Director, Partner Ecosystem & Channel Enablement — Global Public Sector

Elastic · United Statessenior

In short

▸Liderazgo estratégico en ecosistema de partners para sectores públicos en EE.UU. y Canadá.
▸Gobernanza de socios: políticas de márgenes, reembolsos, registro de oportunidades y niveles de reseller.
▸Rol clave en alineación técnica y ejecución de co-sell con distribuidores estratégicos.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia comprobada en gestión de ecosistemas de partners y canales de distribución.
✓Conocimiento profundo del sector público (FED, SLED, gobierno canadiense).
✓Capacidad para establecer y gestionar relaciones ejecutivas con líderes de distribuidores.
✓Experiencia en definición de políticas de gobernanza: márgenes, reembolsos, SLAs.
✓Habilidades avanzadas en planificación de negocio conjunto y KPIs de rendimiento.
✓Capacidad para desarrollar estrategias de mercado para Canadá con enfoque en provincias y requisitos de contratación.

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Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. What is The Role The Director, Partner Ecosystem & Channel Governance is responsible for owning and growing Elastic's distribution relationships and long tail partner strategy across key Global Public Sector distribution partners in the United States and Canada. This role is the primary point of accountability for distribution-led pipeline generation, reseller enablement, co-sell execution, and revenue performance across Public Sector segments — including Federal, SLED, and International.. The successful candidate will serve as the connective tissue between Elastic's Global Public Sector sales teams, partner teams, and strategic distributors — driving partner-sourced new and expansion ARR through a managed reseller ecosystem. This role requires a candidate with strong technical capabilities, as driving deep technical alignment and enablement of distribution and distributor led partners will be key to success. Critically, this role owns the rules of engagement between Elastic and its distribution partners: setting margin policy, back-end rebate terms, deal registration SLAs, and reseller tier criteria in partnership with GPS Operations. This is a strategic governance role, not a tactical execution role. What You Will Be Doing • Distribution Strategy & Partner Program Governance • Own joint business plans with public sector distribution partners; define quarterly pipeline targets, reseller recruitment goals, and segment-level priorities across FED, SLED, and AMER Commercial. • Set and maintain the rules of engagement between Elastic and its distribution partners — including margin policy, back-end rebate structures, deal registration SLAs, reseller tier criteria, and MDF allocation thresholds — in partnership with GPS Operations & Strategy. • Build and maintain executive-level relationships at the VP/SVP level with distribution leadership, partner and segment sales teams at key public sector distribution partners. Position quarterly business reviews as executive governance sessions — agenda setting, scorecard presentation, and strategic realignment — distinct from tactical cadence management. • Develop and execute a distribution GTM playbook aligned to Elastic's FY partner-sourced N&E ARR targets and reseller coverage model. • Partner with Global Public Sector Operations to track distributor performance against KPIs including partner-sourced ARR, deal registration volume, pipeline coverage ratio, and reseller activation rates. • Canada Distribution Strategy • Own Canada distribution strategy as a discrete workstream: map the Canadian VAR landscape, align to provincial SLED procurement requirements, and develop a distributor coverage model for the CA market. • Build relationships with Canadian distribution leadership and identify net-new reseller recruitment opportunities specific to the Canadian Public Sector and commercial market. • Ensure Canada-specific contract vehicles, provincial procurement channels, and compliance requirements are reflected in joint business plans and GTM execution. • Cloud Marketplace Transaction

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