Principal, Partnership Management – Strategic Partners Europe

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Staffbase</strong></h3> <p>We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first <strong>AI-native Employee Experience Platform</strong>. Our<strong> industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels</strong> - intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.</p> <p>Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 550+ employees supports 1,500+ customers—reaching over 14 million employees—in transforming their employee experience.<br>We are proud to be a&nbsp;<strong data-stringify-type="bold">Unicorn</strong>&nbsp;company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication.</p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">As our Principal, Partnership Management for Strategic Partners Europe, you'll own Staffbase's European Partnership Strategy end to end — from design through execution and cross-functional alignment. This is a senior, deeply relational individual contributor role with no shared ownership: the strategy will evolve with the market, but accountability for it sits with you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">You won't be managing a broad portfolio or a scaled program. Instead, you'll focus scarce time and resources on a small number of high-impact strategic partners across Europe, building executive-level relationships that drive real commercial outcomes. We're looking for someone who thrives operating at that senior level — internally and externally — and brings conviction, focus, and follow-through to everything they own.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We know strong candidates come in different shapes. If you've worked as a Partner Manager or in a similar partnership role and don't check every box, we'd still love to hear from you.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What you’ll be doing</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Strategy &amp; Market Focus</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Own and continuously develop the European Partnership Strategy, aligned with leadership and key internal stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lead DACH as the primary market, with France as an area of active momentum requiring immediate evaluation.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Assess all other European markets for strategic investment potential, delivering clear recommendations to leadership by the end of 2026 and on an ongoing basis thereafter.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Partner Relationships &amp; Commercial Execution</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Own executive-level relationships with 5–10 strategic partners across Europe.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Maintain regular in-person presence with each strategic partner</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lead joint business planning, co-selling initiatives, and go-to-market execution with each partner.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ensure every strategic partner has access to the right Staffbase resources, knowledge, and internal contacts to succeed.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Negotiate and manage individualized partner contracts starting Q3, with annual reviews.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Evaluate smaller or emerging partners for strategic fit and provide investment recommendations to leadership — without managing them directly.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Internal Alignment &amp; Strategic Influence</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Act as the internal voice of European partnerships, influencing product, pricing, and go-to-market priorities based on partner feedback and market intelligence.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Build alignment proactively so partnerships are taken seriously across the organization — not just when issues arise.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Collaborate closely with Customer Success to identify service opportunities that can be routed to strategic partners, keeping that pipeline flowing consistently.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Serve as the first escalation point for strategic partner issues, resolving problems before they escalate and owning the outcome regardless of root cause.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Performance &amp; Investment Decisions</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Own partnership KPIs — customer acquisitions, partner-sourced revenue, pipeline contribution, and partner engagement — tracked by market and partner.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Provide leadership with clear, data-backed recommendations on where to invest, where to scale back, and where to exit.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What you need to be successful</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Principal level experience in strategic partnerships, alliances, or enterprise business development, ideally in B2B SaaS</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A track record of owning executive-level relationships with partners and driving measurable commercial impact (revenue, pipeline, or acquisition)</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Experience developing and executing partnership or go-to-market strategy at a market or regional level</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Comfortable negotiating and managing individualized commercial agreements</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Strong cross-functional influence — you know how to align product, pricing, GTM, and Customer Success around a shared goal without formal authority over those teams</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Business fluency in German and English; additional European languages a plus</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Willingness and ability to travel regularly across Europe to maintain in-person partner relationships</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and ambiguity, and making judgment calls on where to focus time and resources</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What you'll get</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Competitive Compensation</em> - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan)</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Flexibility </em>- we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Recharge</em> - with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Support</em><strong> </strong>-<strong> </strong>we offer offering a company pension scheme</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Volunteers Day</em><strong> </strong>- you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong><img src="https://imgur.com/a/kIbq0q5" alt="" style="max-width: 100%;"></strong></h3></div>

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