Senior Partner Solution Engineer

Zscaler

About Zscaler Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity. Role   We are looking for a Channel Sales Leader to join our Alliances & Channels team. This is a role reporting directly to the Sr. Director, Alliances and Channels, Japan. In this role, you will be at the forefront of driving our partner ecosystem—aligning our channel strategy with corporate goals, empowering a high-performing team, and enabling our partners to successfully position the Zscaler portfolio. You will act as a key strategic leader, working closely with field sales and focused partners to expand capabilities, reduce channel friction, and deliver consistent, incremental business growth across Japan. WHAT YOU’LL DO (ROLE EXPECTATIONS) * Drive Channel Strategy: Develop, manage, and execute a robust, creative, and highly effective channel strategy and go-to-market plan aligned to regional growth priorities with our sales leadership. * Lead & Mentor: Lead and mentor the regional channel sales team in the development of territory channel plans alongside local sales teams, ensuring concrete action plans and a regular cadence of performance reviews. * Build Executive Relationships: Develop and drive deep engagement through highly successful relationships with key channel partners at the senior management and executive levels. * Accelerate Pipeline & Revenue: Drive partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline and revenue growth through joint go-to-market initiatives and targeted sales plays with focused partners. * Optimize Partner Coverage: Partner with local channel sales teams to analyze partner coverage across Japan, identify whitespace or gaps, support strategic recruitment, and drive enablement. * Evangelize Best Practices & Reduce Friction: Set and drive channel best practices, remaining sensitive to local market specifics. Implement strategies to reduce friction in the Japan sales channel and continually increase the ease of doing business with Zscaler. * Enable the Channel: Empower the partner community to sell Zscaler solutions across the entire portfolio, expanding partner capability through solution positioning, certified resources, and business-value messaging. * Execute Marketing & Value Propositions: Plan, develop, and execute strategic marketing initiatives. Play a pivotal role in creating executive-level Zscaler value propositions for target partners and developing localized channel sales collateral. * Track, Measure, & Report Success: Establish, implement, and evaluate key channel metrics to measure performance (revenue, pipeline growth, product mix). Present Japan channel sales performance and business results through quarterly business reviews (QBRs), accurate forecasting, and management reports. WHO YOU ARE (SUCCESS PROFILE) * You Act Like an Owner: Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You bring a strategic mindset paired with a proven ability to develop, execute, and deliver on defined business plans. You operate with unwavering personal integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. * You Are a High-Trust Collaborator: You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You have exceptional cross-functional leadership skills and thrive in matrix-managed organizations. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback to build consensus and earn trust across internal teams and partner organizations. * You Are Customer-Obsessed: You build deep empathy for both internal sales teams and external partners. You anchor your decisions in solving real-world problems and reducing channel friction, knowing that partner success directly translates to customer success. * You Are a Pragmatic Builder: You are agile, independent, and accustomed to delivering results in a fast-paced environment. You prioritize effectively, exercise excellent judgment when resolving difficult issues, and balance high-level strategy with hands-on execution. * You Think at Scale: You connect your day-to-day regional channel initiatives to the larger company mission. You build partner solutions, processes, and teams that are not just effective today, but are built to last and support a high-growth, global cloud-security organization. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS) * 12+ years of extensive experience in channel sales, partner management, alliances, or ecosystem development within cybersecurity, cloud, networking, or enterprise software. * Proven people leadership experience with a track record of success in leading, mentoring, and growing successful channel sales teams in Japan. * Demonstrated success driving partner pipeline, revenue contribution, and executing strategic partner business plans using clear metrics and an operating cadence. * Strong network and understanding of the partner ecosystem, distribution models, and key channel players across Japan. * Executive Presence: Proven ability to engage, influence, and form strategic partnerships with executive stakeholders, sales leaders, and technical teams within partner organizations. WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS) * Bilingual Fluency: Business-level proficiency in both written and spoken English and Japanese. * Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of cloud security, Zero Trust architecture, SASE, data protection, and secure AI adoption trends. * Value-Based Selling: Demonstrated ability to connect complex cloud technology solutions directly to high-level customer business outcomes and deliver impact quickly.   #LI-JK3 #LI-Hybrid   At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure. Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including: * Various health plans * Time off plans for vacation and sick time * Parental leave options * Retirement options * Education reimbursement * In-office perks, and more! Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefits here. By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines. Zscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. See more information by clicking on the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal link. Pay Transparency Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules. Zscaler is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations or adjustments) in our recruiting processes for candidates who are differently abled, have long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.

Snowflake

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Snowflake partners, from System Integrators (SI), Cloud Service Providers (CSP) and Technology Partners (ISV) are an integral part of Snowflake business to help customers unlock Power of Snowflake AI Data Cloud. We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive individual to drive the technical growth in this Partner ecosystem. This role demands a technical expert capable of driving success by aligning with key programs and significantly enhancing partner knowledge of crucial product features. The candidate must effectively present to both technical and executive audiences, utilising methods from whiteboarding to presentations and demonstrations, to cultivating strong mind share among Snowflake Partners across the ASEAN region. We require a candidate with a demonstrable history of successful engagement with major partners and a proven ability to develop technical champions within their organisations. Ideal candidates will possess a deep understanding of the broader Platform ecosystem, including products and the competitive landscape, enabling them to influence and serve as the partners' trusted technical advisor. This role requires travel up to 30% within ASEAN throughout the quarter to support partner engagement such as enablement, deal support and marketing events AS A PARTNER SOLUTION ENGINEER, YOU WILL: * Collaborate closely with Snowflake's Partner, Sales, and Solutions Engineering teams to promote and implement optimal solutions with our partners. * Design and deliver technical training, workshops, and certifications to upskill partner teams on Snowflake architecture and best practices based on joint business goals. * Co-develop industry-specific solutions and accelerators with partners (e.g., data migration frameworks, industry data models, Power of N motions). Aligning Snowflake's products to maximise impact on their service offerings. * Present at Snowflake and Partner events, lead hackathons, and drive Snowflake awareness and adoption within partner organisations. * Partner closely on strategic customer engagements, collaborating with partners to define use cases, deliver compelling presentations, execute successful Proofs of Concept (POCs), and ensure positive outcomes. * Own the technology roadmap with the partners, to build and scale their Snowflake practices with reference architectures and delivery methodologies. * Advocate for partner and customer needs with Snowflake product teams. OUR IDEAL PARTNER SOLUTION ENGINEER WILL HAVE: * Have 10+ years of relevant industry experience. * Understanding of sales quota-bearing role requirements * Proven ability to navigate ambiguity in a high-growth environment and take ownership to drive results * Experience working with Global Systems Integrators, Regional System Integrators, Cloud Service Providers and Technology Partners within the region. * Developed data domain thought leadership within a partner community. * Deep comprehension of Partner revenue models, industry priorities and challenges they navigate. * Proven experience in designing and building highly scalable data pipelines using Spark, Kafka to ingest data from various systems. * Strong SQL and data warehousing fundamentals (cloud DW experience preferred) * Experience with Snowflake Technology Partners that specialise in Data Engineering, Data Science, Collaboration and Cyber Security. * Hands-on technical experience with DevOps and CI/CD processes and tools, such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, and Google Cloud Build. * Strong experience with major cloud platforms and tooling, especially Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. * Experience using Big Data or Cloud integration technologies such as Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, etc. * Experience with AI/ML use cases is a plus. Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

Parloa

ABOUT PARLOA Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience — one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like Booking.com, Allianz, SAP, BarmeniaGothaer and TUI already deploying Parloa at scale. ABOUT THE ROLE: As a Sr Partner Solution Engineer at Parloa, your mission is to accelerate partner success and drive Parloa’s revenue growth. You will engage with our ecosystem of partners to increase pipeline, enable them to confidently discover, demo, and design AI Agent solutions, and drive integration with key technology partners. You act as a trusted technical and solution advisor—translating Parloa’s platform capabilities into clear business value, building long-term partner relationships, and ensuring partners are successful at every stage of the pre-sales journey. By empowering partners to succeed, you directly impact pipeline creation, deal quality, and long-term customer outcomes. This is your opportunity to be at the center of Parloa’s partner ecosystem—driving technical excellence, unlocking new revenue opportunities, and shaping how AI Agents are designed, sold, and delivered at scale.   AREAS OF OWNERSHIP:  * Enable partners to confidently position, demo, and implement Parloa’s platform across diverse customer use cases * Lead technical discovery and translate business needs into scalable AI agent solutions * Support POCs, demos, and technical validations to drive successful deal progression * Act as a hands-on advisor in designing solution architectures using Parloa’s platform, sandbox, and APIs * Build partner capabilities over time to independently drive high-quality opportunities * Partner closely with Sales and Partnerships to support partner-led and co-sell motions * Shape solution design to align technical feasibility with customer and commercial goals * Communicate complex technical concepts clearly across technical and business audiences * Drive technical win conditions throughout the deal lifecycle * Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic and emerging partners * Identify and develop expansion opportunities across use cases, customers, and regions * Act as a bridge between partners and internal teams (Sales, Product, Customer) * Support development of scalable enablement assets and best practices * Capture and translate partner and customer feedback into actionable product insights * Identify trends, gaps, and opportunities to inform roadmap and go-to-market strategy * Collaborate cross-functionally to refine messaging, positioning, and solution approach * Contribute to scaling Parloa’s partner ecosystem as a core growth channel   WHO YOU ARE: * You bring 8+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering, Solutions Consulting, or a similar pre-sales role, ideally in SaaS, AI, CCaaS, or enterprise software * You have a strong technical foundation and are comfortable leading discovery, solution design, and technical validation (POCs, demos, architecture) * You can balance hands-on technical depth with high-level solution storytelling and business value articulation * You are comfortable working in enterprise sales environments, aligning technical solutions to commercial outcomes * You are a strong communicator who can engage both technical audiences and senior business stakeholders * You take a proactive, collaborative approach and enjoy enabling partners, customers, and internal teams NICE TO HAVE: * Experience working with technology or services partners in a pre-sales or enablement capacity * Familiarity with Conversational AI, contact center technology, VOIP, chatbots, or related domains * Knowledge of Salesforce (SFDC) or other CRM tools * Background in digital transformation or CX optimization initiatives   OUR RECRUITING PROCESS: Talent Acquisition → Hiring Manager → Technical Interview(s) → Bar Raiser   WHY PARLOA? We’re at the beginning of a new era in customer experience, one where AI doesn’t just respond, but understands, reasons, and takes action. We’re building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments: complex questions, high volumes, real stakes. When millions of people reach out to a brand, those interactions aren’t just support tickets; they’re defining experiences. We’re here to raise the standard: making every conversation seamless, intelligent, and genuinely helpful. If you care about shaping how businesses and customers connect at scale—and want your work to matter in real, everyday moments—this is where you do it. At Parloa, ownership isn’t a buzzword; it means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. We operate in a category that’s evolving fast, where the bar is high, and the problems are complex. We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through. People who are comfortable making decisions, taking responsibility, and raising the standard for themselves and those around them. We’ve grown beyond the earliest startup phase, but we’ve kept the intensity: fast execution, direct feedback, and a strong expectation to contribute meaningfully from day one. Backed by leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital, we’re scaling with a clear ambition: to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI. Compensation for this role is structured as On-Target Earnings (OTE), consisting of a base salary and performance-based variable component, in addition to an equity package. Salary Range $150,000—$175,000 USD   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information. Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA. Please click here to learn more. * We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.