Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, ai, engineering innovation and iot. We are hiring a partner sales manager to be a key contributing team member within the growing dell alliances organization. Large oem or independent hardware vendor (ihv) brands - dell, hpe, ibm, lenovo, ericsson, cisco, fujitsu and many more - are major partners for canonical. Reporting to the senior director of global alliances - dell, the partner sales manager will work closely with dell and canonical teams in various geographies to enable dell teams, generate and transact opportunities, drive a canonical agenda within dell, and achieve targeted results. The role entails build strategic relationships and enable dell teams on the partnership build pipeline and transact opportunities through dell grow dell’s awareness of open source capabilities on canonical ubuntu demonstrate a deep understanding of the linux and cloud software ecosystem deliver on targets, objectives and provide a voice of the partner travel regularly - sometimes internationally - to drive partnerships in person align and support internal canonical field teams - identify, support, grow, transact expand existing footprint with dell customers with an aim to upsell to broader portfolio support and contribute to broader strategy, initiatives and key campaigns as defined by the senior director what we are looking for in you experience in alliance or indirect sales management roles ability to capture customer requirements, evaluate gaps, identify and create opportunities passionate about ubuntu products and mission comfortable in fast-paced and high pressure environments with measurable goals experience with linux, virtualization, containers, and other cloud technologies excellent communication and presentation skills team player with superior accountability and customer support skills credibility and working knowledge of dell - its products, go-to-market motion, and field experience managing cross-functional teams and track record of operational excellence willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events hands on experience with salesforce.com and google suite a plus what we offer colleagues we consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person personal learning and development budget of usd 2,000 per year annual compensation review recognition rewards annual holiday leave maternity and paternity leave team member assistance program & wellness platform opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues priority pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events canonical is an equal opportunity employer. J-18808-ljbffr