Verify and we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we will give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS or SSA before taking adverse action against you. We value what makes us different and want to see how you can make our team better!
We are happy to provide accommodations to make the interviewing process inclusive and comfortable. You’ll have an opportunity to request accommodation before your first interview.
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