Director, Channel & Distribution

Optro · Remote, United States

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com and Gartner Peer Insights.
We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!
Optro has crossed $340M in revenue as a leading GRC and connected risk platform, and our partner ecosystem is the next major lever for growth. As

Director, Channel & Distribution

, this individual will lead a resale and distribution team, building on the launch of the Optro Partner Connect Program and new strategic resale and distribution partnerships. This is a builders role, ideal for a candidate with a mix of strategic and execution acumen to set, maintain, and be accountable to the program strategy, drive revenue, and help shape the systems and processes that enable channel scale by bringing Optros GRC Intelligence platform to more customers.
Drive and eventually own the North America resale and distribution strategy, and deliver quarterly and annual targets for partner-sourced pipeline, partner-transacted bookings, and partner activations.
Lead and accelerate Optros distribution relationships via a two tier motion and ensure accountability through joint business plans, executive sponsorship, and QBRs.
Drive SLED resale and distribution through partners leveraging cooperative contract vehicles (NASPO ValuePoint, OMNIA Partners, Sourcewell, Texas DIR), and recruit SLED-focused resellers to drive sourced opportunities.
Roll up your sleeves on strategic deals: partner negotiations, deal structuring, margin decisions, and closing transactions alongside Optro sales teams.
Establish rules of engagement between partners and Optro direct sales, including deal registration, conflict resolution, and co-selling best practices.
Own partner economics for the region, including discount and margin structures
Coordinate with International and advisory-partner leaders on multi-partner motions.
Command of two-tier distribution, reseller buying processes, deal economics, services wrappers, and margin structures.
~ Working knowledge of SLED procurement gained through resale and distribution, including cooperative contracts, flow-down agreements, and fiscal-year buying patterns.
~ Base familiarity with cloud marketplace go-to-market (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and how it intersects with resale/DSOR models
~ A closer: comfortable negotiating complex partner and customer transactions and getting deals across the line.
~ Experience helping design channel systems and processes (deal registration, partner relationship management, CRM workflows) in partnership with operations teams.
~ Thrives in ambiguity and finds ways to win without a full playbook, taking calculated risks.
~ Experience transacting through cloud marketplaces via private offers or channel-partner private offers
Channel experience in security, risk, or GRC software
Experience building partner programs, tiers, and incentives from the ground up
For this role, the target salary range is $156K - $234K
Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!
~ Comprehensive employee health coverage
~Competitive compensation & bonus program
~ Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non-exempt)
~ Customer obsession: Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.
We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. LI-Remote