Director, Partner Marketing

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own partner marketing strategy and messaging at scale, turning partner segmentation, personas, and solution-focused positioning into repeatable campaigns that drive activation and pipeline.

  • Partner activation through segmentation, persona definitions, and messaging frameworks that guide GTM playbooks.
  • Execute partner campaigns across email, webinars, portals, field, and digital to deliver timely, relevant communications and measurable pipeline impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the strategy for how Avalara markets to partners, including segmentation, persona definition, and messaging frameworks
  • Develop solution-oriented messaging that enables partners to understand, position, and sell Avalara offerings
  • Partner with Product Marketing and Alliances to ensure messaging reflects product value, partner needs, and market opportunity
  • Define and prioritize partner-facing campaigns aligned to pipeline goals, partner tiers, and revenue opportunity
  • Build programs that activate partners through education, enablement, and co-selling readiness
  • Ensure campaigns are tailored to partner personas (e.g., ISVs, SIs, resellers) and aligned to their GTM models
  • Lead execution of partner-facing campaigns across channels (email, webinars, partner portals, field, and digital)
  • Balance net-new partner programs with optimization of in-market motions to improve engagement and conversion
  • Ensure consistent, high-quality partner communications that are timely, relevant, and actionable
  • Define how partner-facing channels are used to drive engagement, activation, and pipeline contribution

Requirements

  • 12–15 years of experience in B2B SaaS marketing, with a focus on partner, channel, or GTM strategy
  • Proven success building partner-facing campaigns that drive engagement, enablement, and pipeline
  • Strong expertise in persona-based messaging, solution positioning, and GTM storytelling
  • Experience working across Alliances, Partner Sales, Revenue Marketing, and Product Marketing
  • Familiarity with tools such as Salesforce, Marketo, 6sense, Power BI, and partner engagement platforms
  • AI fluency to scale content creation, personalization, and campaign optimization
  • Strong leadership presence and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with shared accountability

Benefits

  • Paid time off, and paid parental leave, bonuses for eligible employees.
  • Health & Wellness – private medical, life, and disability insurance (benefits vary by location).
  • Inclusive culture and diversity – eight employee-run resource groups with senior leadership sponsorship.
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Avalara

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Avalara is the agentic tax and compliance leader. For more than two decades, Avalara has developed one of the most expansive libraries of tax content and integrations in the industry, supporting over 43,000 businesses and government entities across more than 75 countries. The company's purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance processes with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit Avalara.com.

Founded in 2004
Durham, North Carolina, USA
5.8K employees (240 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$962.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.7%
Direct
55%
Referral
5.3%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
187 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
5.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$841M
Last Raise
$500M
Private Equity, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Private Equity • $500M
  • Jan 2023
    Private Equity
  • Oct 2022
    Post IPO Debt • $38.6K

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