Distribution Account Manager, Eastern Europe
At a glance
Manager-level Account Management role at Cohesity. Turkey - Türkiye (Office) · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build distributor relationships and use shared plans to expand pipeline across Eastern Europe
- Create awareness and demand for Cohesity offerings through distributor partners, coordinating with regional sales and channel teams
- Align distributor-led bookings with joint go-to-market activity and forecast pipeline conversion alongside sales teams
- Enable distributor sales and technical staff, then spot performance gaps and set corrective actions
- Coordinate distributor marketing with Cohesity resources and evaluate the return on regional activity
What you bring
- At least eight years managing distribution or channel relationships, with a relevant degree or equivalent experience
- A record of delivering against quota and growing partners through distributors, ideally in the Gulf
- Experience coordinating partner marketing across teams and assessing returns on distributor investment
- You present confidently, use AI tools to support your work, and can operate independently
Who this fits
This role suits a partner-focused sales professional who can build distributor plans and work across sales, presales, channel and marketing teams. It is based in Turkey and covers Eastern Europe and Turkey, while the experience criteria emphasize Gulf markets. Travel exceeds half of working time, including regular trips around the Gulf and occasional international travel. Employees within reasonable commuting distance of a core office work there two to three days each week.
From the employer
Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture.
Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security?
We are looking for a Distribution Account Manager based out of Turkey to be responsible for the management and enablement of Distributors across Eastern Europe and Turkey within Cohesity's Partner Ecosystem, driving distributor-led growth, enablement and expanding Cohesity's footprint across the region.
HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:
- Building and managing distribution partnerships, executing towards joint business plans to strategically grow pipeline across the Eastern European Region driving strong collaboration with Cohesity’s Eastern European Sales, Pre-Sales and Channel Organizations.
- Creating awareness, demand, and preference for Cohesity solutions and services through and with Distributor partners
- Collaborating with Distributors to drive bookings and joint go-to-market execution across the region
- Forecasting Distributor pipeline conversion in coordination with the e sales teams
- Developing and actively leading a sales strategy and jointly developed business plan for assigned Distributor account(s); using the business plan as a roadmap for distributor growth, account management, Alliances leverage, and contribution to Cohesity's objectives
- Enabling Distributor sales and technical teams in line with the GTM plan and distribution program requirements, with clearly defined outcomes and metrics
- Tracking Distributor performance-to-plan, delivering Cohesity's strategy/vision, and identifying action plans to address enablement, engagement, pipeline, and bookings gaps
- Coordinating marketing activities with Distributors, leveraging Cohesity marketing resources to establish prioritization, execution, and return on investment across the Eastern Europe region
WE'D LOVE TO TALK IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related field, or equivalent experience with 8+ years of demonstrable distribution/channel management experience
- Strong achievement against quota and extensive knowledge gained through exposure to sophisticated business situations across Gulf markets
- Extensive experience growing top Distribution-managed Partners through Distributors, ideally within the Gulf region
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to coordinate marketing activities—deciding, prioritizing, implementing, and measuring investment returns from Distributor partners
- A drive to design and execute effective engagement strategies with Distributors across multiple Gulf countries
- Experience working with customers and technology partners in the Gulf Region
- Very comfortable presenter to both small and large groups, in person and virtually
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision-making
- Ability to work independently and remotely, with a strong work ethic and eagerness to take on responsibility
- Willingness to travel >50%, including regularly across the Gulf Region and occasionally internationally
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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)
Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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In-Office Expectations
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.
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