CoLab Software

Director, Strategic Alliances

CoLab Software
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • Canada, United StatesLeadWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in building and managing strategic partnerships within the consulting ecosystem, with a focus on driving revenue through effective go-to-market strategies and cross-functional collaboration. Possesses strong commercial instincts and the ability to navigate complex deal structures while fostering long-term relationships with partners.

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Partnership DevelopmentGo-To-Market StrategyRevenue GenerationCross-Functional CollaborationConsulting Industry Knowledge

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and own CoLab's go-to-market partner ecosystem, primarily with global consultancies advising customers on engineering and digital transformation
  • Position CoLab's platform to consultants and demonstrate how it improves their client engagements and business
  • Design commercial partnership models, including co-sell, referral, and delivery arrangements
  • Convert partner relationships into sourced pipeline and closed revenue
  • Own strategic partner relationships long term, including joint business plans, business reviews, and partner health tracking
  • Build champions within partner firms and develop durable, multi-threaded relationships
  • Own partner-sourced pipeline and revenue KPIs
  • Enable consultants and systems integrators to represent CoLab and identify suitable client engagements
  • Establish partnership processes, reporting, and operating rhythm from scratch
  • Collaborate with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Enablement, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product
  • Report to the VP of Strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience in partnerships, alliances, channel, or enterprise sales
  • Real understanding of the consulting world: how firms are structured, how partners are compensated, how engagements get scoped and sold, and what makes a software vendor useful rather than an inconvenience
  • Exposure to enterprise software or SaaS go-to-market
  • Strong executive presence
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a genuine willingness to roll up your sleeves
  • Strong commercial instincts; ability to construct a deal structure in a live conversation and assess safe trade-offs
  • Ability to align cross-functional teams to deliver for someone outside the company, without direct authority
  • Nice to have: existing network inside major/global consultancies, system integrators, or value-added resellers
  • Nice to have: experience with engineering, manufacturing, or technical products such as CAD or PLM
  • Nice to have: familiarity with land-and-expand SaaS motions

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Hard Skills
Enterprise SalesChannel ManagementCommercial Partnership ModelsSaaS Go-To-MarketDeal Structuring
Soft Skills
Strong Executive PresenceComfort With AmbiguityRelationship BuildingNegotiation Skills
Industry Keywords
Consulting FirmsSystems IntegratorsValue-Added ResellersEngineering ProductsManufacturing Products