Technical Cloud Alliance Manager

This position is for Israeli residents, hybrid - Netanya.

CONNACT helps technology companies establish, manage and optimize their multi-cloud partnership lifecycles with the leading cloud providers; AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.

Our focus is on increasing top-line revenue by building a scalable sales funnel that utilizes the cloud providers’ solid sales and partnership networks, programs, and brand.

As a Technical Cloud Alliance Manager, you will help multiple technology companies (start-ups and more mature ISVs) to optimize their strategic partnership with the cloud providers, by helping them align through integrations “co-build”, use case development, specialization programs and Marketplace presence. The goal is to become a trusted advisor helping accelerate the “time-to-value” of the cloud alliance partnership.

The role works hand in hand with the Cloud Alliance Manager from CONNACT, the software company and the various contacts within the start-up (product managers, DevOps), and the cloud vendor (Partner Solution Architects, product teams).

The ideal candidate will own initiatives to strengthen the recognition and field awareness around the capabilities of the represented software company within the cloud vendor.

This candidate has strong verbal and written communication in English, and high level self-organizational and collaboration skills. They should be able to think and explain strategic level approach while executing hand-on on tasks (no coding is required).

Responsibilities

• Drive the cloud partnership for top-tier technology companies while interacting with their high-level decision-makers (VP product, CTO) and operational level teams (product, DevOps).
• Understand and be able to explain on different level the solution space (market), competition, cloud vendor related 1^st party services of the tech partner product/service
• Giving input on collaterals, to tech marketing content (blog articles), and education/enablement sessions to the partner or the cloud vendor teams.
• Identify partnership and integration opportunities based on new service features and partnership programs the cloud vendors release continuously.
• Develop new relationships within the cloud vendor Subject Matter Experts.
• Manage or support the onboarding and integration of the start-up/ISV solution to the cloud vendor Marketplace

Qualifications

Mandatory:

• Min. 3-5 years experience in high-tech / IT environment, preferably in customer facing or partnership position with working relationship with Amazon or Microsoft
• Pre-sales technical, tech program manager or product manager background
• Overall understanding of the global Enterprise IT and cloud market (trends, major players, processes, customer buyer personas’ behavior – CTO, CISO etc).
• Deeper understanding of at least one solution area (cyber security, AI/ML, storage)
• Ability to learn / pick up new knowledge without hand-holding very fast
• Read/process written information at high speed / under pressure / filtering out relevant piece on information and converting it to action items
• Solution architect certification or equivalent knowledge of at least one cloud vendor (AWS or Azure)

Optional:

• Experience working with Israeli start-up ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with Marketplace integration project (AWS or Azure)
• Program or project management experience
• managing company level audit or certification program (SOC, ISO or similar)