Partner Service Delivery Manager

Partner Service Delivery Manager

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!

This position is open to candidates based in either Austin, TX, Atlanta, GA or Washington DC locations

About the Role

In this specialized role, you'll focus on service delivery success for partnerships with key GSI partners in the Americas. There is nothing more important to us than our customers' success, which is why we aim to provide them with a white-glove experience in implementing and deploying our solutions. Our service delivery partnersconsultancy partners, regional system integrators, global system integrators, and managed service providersare a crucial part of this success. Our team's role is to collaborate with the best partners worldwide, who are experts in delivering, implementing, migrating, and managing our solutions. Partner Service Delivery Managers play a key role in onboarding service partners, ensuring they are successful and receive necessary support, as well as hand holding them through launching new service offerings in the market.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Alignment : Collaborate with service delivery partners to develop and execute joint business / technical plans that align with Cloudflare's strategic objectives.
• Onboarding and Enablement : Lead the onboarding process for new service partners and provide continual support to ensure their proficiency with Cloudflare solutions.
• Executive Engagement : Regularly engage in strategic and roadmap planning discussions with key stakeholders at partners.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Consistently engage with internal departments such as partner enablement, product team, field sales, partner solutions engineers, Cloudflare professional services team, and others to ensure both partner and customer success.
• Performance Metrics : Develop, manage, and track key performance indicators to measure and improve the effectiveness of partnerships.
• Global Oversight : Provide governance and oversight on global projects, ensuring that deliverables are met on time and within scope.
• Technical Engagement : While not expected to be hands-on for post-sales, engage daily with partner technical teams, including technical delivery teams. Possess enough technical understanding and experience to lead those conversations effectively.
• Service Delivery Ecosystem Ownership : Own the service delivery partner ecosystem in the region, including building partner capabilities in alignment with regional leaders.
• Quality Assurance : Monitor and ensure the quality of service delivery by partners, addressing any issues and facilitating improvements as needed.

Requirements

We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo : Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers at no cost.

Athenian Project : In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA / Veterans / Disabled Employer.

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