Strategic Channel Account Manager

DNSFilter’s mission is to protect our customers and partners with products they love to use! We are revolutionizing network security by providing fast, accurate, and reliable threat protection and content filtering. We're a rapidly growing company dedicated to creating a safer internet for businesses and organizations worldwide. Leveraging AI-driven threat intelligence, DNSFilter empowers our customers to proactively block threats before they impact their networks. We foster a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented culture where every team member contributes to our mission of making the internet safer. As we continue our product-fueled growth by adding new features and broadening our solution to meet the needs of the global market, it's clear there's a missing piece. That's where you come in! We are looking for Strategic Channel Account Managers who will be responsible for developing and growing deep, revenue-generating relationships with our most important strategic partners, such as SHI and Guidepoint. Rather than focusing on recruiting new resellers, this role is about investing in a select set of high-impact partners — driving joint go-to-market execution, enabling their sales teams, building executive alignment, and expanding DNSFilter's footprint through their customer base. Since the DNSFilter Reseller Program went live in January 2024, we have established a foundation of partners, and the next phase requires a dedicated, persistent focus on maturing these strategic relationships and documenting measurable progress against joint business plans. We are seeking candidates who enjoy a remote work environment and look forward to a fast-paced, hyper-growth SaaS organization. This is a full-time remote role and is open to candidates in the United States and Canada, with a preference for candidates located in the New Jersey area. We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If you feel like this job is for you, please apply. We believe diversity of experience and skills, including transferable skills, combined with passion, is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions! In this role, you will: Demonstrate a deep understanding of the channel sales process to build out a new pipeline via channel-sourced opportunities, creating incentive programs, and collaboratively communicating with DNSFilter’s sales team Thrive in an independent work environment; however, for this individual to succeed, they must be capable of working within a dynamic and highly distributed team environment that is entirely remote Deliver consistent sales training and coordinate technical training across Resellers and Distributors of DNSFilter Participate in channel marketing planning, budget management, and knowledge of partners' marketing and enablement programs Leverage prior experience creating campaigns, promotions, and field events to drive channel-sourced pipeline Attend channel partner locations and support partner and industry conferences in the United States and Canada Work with the Sales organization to do account mapping with key channel partners To qualify for this role, you have: Must be able to travel 50% of the time or more within the United States and Canada for industry conferences/events/channel partner locations, with an updated passport and no travel restrictions. Must be eligible to work without sponsorship now and in the future. 8+ years of Channel Account Manager experience pertaining to Reseller and Distributor accounts. Specific experience with SHI, Guidepoint, and Climb would be preferred. Previous successful experience working in a remote environment. SaaS experience, an understanding of IT-related / Network infrastructure business, and experience developing and proposing appropriate solutions. IT infrastructure experience Successful track record in meeting and exceeding monthly, q