Partner Manager

Role Summary

The Partner Manager owns the health, performance, and strategy of the assigned partners within their territory, with a focus on pipeline development, market expansion, and sales execution. This role translates partner strategy into measurable business outcomes by aligning ServiceNow priorities with field and partner execution.

Working closely with Field Sales, Partners, Marketing, Enablement, Sales Operations, and Technical Partner Advisors (TPAs), the Partner Manager drives co-sell motions, identifies new buying centers, expands into new markets and net new logos, and ensures partners deliver successful customer engagements. This role is not solution- or product-specific and focuses on partner growth, sales effectiveness, and scalable execution across ServiceNow Routes to Market.

What You Get to Do in This Role

• Own end-to-end partner lifecycle management, including strategic partner planning and GTM business plans to drive sales pipeline and growth  

• Drive partner pipeline development, inspection, and assist with deal progression in partnership with field sales  

• Work with partners to generate new business in existing accounts, new markets, and net new logos while ensuring partners deliver successful projects  

• Develop joint GTM plans with Marketing to drive co-sell and demand generation leading to pipeline and revenue  

• Advise partners on market, geographic, and route-to-market expansion, including identification of new buying centers and customer sales motions  

• Collaborate with Technical Partner Advisors (TPAs) and the to align sales plays to Routes to Market and guide partners on how to sell ServiceNow  

• Conduct quarterly and bi-annual business reviews, governance forums, and milestone tracking  

• Coach and enable partners both remotely and face-to-face, building senior-level relationships and managing partner risk  

• Track performance metrics, readiness indicators, and reduce friction by escalating risks as needed  

Success Measures

• Partner pipeline growth, and revenue contribution  

• Expansion into new markets, buying centers, and net new logos  

• Consistency of partner execution, governance, and project delivery  

• Field and stakeholder satisfaction  

• Partner maturity, scalability, and enablement effectiveness  

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in partner management, alliances, or ecosystem roles  

• Strong understanding of partner-led and co-sell sales motions  

• Experience developing and executing GTM strategies through partner ecosystems  

• Experience leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving, including using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, or analyzing AI-driven insights  

• Ability to influence and operate in a matrixed organization  

• Executive communication and relationship management skills  

• Comfort operating in ambiguity with a bias toward action  

Why This Role Matters

This role strengthens partner-led growth by ensuring partners are equipped to generate pipeline, expand into new markets, and execute effective sales motions. Through strategic partner planning, joint GTM execution, and close collaboration with TPAs and field sales, the Partner Manager translates strategy into consistent, scalable outcomes that drive ServiceNow revenue growth.

Additional information

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal 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. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

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