Head of Global Partnerships - Enterprise SaaS

Location City of London
Discipline: SaaS, Sales
Job functions Leadership
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £160,000-£210,000 base salary DOE, plus bonus
Job ref: 272596
​Hybrid | About the company:
  • Fast-growing $50m enterprise software business entering an exciting new phase of global expansion

  • Significant investment into product innovation, commercial strategy and long-term growth initiatives

  • Partnerships accounts for 65% of ARR and looking to increase this significantly - key long-term growth strategy.

  • Existing global partner foundations already in place, creating an opportunity to accelerate and scale rather than build entirely from scratch

  • Collaborative, ambitious environment with genuine opportunity to shape direction and make an impact

About the role:
  • Own and execute the global partnerships strategy across key markets and regions

  • Lead and develop an international team across the UK, US and APAC

  • Clear objective to increase partner-sourced ARR to 80% by 2028, making this one of the most commercially important hires in the business

  • Build and strengthen relationships across strategic consulting, alliance and technology partners

  • Drive co-sell motions and create scalable partner frameworks that accelerate revenue growth

  • Work closely with sales leadership to ensure partnerships become a genuine growth engine

  • Highly visible role with the opportunity to shape strategy and build something transformational

  • International remit with regular travel and strong customer/partner exposure

Your previous experience:
  • 10+ years experience within Partnerships, Alliances or Channel leadership roles

  • Proven track record entering high-growth software businesses with established partner ecosystems

  • Demonstrable success taking a partner revenue function already generating £30m+ and significantly scaling it - ideally doubling partner-generated revenue

  • Excellent relationships with the Top 4 consulting partners, Tier 2 boutique consulting firms and resellers

  • Experience building and executing strategic partnership growth plans that deliver measurable commercial impact

  • Strong background working across enterprise partnerships, consulting alliances and technology ecosystems

  • Commercially driven and highly hands-on, with the ability to build demand rather than simply manage relationships

  • Strong experience partnering closely with sales organisations and creating successful co-sell motions

Package:
  • £160,000 - £210,000 base salary DOE + bonus

  • Hybrid Central London - 2 day p/w in office

  • 25% international travel (predominantly US)

  • Strong executive-level benefits package

  • Opportunity to shape a global function with significant visibility and influence

  • High-impact role within a business entering an exciting growth phase