Partner Operations Manager

<h1><strong>Partner Operations Manager</strong></h1> <p><strong><em>Remote (India), with strong overlap with US business hours</em></strong></p> <p>Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we're helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.</p> <p>Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud, managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals.</p> <p>But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We are seeking a: <strong>Senior Partner Operations Manager.</strong></p> <h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2> <p>Backblaze sells through resellers, OEM/ISV and technology partners, and service providers. The systems behind that (Salesforce, the partner platform, deal registration, tiering, MDF) are only partly built. You will own them and build the rest and assist with setting up the enablement program.</p> <p>You will be the person leadership trusts when they ask, "Is this pipeline number real?" You will also shape how the partner program runs day to day and how it should run next year. You report to the Head of Partner Operations and Enablement and work closely with the Head of Channel &amp; Partnerships.</p> <h2><strong>What You'll Own</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Partner data and attribution</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Be the source of truth for partner-related Salesforce data: accounts, opportunities, and sourced vs. influenced attribution.</li> <li>Define the attribution rules, document them, and enforce them. Resolve conflicts before they reach a forecast call.</li> <li>Establish and maintain partner data governance standards, including partner classification, account hierarchies, lifecycle stages, ownership assignments, and consistent reporting across Salesforce and the partner platform.</li> <li>Build the dashboards partner leadership and the field use to run the business, not just view it.<br><br><br></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Program mechanics, built to scale</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Run deal registration end to end, including intake, validation, conf