Role Overview
The Partner Manager will build partnerships that open markets, grow strategic accounts, recruit high-potential partners, and help those partners win. They will own commercial relationships, build joint business plans, and drive partner-led and co-sell opportunities.
What You Will Do
The Partner Manager will grow strategic partner accounts, recruit partners with real potential, turn new partnerships into productive relationships, and drive partner-led and co-sell opportunities.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, requiring the ability to build relationships across executive and field teams, translate collaboration into pipeline and revenue, and deliver results.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience in B2B partner sales, channel sales, alliances, business development, or account management
- Demonstrated success growing existing partner accounts while recruiting and activating new partners
- A track record of meeting or exceeding revenue, pipeline, or partner recruitment targets
- Experience executing a structured Partner Program, including recruitment, onboarding, enablement, co-selling, and performance management
- Strong understanding of partner-led, resale, referral, distribution, System Integrator, and co-sell business models
- The ability to build joint business plans that produce measurable commercial results
- Strong prospecting, discovery, qualification, negotiation, and closing skills
- Confidence building relationships across executive, commercial, and technical audiences—and influencing without direct authority
- Sound judgment when prioritizing partners, resolving channel conflict, and navigating complex sales cycles
- Familiarity with subscription revenue models, including annual recurring revenue, renewals, expansion, upsell, and cross-sell
- Experience using CRM systems to manage opportunities, forecasts, and partner activity
- A bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and commission structure
- Fully remote work from an approved U.S. location
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Basic and voluntary life insurance
- 401(k) plan with a company match
- Flexible PTO with no accruals
- Career development opportunities
To apply for this job please visit recruiting.paylocity.com.

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