Channel Development Manager, Gulf Coast
As a Channel Development Manager (CDM), you will build and manage relationships between Rubrik and key regional and national channel partners across the Gulf Coast (HOU + Louisiana). In this role, you will work with cross-functional teams from Rubrik's Field Sales, Systems Engineering, Channel Marketing, Field Marketing, Alliances, and Sales Operations functions, as they will be key resources to leverage to attain and exceed sales performance goals. CDM's will grow the channel business in your regions through strategic partner planning, enablement, and driving sales acceleration and pipeline generation activities. You can make an impact by: Driving Rubrik focus around technologies/products and increasing revenues and the number of Partner Initiated Deals. Managing existing and the growth of Distribution and regional channel partners that will allow better market and vertical sales/support coverage. Arranging account mappings and meetings with other Rubrik staff with partners to qualify target accounts and opportunities that will lead to Partner Initiated Deals and POCs. Doing Enablement sessions to train our partners field sales/SE staff to ensure we have self-sufficient partners. Building strong relationships with relevant decision makers and key persons within those partners to get the right and needed attention to be set as a strategic partner with them. You are a hard working, self-driven and highly motivated individual with great team spirit. You have strong knowledge about the Data Management / Data Protection / Storage market. You have a great relation and reputation with key partners in the assigned region. You are able to present in front of a bigger audience and host events with and for partners and end-customers. You are able to identify and initiate deals with partners, work on deals, and close them with a partner in close sync with Rubrik Account Teams. Ideal background includes experience working with local regional channel partners or distributors, effective at quarterly and yearly planning of sales activities, ability to implement marketing plans and coordination of marketing activities, able to identify, develop and acquire new partners, display repeated success in encouraging existing partners in their sales activities, and strong ability to execute channel programs. Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI company, operates at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. The Rubrik Security Cloud platform is designed to deliver robust cyber resilience and recovery including identity resilience to ensure continuous business operations, all on top of secure metadata and data lake. Rubrik's offerings also include Predibase to help further secure and deploy GenAI while delivering exceptional accuracy and efficiency for agentic applications. At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world's data. Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
As a Channel Development Manager (CDM), you will build and manage relationships between Rubrik and key regional and national channel partners across the Gulf Coast (HOU + Louisiana). In this role, you will work with cross-functional teams from Rubrik's Field Sales, Systems Engineering, Channel Marketing, Field Marketing, Alliances, and Sales Operations functions, as they will be key resources to leverage to attain and exceed sales performance goals. CDM's will grow the channel business in your regions through strategic partner planning, enablement, and driving sales acceleration and pipeline generation activities. You can make an impact by: Driving Rubrik focus around technologies/products and increasing revenues and the number of Partner Initiated Deals. Managing existing and the growth of Distribution and regional channel partners that will allow better market and vertical sales/support coverage. Arranging account mappings and meetings with other Rubrik staff with partners to qualify target accounts and opportunities that will lead to Partner Initiated Deals and POCs. Doing Enablement sessions to train our partners field sales/SE staff to ensure we have self-sufficient partners. Building strong relationships with relevant decision makers and key persons within those partners to get the right and needed attention to be set as a strategic partner with them. You are a hard working, self-driven and highly motivated individual with great team spirit. You have strong knowledge about the Data Management / Data Protection / Storage market. You have a great relation and reputation with key partners in the assigned region. You are able to present in front of a bigger audience and host events with and for partners and end-customers. You are able to identify and initiate deals with partners, work on deals, and close them with a partner in close sync with Rubrik Account Teams. Ideal background includes experience working with local regional channel partners or distributors, effective at quarterly and yearly planning of sales activities, ability to implement marketing plans and coordination of marketing activities, able to identify, develop and acquire new partners, display repeated success in encouraging existing partners in their sales activities, and strong ability to execute channel programs. Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI company, operates at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. The Rubrik Security Cloud platform is designed to deliver robust cyber resilience and recovery including identity resilience to ensure continuous business operations, all on top of secure metadata and data lake. Rubrik's offerings also include Predibase to help further secure and deploy GenAI while delivering exceptional accuracy and efficiency for agentic applications. At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world's data. Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.