Senior Channel Partner Acquisition Specialist
TOPdesk is an international service management software company with around 700 employees in 8 countries and 5,000 customers worldwide. For our team in the UK, we're looking for a Senior Channel Partner Acquisition Specialist (UK) focused on growing our partner network in the UK market.
- 40 hours
- Senior level
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree
- Starting from £65,000 | £92,500 OTE (70% base / 30% variable)
- Manchester
Job Description
- Acquiring new channel partners (VARs, MSPs, system integrators) in the UK market
- Building a strong partner pipeline through active outbound outreach
- Managing the partner signing process
- Onboarding and activating new partners, including training and go-to-market
- Delivering structured trainings and product onboarding
- Supporting co-selling, co-marketing, and opportunity development
Your environment
This is a hybrid role, with at least 2 days per week in our London or Manchester office, and you’ll be part of a European channel team, where each channel manager owns and drives their own region. You’ll have full ownership of the UK market — responsible for creating the plan and structure to grow your region — working alongside colleagues from Sales and Marketing.
Your focus: winning new partners and making them successful quickly.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor’s degree or higher highly preferred
- Extensive experience (approx. 5-7+ years) in channel sales, partner management, or B2B sales within the SaaS sector
- Proven track record in partner acquisition (hunter mentality)
- Experience working with VARs, MSPs, or system integrators
- Experience in IT Service Management (ITSM), particularly ITIL and service management processes, is an advantage
- Structured, goal- and KPI-oriented way of working
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Willingness to travel within the UK
- Fluent English
This is what you do it for
The nicest colleagues, a laptop, and a salary that grows with you. That is a no brainer, of course. But there’s more. Much more. Here you’ll discover more of our employment conditions.
- Competitive base salary and profit share scheme
- Hybrid, flexible working and healthy work-life balance
- Learning budget equivalent to 10% of your basic salary
- Generous pension scheme with company contributions up to 8%
- Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
- Private health insurance options
- Cycle-to-work scheme and techscheme
- 15 fully paid sick days, 5 days paid parental/carer leave, and 3 volunteering days
- 26 days of paid annual leave (plus public holidays) and your birthday off!
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
- Unlimited career support
- Benefits including team outings & rewards, Perkbox membership, and offices with foosball, darts, and ping-pong!
10 to Grow
Use 10% of your work hours and a budget equivalent to 10% of your gross annual salary for personal development.
Volunteering
Simply do it during work time. Did we mention helping people is part of our DNA?
Paid parental leave
Enhanced maternity & paternity options to suit your family needs.
10 to Grow
Use 10% of your work hours and a budget equivalent to 10% of your gross annual salary for personal development.
Volunteering
Simply do it during work time. Did we mention helping people is part of our DNA?
Paid parental leave
Enhanced maternity & paternity options to suit your family needs.
The job interview process. This is how we do it!
1 You apply
You send your CV and cover letter. Within the week, you'll hear if we're going to meet.
2 Who am I speaking to?
During a phone screening interview, we’ll check if our expectations are aligned. If so, we’ll get together for the first interview.
3 First interview: culture
You'll get to know TOPdesk, and we’ll get to know you! If you have the true TOPdesk spirit, we’ll meet again for a second interview.
4 Second interview: job details
Let’s find out if your experience and skills make you the perfect fit for the job and team.
5 Contract discussion
Everyone excited? Check! Time to draw up a contract and choose your start date.
6 Welcome to TOPdesk!
Once you’ve signed the contract, we’ll arrange everything for your first day. Let the adventure begin!
Any questions?
- +44 (0)20 7803 42 00
