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Senior Partner Sales Manager – Central
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Tines is hiring a Senior Partner Sales Manager to build its Central US partner business across commercial, enterprise, strategic, and SLED sales segments. This senior individual-contributor role focuses on activating resellers, systems integrators, and services partners to create pipeline, advance deals, and grow revenue. The manager will work closely with account executives and cross-functional teams while establishing repeatable partner processes and performance cadences. The position requires 10+ years of relevant channel, alliances, business development, or direct-sales experience and existing relationships in the Central US partner ecosystem. It is a remote US role with approximately 40% regional travel.
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I begin by segmenting the partner market by strategic fit, customer reach, technical capability, and likelihood of producing near-term opportunities. I then establish joint plans with priority partners, align them to account teams, and use recurring pipeline reviews to focus investment on activity that generates measurable results.
I identify overlapping target accounts, clarify the partner's customer value proposition, and equip partner sellers with a concise solution narrative and engagement path. I track sourced and influenced opportunities, coordinate executive or technical support when needed, and maintain clear next steps through the sales cycle.
I would make partner engagement practical by mapping partners to account needs such as services capability, executive access, technical expertise, or procurement support. I would join account planning early, explain the specific role each partner can play, and ensure that the engagement has defined objectives and ownership.
I would measure partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline, revenue, opportunity conversion, deal progression, active seller participation, joint-account coverage, and partner enablement completion. I would also review the quality and velocity of opportunities to determine where to increase, adjust, or reduce investment.
I build alignment around shared customer outcomes and quantified commercial goals, then create a clear operating cadence with owners, milestones, and follow-up. Consistent communication, credible market insight, and reliable execution help earn trust and keep stakeholders engaged.
About this role.
Tines is the intelligent workflow company that powers some of the world’s most important workflows.
Tines has been supporting IT and security teams from a diverse range of customers, including Canva, Reddit, SAP, Coinbase, Mars, Fin (Intercom), and McKesson.
Tines 3B, launched in 2026, is the next generation of Tines – a single, secure environment for every team’s apps, agents and automations.
As an integrator across the entire tech stack, Tines is vendor-agnostic integrating with any API-enabled service. This flexibility enables our customers to achieve their highest-priority goals faster. Tines has security woven into its DNA, and our platform is secure and private by design.
At Tines, we’re driven by our values of Simplicity, Speed, and Soundness. We’re committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences while fostering a company culture that nurtures individual curiosity, growth, and integrity. We’re excited about what’s next, and we’re looking for others to join us on our journey.
Tines is looking for a Senior Partner Sales Manager to build and lead our partner business across the Central US. This is a senior individual contributor role supporting our Commercial, Enterprise, Strategic, and State, Local, and Education (SLED) sales teams.
You’ll turn partner relationships into measurable pipeline and revenue, working directly with field sellers to identify opportunities, open doors, and advance deals across the region’s reseller, systems integrator, and services partner ecosystem.
This is a territory-building role, not the management of an established partner book. You’ll activate partners, develop joint account strategies, help sellers use the channel effectively, and create repeatable processes. Success requires a strong sales mindset, independent judgment, and the ability to build productive relationships with limited resources and an evolving playbook.
This is a remote role based in the Central US, with approximately 40% travel for partner visits, customer meetings, and regional events. Candidates should have convenient access to a major airport and be able to maintain regular in-person engagement across the territory.
What you’ll be doing:
- Own and execute the Central region’s partner sales strategy across Commercial, Enterprise, Strategic, and SLED segments.
- Activate priority regional partners through joint business planning, account mapping, seller engagement, and technical enablement.
- Create partner-sourced opportunities and take accountability for partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline, revenue, and deal progression.
- Work alongside account executives throughout the sales cycle, using partner relationships, market intelligence, and services to strengthen account strategies. Help sellers understand when and how to engage partners.
- Coordinate Sales, Sales Engineering, Alliances, Marketing, and Sales Development around priority opportunities, engaging technical resources with clear objectives and relevant context.
- Establish a consistent cadence for pipeline reviews, partner engagement, performance measurement, and follow-through, adjusting investment when activity is not producing results.
What you bring with you:
- 10+ of relevant experience in partner sales, channel sales, alliances, business development, or direct sales, or equivalent experience demonstrating senior-level commercial ownership.
- A track record of building or significantly growing a territory or partner business in a startup or comparable build-stage environment, creating structure and delivering results with limited resources.
- Productive relationships with at least two relevant national or regional resellers, systems integrators, or services partners serving the Central US, with demonstrated success turning those relationships into measurable pipeline and revenue.
- Experience supporting multiple sales segments and adapting partner strategies to different account needs and sales cycles.
- The ability to position a technical platform, engage partner sellers and technical teams, and recognize when specialist support is needed.
- Strong communication, organization, and follow-through, with the ability to influence colleagues and partners without direct authority and maintain an active field presence.
Experience combining technology alliances, services partners, and channel relationships around customer opportunities will help you succeed. We welcome candidates from both vendor and partner organizations who can demonstrate the sales and partner-building experience this role requires.
Why join Tines now?
It’s an exciting time to join Tines. With the introduction of Tines 3B, we’re expanding how teams build and run important workflows using AI, automation, and integration. In this role, you’ll help partners understand that opportunity and translate it into solutions for their customers. For someone who enjoys developing a market, building new ways to work with partners, and growing a region alongside a sales team, this is an opportunity to shape the business—not simply inherit it.
Target annual salary: $189-196k + commission + equity
Applicants for this opportunity must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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