About the Role
Play a pivotal role in shaping strategic technology partnerships that accelerate growth, innovation, and success across our global marketplace. This role offers a unique opportunity to own high-impact vendor alliances, influence go-to-market strategy, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and directly contribute to Pax8's mission of empowering small businesses through smarter technology.
Responsibilities
- Become the trusted relationship lead for a portfolio of strategic technology vendors.
- Develop long-term alliance strategies that create mutual value and drive sustainable growth.
- Lead business planning discussions, executive reviews, and ongoing partnership governance.
- Manage commercial agreements and vendor programmes, ensuring continued alignment and success.
- Create and execute innovative joint go-to-market strategies.
- Partner with Sales teams to unlock co-sell opportunities and accelerate revenue growth.
- Work closely with Marketing to deliver impactful campaigns, enablement programmes, and demand-generation activities.
- Champion vendor solutions internally and externally through events, industry engagements, and strategic initiatives.
- Own alliance performance metrics, reporting, and strategic insights.
- Monitor programme success and identify opportunities to improve partner adoption and commercial outcomes.
- Present recommendations and updates to senior leadership with clarity and confidence.
- Ensure operational excellence across alliance programmes and vendor requirements.
- Work alongside Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations teams to maximise partnership value.
- Influence stakeholders across multiple functions to align priorities and drive execution.
- Act as the internal voice of your vendor portfolio, helping shape strategic decisions and investment opportunities.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success within partner, channel, or alliance management in the technology sector.
- Proven experience building and growing strategic relationships with technology vendors.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud, SaaS, and modern technology ecosystems.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify growth opportunities and translate strategy into action.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading joint business planning and delivering measurable partnership outcomes.
- Confidence analysing performance data and translating insights into recommendations.
- Familiarity with Salesforce and partner management platforms.
- Experience working across multiple business functions in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
- A collaborative mindset combined with the drive, energy, and passion to make a meaningful impact.
- Must hold valid right to work in Australia.
- Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment checks including ID verification, reference requests, and qualification checks.
Skills
- Partner management
- Channel management
- Alliance management
- Relationship building
- Go-to-market strategy
- Business planning
- Commercial agreements
- Sales enablement
- Marketing campaigns
- Demand generation
- Performance metrics analysis
- Stakeholder management
- Salesforce
- Partner management platforms
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation package
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive wellbeing support
- Development and career growth opportunities
- Flexible hybrid working environment
- Access to learning resources and professional development programmes
- Collaborative, people-first culture focused on growth and innovation
About the Company
- Pax8 is helping to define the future of the AI-powered technology ecosystem.
- Culture is embedded in everything we do, with a passion for collaboration, continuous learning, and creating an environment where talented people can thrive.
- Pax8 is a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel.
- Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology.
- We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best!
- We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.
Equal Opportunity
- Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for.
- We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet 100% of the criteria.
- We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills.
