Senior Partner Manager (German speaking)

Role Overview

We’re looking for an ambitious, German-speaking Senior Partner Manager (Strategic Partnerships) to build and scale Perk’s partner ecosystem across Europe, with a particular focus on the DACH region. This is a commercial role with a clear objective: build partnerships that generate qualified sales pipeline and revenue for Perk.

What You Will Do

Build our partner ecosystem: Identify, recruit, and develop high-potential referral, reseller, technology, and strategic alliance partners across Europe, with a particular focus on DACH. Generate pipeline and revenue: Own partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline targets, turning partnerships into a meaningful and repeatable growth channel for Perk.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal person combines a builder’s mindset with strong commercial instincts. You’re comfortable opening doors, creating something from scratch, and earning the trust of senior stakeholders. You’re ambitious, persistent, and focused on measurable results.

Requirements

• Native or near-native fluency in German and professional fluency in English.
• Proven success in partnerships, alliances, channel sales, or business development, ideally within SaaS, fintech, travel technology, or another B2B technology environment.
• Hands on experience working with ERP, accounting and finance automation vendors and their partner ecosystems (e.g Netsuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Xero, Datev).
• A history of building partnerships that generate measurable sales pipeline and revenue against targets.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the credibility to build relationships and negotiate with senior and C-level stakeholders.
• Able to assess which opportunities are worth pursuing, structure mutually valuable partnerships, and focus time on the relationships most likely to produce meaningful results.
• Low-ego, team-first approach and the ability to work effectively across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and other teams.
• Independent, ambitious, persistent, and comfortable being accountable for outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Equity ownership in Perk
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical cover and voluntary dental insurance from Bupa
• Discounted gym memberships with GymFlex
• Qualifying earnings company pension plan with Aviva
• Life Insurance
• Income protection
• Tax-efficient cycle and electric car schemes with Cycle2Work & Octopus
• Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones
• 12-16 weeks’ paid parental leave
• 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes
• Up to 20 ‘Work from Anywhere’ days per year
• Access to a wide variety of discounts and rewards
• Four-week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years
• Relocation support