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The Partner Marketing Director is focused on leading channel marketing strategy and execution to maximize partner engagement and revenue generation. You will create campaigns and use tactics to increase engagement/awareness within the partner channel by leveraging other cross-marketing efforts in product marketing, event marketing, corporate marketing, sales, and other demand generation initiatives. With a growth mindset and collaborative approach, you will work with the commercial leadership team to establish the marketing programs and infrastructure necessary to support the channel and track/analyze partner influence on meeting acquisition and sales pipeline development.

The Partner Marketing Director will report directly to the VP Demand Generation.

Responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally within marketing to develop, lead and promote partner engagement through awareness and demand generation programs such as content, events and campaigns

• Collaborate with Business Management and Channels/Alliances leadership to prioritize marketing activities across all product lines and partners

• Plan and execute campaigns, and manage internal and external stakeholder relationships to increase external awareness of TraceLink’s value to and with partners

• Serve as the Marketing counterpart with TraceLink partners and develop close working relationships at partner organizations

• Develop content marketing strategies and partner advertising programs in combination with Demand Gen leadership

• Set targets, measure and track performance, and analyze ROI from partner marketing programs and drive operational improvements

• Collaborate with Commercial Operations to ensure SOPs are followed for executing integrated direct and partner marketing programs

• Direct, review, and approve the production of partner-related content and sales enablement material such as case studies and win stories to drive partner channel sales and awareness, and meet co-marketing goals

• Work closely with Event Marketing and Field Marketing leaders to execute impactful partner and customer events, including participation at Partner’s User Conferences

• Work closely with Corporate Communication team to review and refine the presence of partners on the website.

Skills & Competencies Required

• 5-7+ years of partner marketing experience, preferably with strategic ISV and technology partners, with a demonstrated track-record of building measurable B2B marketing programs that have made partners successful

• Proven ability to develop and lead dynamic, creative, and comprehensive channel marketing programs in a B2B SaaS environment, inclusive of joint value propositioning, content development and writing skills

• A strong understanding of branding and product messaging that balances company needs with the needs of a broad partner network

• Good understanding of event marketing, social media, digital marketing, and other performance marketing (online and offline) tactics that can be leveraged within the partner channel

• Proven writing and storytelling ability, with samples to share in support of partner enablement programs

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects comprehensively and simultaneously from start to finish

• Intellectually curious and unafraid to dig into the details of what’s working and what’s not

• Deep accountability and ownership of the KPIs that partner marketing is responsible for

• Negotiation and relationship management skills

• Analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Good organizational and time management skills

• Ability and willingness to travel in support of events and channel/sales teams