Technical Alliance Manager

Technical Alliance Manager – Job Summary

Strategic leader responsible for building and scaling key technology partnerships, focusing on technical integrations, joint solution development, and partner‑led solution plays that drive measurable business outcomes.

• Own strategic relationships with priority cybersecurity technology partners with a strong focus on technical integration and joint solution execution.
• Identify, prioritize, and drive technical integrations that improve interoperability, expand platform value, and support joint customer use cases.
• Develop and advance joint solution plays, reference architectures, and technical value propositions with partners.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, solution architecture, sales, and marketing teams to align technical partnership priorities with company strategy.
• Translate partner capabilities and market opportunities into actionable integration plans, solution plays, and field‑facing assets.
• Support the design and launch of joint offerings, including integration narratives, use case mapping, demo scenarios, and technical enablement materials.
• Drive cross‑functional execution to remove blockers and accelerate delivery of partner integrations and related go‑to‑market motions.
• Track and communicate progress against alliance objectives, integration milestones, launches, and business impact metrics.
• Surface market trends, ecosystem shifts, and partner feedback to inform future integration and solution priorities.

• 5+ years of experience in alliances, partner management, business development, product partnerships, technical partnerships, or ecosystem roles in cybersecurity or enterprise software.
• Strong understanding of the cybersecurity market, including platform vendors, ecosystem motions, and partner solution landscapes.
• Proven track record of driving technology partnerships that resulted in integrations, joint solutions, or measurable go‑to‑market outcomes.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and solution architecture teams.
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into business value, customer use cases, and scalable partner motions.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and execution skills in fast‑moving, cross‑functional environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and move initiatives forward with limited structure.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in one or more areas such as cloud security, identity, agentic/AI security, collaboration security, or data security.
• Background supporting joint integrations, marketplace motions, reference architectures, solution briefs, or co‑sell programs.
• Familiarity with major ecosystem players and alliance frameworks in enterprise cybersecurity.
• Experience with partner‑sourced or partner‑influenced pipeline models.
• Expertise or working knowledge of leading AI platforms and models, including ChatGPT/OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini.

• Priority partner integrations are scoped, aligned, and delivered against agreed milestones.
• Joint solution plays and reference architectures are developed and adopted by internal and partner‑facing teams.
• Integrated partner use cases are clearly documented, packaged, and adopted in customer‑facing solution motions.
• Technical partnership initiatives move efficiently from concept to launch without cross‑functional stall.
• Alliance performance is measured through integration progress, launch execution, field adoption, and business impact.

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