Partner Manager, Strategic Alliances

About this role

CreatorIQ is the operating system for creator-led growth trusted by more than 1,300 global brands and agencies.

We’re on a mission to make businesses more human, and humans more impactful. We operate by our values — be intentional, pursue excellence every day, embrace the journey together, and be a good human — every day. CreatorIQ has earned the title of best companies to work for in multiple programs, including BuiltIn LA and NY. It’s been named a Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for four years, was named a leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Influencer Marketing Platforms for Large Enterprises in 2025, was named a Leader by The Forrester New Wave™: Influencer Marketing Solutions, and has been consistently recognized by G2 as a Leader, and is rated 5 stars on Influencer MarketingHub. We operate in a flexible work model that combines both in-person and remote work to boost collaboration, enhance innovation, and adapt to individual work styles.

We're seeking passionate, innovative minds to join our journey. Be a part of our dynamic team and let's transform the industry together!

PARTNER MANAGER, STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (QUOTA-CARRYING)

CreatorIQ is seeking a strategic, revenue-driven Partner Manager to build, activate, and scale our ecosystem of technology and agency partners. This quota-bearing role sits at the heart of our co-sell motion, working closely with top global partners across our technology, data, and agency partner ecosystem to bring CreatorIQ’s industry-leading creator marketing platform into more customer conversations.

As an early hire on the Strategic Alliances team, you will have the opportunity to build and own end-to-end partner enablement, relationship development, pipeline creation, and joint selling. You’ll collaborate directly with CreatorIQ Account Executives to accelerate deal cycles, unlock new revenue opportunities, and drive expansion with customers who benefit from a combined tech or agency partnership solution. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role reporting directly to the Chief Partnerships Officer.

In this role, you’ll get to:

Partner Activation & Growth

- Own revenue quota tied to partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline.

- Develop, deepen, and manage strategic relationships across our partner ecosystem - technology, data, agency, and consultancy. .

- Build structured partner enablement programs, including training, certification, pitch materials, and shared value messaging.

Joint Selling & Field Collaboration

- Partner with CreatorIQ Account Executives to identify co-sell opportunities and strategically engage partner AEs.

- Drive field-level “sell-with” motions: lead partner introductions, participate in joint customer calls, develop coordinated account plans, and accelerate funnel progression.

- Serve as the primary CreatorIQ liaison to large partner sales organizations (e.g. 300+ global AEs) to train, motivate, and activate them.

Go-to-Market & Pipeline Generation

- Activate partners to bring CreatorIQ into new and existing customer conversations around integrated offerings.

- Build forecasting, dashboards, and reporting to show partner performance, pipeline contribution, and ROI.

Strategy & Cross-Functional Leadership

- Work closely with Strategy, Sales, Product Marketing, and Partner Marketing teams to define and refine joint value propositions.

- Develop partner marketing programs, webinars, events, and campaigns to generate awareness and qualified opportunities.

- Provide structured feedback to internal teams on partner needs, competitive insights, and joint product opportunities.

- Contribute to CreatorIQ’s partner strategy roadmap, including new alliance selection, partner tiering, and operationalizing scalable co-sell motions.

Who you are and what you’ll need for this position:

- 10+ years experience in partnerships, alliances, channel sales, or enterprise SaaS sales with a quota.

- Proven success driving revenue through co-sell motions with technology or agency partners.

- Experience partnering with or selling into large, global organizations (agency holding companies a plus).

- Strong sales acumen—including discovery, positioning, negotiation, and pipeline management.

- Excellent relationship-building skills with technical, commercial, and executive-level stakeholders both internally and externally

- Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment and build new programs from scratch.

- Strong communication, presentation, and enablement skills—especially training large field teams.

Nice-to-Haves

- Experience in MarTech, AdTech, Social Suite & Analytics, or Creator Marketing ecosystems.

- Background working with enterprise agencies or media holding companies.

- Global partnership experience.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Have 50% of the criteria? Excited about this opportunity? Passionate about what we do at CreatorIQ? Please apply! CreatorIQ is a place where everyone can grow.

What you will get from us:

- People: work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.

- Guidance: utilize our learning platform to fully get the training and tools you’ll need to become successful here from your first day with us.

- Surprise meal stipends: work from home can’t stop the enjoyment of someone else making a meal for you!

- Work/life harmony: 15 days vacation, floating and set holidays, wellness allowance, and paid parental leave.

- Whole Health Package: medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and more.

- Savings: a 401k (USA) plan to help you plan ahead.

- Work from home stipend: to assist you in setting up a home office that works for you (or buy a new dog leash - your choice!).

Who we are:

CreatorIQ is the operating system for creator-led growth. Trusted by…