Hybrid Senior Director, Global Alliances

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About the role

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of alliance partner managers focused and goaled on major alliances and the adjacent execution with top channel partners in common.
  • Set clear goals, KPIs, and performance metrics to ensure consistent joint selling execution.
  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture across the alliances organization with a commitment to beget maximum opportunity creation.
  • Define and execute the global partner sales strategy and execution plan for each of Digital Realty’s prioritized technology alliances.
  • Serve as a senior executive liaison with alliance leadership, building trust and long-term strategic alignment.
  • Develop multi-year joint business plans with alliances, including revenue targets, solution strategies, and ecosystem activation.
  • Oversee the execution of joint selling between Digital Realty, alliance sales teams, and mutual channel partners.
  • Ensure alignment on joint value propositions within alliance sales motions and field execution.
  • Champion “triangulated selling” — activating opportunities that engage alliances, channel partners, and Digital Realty field sales together.
  • Guide the development of global joint GTM strategies with technology alliances, including marketing campaigns, field enablement, and demand generation.
  • Team with Partner Marketing to deliver co-branded content, joint use cases, and event participation.
  • Ensure consistency and scalability of GTM execution across all OEM partnerships.
  • Drive accountability for joint pipeline creation, management, and reporting across all alliances and surface insights on the production with partners in common.
  • Regularly review performance with alliance managers to ensure opportunities are progressing through the funnel.
  • Report alliance revenue contribution and performance to the SVP of Global Channels and Alliances and Digital Realty’s senior leadership team.
  • Partner with the whole of Channels & Alliances, Field Sales, Product, Marketing, Operations, and the CTO organization to ensure alliance alignment across all functions.
  • Work closely with the Channel Sales team to activate joint opportunities with mutual channel partners.
  • Facilitate executive QBRs with internal and external stakeholders to measure progress and reset priorities.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in alliances, channel sales, or partner leadership, with at least 5 years in a director or senior management role
  • Proven success building and leading high-performing partner or alliances teams in technology, cloud, or data center industries
  • Strong track record of driving revenue growth through joint selling with OEMs, hyperscalers, or strategic technology alliances
  • Exceptional executive relationship management and negotiation skills
  • Strong business acumen, with ability to align alliance strategies to enterprise growth goals
  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
  • Deep knowledge of data center, colocation, interconnection, and hybrid cloud infrastructure
  • Experience managing global alliances with OEMs or hyperscalers
  • Strong program execution skills, balancing strategic vision with operational discipline
  • Familiarity with CRM and partner management systems (Salesforce preferred)

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Excellent benefits
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Senior Director, Global Alliances

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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