Senior Partnership Account Manager

Senior Partnership Account Manager 

Collibra is looking for a Senior Partner Account Manager to lead and grow our partner-driven business. You will identify key growth areas and ensure seamless execution by aligning with regional Field Sales teams. This cross-functional role requires close collaboration with our Marketing, Engineering, and Product teams to develop a world-class partner ecosystem.

This is a remote role in Australia. 

Senior Partner Account Managers at Collibra are responsible for

• Strategic relationship management: cultivating a high-performing partner ecosystem; driving initiatives that accelerate new business acquisition, expansion, and customer retention.


• Partner advocacy & enablement: serving as the primary lead for GSIs, SIs, AI/Tech Partners; prioritizing territory coverage and elevating technical proficiency across the partner network.


• Go-to-market orchestration: leading joint account mapping, strategic planning, and QBRs to align partner capabilities with Collibra’s regional sales targets.


• Pipeline intelligence: driving rigorous joint pipeline reviews and forecasting to ensure predictable growth and market penetration.


• Cross-functional execution: collaborating on high-impact marketing activities and roadshows.


• Regional presence: traveling within the region to cement partner loyalty, with occasional international travel for global Collibra summits.

You have

• 7+ years of software industry experience with a demonstrated ability to recruit, onboard, and scale high-performing partner ecosystems.


• A strong track record in partner-led sales and enablement; prior experience in direct solution sales or consulting is highly valued.


• Expertise in SaaS, specifically within Data Governance, AI Governance, Data Management, Analytics, or BI. You understand the "data-first" landscape. Strong focus on SAP content.


• An innate ability to build influential relationships, from cultivating existing alliances to identifying and winning new strategic partners.


• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot) to solve real-world business challenges, drive measurable outcomes, or streamline workflows.


• Experience driving joint marketing initiatives and supporting complex sales cycles through partner channels.


• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business-related field.

You are

• Able to articulate complex value propositions to both technical and non-technical audiences, with the gravitas to influence executive stakeholders internally and externally.


• Naturally collaborative and able to navigate a matrixed organization, building bridges across Marketing, Engineering, and Sales to achieve shared goals.


• Comfortable pivoting between diverse topics and stakeholders, maintaining high engagement whether you are in a partner QBR or an internal product deep-dive.


• Deeply curious about the evolving data landscape and committed to helping global enterprises unlock the strategic value of their data.


• You understand the critical role Data Governance, AI Governance and Data Management play in the success of large-scale, modern organizations.

Reporting to Collibra’s Global Alliances Lead, measures of success are

• Within your first month, you will be engaging with every partner in your region and understanding our joint value proposition with them.


• Within your third month, you will be connecting partners to the field sales team to support Collibra customers and prospects and increase the volume and velocity of partner-sourced and partner-influenced opportunities.


• Within your sixth month, you will be managing the region autonomously and identifying and prioritizing regional partner initiatives that align with Collibra’s market strategy: increase in new business acquisition, account expansion, and partner-led customer retention.