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MEA Regional Partnership Manager - BytePlus KSA

ByteDance

Skills

Required

  • AI / digital media / cloud-based solutions
  • channel sales / alliances / partner management
  • B2B technology sales / partnership development / channel management
  • structure joint business cases

Preferred

  • cloud / SaaS
  • media / advertising / MarTech
  • Generative AI
  • GenAI
  • Hyperscaler
  • Lead co-selling initiatives
  • scalable, cost-effective

About ByteDance

  • We empower our clients to focus on what truly matters.
  • Centering on inspiring innovativeness and excellence, we create life-changing solutions that impact lives around the world.
  • You can help us to achieve our mission.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Ecosystem Development: Build and manage a high-performing network of channel partners, resellers, and strategic alliances to accelerate the adoption of AI image and video solutions.
  • Partner Onboarding & Enablement: Identify, recruit, and empower new partners—including agencies, System Integrators (SIs), media firms, and cloud providers—to ensure they are fully equipped to sell BytePlus solutions.
  • Collaborative Revenue Growth: Lead co-selling initiatives with partners into enterprise and public-sector accounts, actively opening new business relationships and driving partner-led revenue.
  • Market-Leading Solution Positioning: Effectively position ByteDance AI models as a scalable, cost-effective alternative to traditional video production to disrupt existing industry workflows.
  • Pipeline & Performance Ownership: Take full accountability for pipeline creation and revenue growth, ensuring a consistent flow of opportunities through established and new routes to market.
  • Own end-to-end partner lifecycle: recruitment, onboarding, enablement, and performance management
  • Build joint go-to-market plans with cloud partners to generate and accelerate pipeline for public cloud customers
  • Collaborate with internal sales and pre-sales teams to co-sell and close partner-sourced opportunities
  • Track partner KPIs, MDF utilization, and contribution to revenue targets
  • Represent the company at partner events, QBRs, and executive engagements

Requirements

Minimum Qualification(s)

  • Experience: Proven track record in B2B technology sales, partnership development, or channel management, with a demonstrated ability to build new routes to market from the ground up.
  • Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of AI, digital media, or cloud-based solutions.
  • Strategic Influence: Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority and thrive within complex, ecosystem-driven sales models.
  • 5+ years in channel sales, alliances, or partner management.
  • Proven track record of building and scaling cloud partnerships.
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to structure joint business cases.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills across partner and internal teams.

Preferred

Preferred Qualification(s)

  • Market Sector Expertise: Experience selling through partner networks into enterprise, government, startup, or AI-native business environments.
  • Industry Insight: Deep familiarity with the broader AI, media, advertising, or MarTech ecosystems.
  • Domain Expertise: Specific experience with Generative AI (GenAI) is considered a significant asset.
  • Experience in cloud or SaaS.
  • Hyperscaler experience is a strong plus.
  • Based in or familiar with the target market (Gulf/MENA experience).