Strategic Alliance GTM Manager- Americas
Citrix
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$158,135–$237,203 Per Year
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Alliance/Partner Management, Business Skills, Channel Strategies, Citrix Product Family, Cloud Computing, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Customer Training, Customer/Client Research, Distribution Channel, Embedded Systems, Establish Priorities, Leadership, Partner Sales, Regional Sales, Revenue Growth, Sales, Sales Strategy, System Integration (SI), Team Player, Technical Strategy, Time Management
LOCATION
Fort Lauderdale, FL
POSTED
30+ days ago
We are seeking asenior StrategicAlliance Specialist to join our globalalliancesorganization. In this role, you will serve as the connective force between Citrix and key strategic alliance partners-ensuring alignment, clarity, and consistent execution across both organizations' field teams. Your focus will be on driving joint customer engagements, acceleratingpipelines, and delivering measurable revenue impact through coordinated partner motions.
This position is ideal for someone who excels at building cross-functional relationships, orchestrating joint account strategies, and turning partnership intent into tangible customer and commercial outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Drive Alignment Across Field Teams
Build andmaintainstrong relationships with partner account teams and Citrix regional sellers.
Ensure both organizations are coordinated around target customers, shared priorities, and strategic opportunities.
Facilitate effective field-to-field engagement andeliminatefriction that slows down execution.
Accelerate Joint Customer Opportunities & Pipeline
Championa unified value proposition thatdemonstrateshow Citrix and its strategic partners jointly solve customer challenges.
Activatehigh-valueco-sell opportunities and ensure both sellers understand where and how to position joint solutions.
Work with alliance account teams toidentifywhitespace, prioritize accounts, and drive a consistent pipeline generation motion.
Drive Revenue & Closed-Won Outcomes
Partner with sales leadership to track, influence, and accelerate joint deals across Enterprise and Commercial accounts.
Engage directly in key customer cycles to reinforce joint value, build trust, and support deal progression.
Ensure successful execution of co-selling strategies that lead to predictable, scalable revenue growth.
Partner & Channel Collaboration
Supportpartnergo-to-market activities by reinforcing joint messaging across partners, distributors, and system integrators.
Ensure joint offerings are embedded into partner solution plays, account plans, and field conversations.
Educate partners on how Citrix enhances and complements their portfolio to unlock more opportunities.
Field Enablement & Program Execution
Lead enablement programs, workshops, trainings, and customer/partner events that highlight the strategic alignment between Citrix and key partners.
Equip field teams with repeatable plays, clear positioning, and joint win stories to drive consistent execution at scale.
Build and operationalize programs that create sustainedpipelineand revenueimpact.
Insight, Intelligence & Strategic Guidance
Stay informed on partner strategies, priorities, and customer trends to ensure Citrix stays aligned and relevant.
Provide ongoing feedback to Citrix leadership on field needs, competitive insights, customer blockers, and partnership opportunities.
Influence internal and partner stakeholders to strengthen the overall alliance and accelerate business outcomes.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degreerequired; postgraduate qualifications are a plus.
Experience working with or within major global technology companies or strategic alliance environments.
Proventrack recordinfluencing cross-functional account teams and driving co-sell motions.
Outstanding communication, relationship-building, and executive presence skills.
Strong business acumen with the ability to connect customer needs to joint value propositions and commercial outcomes.
Demonstrated success in driving pipeline growth, accelerating deal cycles, and contributing to closed-won revenue.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and lead without direct authority.
Experiencing working at, or managing as a partner the following companies is a plus:
AWS/Amazon
Apple
Oracle
Nutanix
Nvidia
Cisco
IBM
Emerging AI vendors
Summary
This role is all aboutcreating impact through alignment-connecting Citrix and partner field teams, activating joint customer opportunities, and ensuring those opportunities translate intopipeline, revenue, and closed-won success. You will be the field-facing ambassador for strategic partnerships, driving execution that advances shared growth goals across regions.
Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance.
NY generally ranges: $151,546-$227,320
CA generally ranges: $158,135-$237,203
All other locations fall under our General State range: $131,779-$197,669
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others. This requisition has no specific deadline for completion.
About Us:
Cloud Software Group is one of the world's largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done - from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
Cloud Software Group will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history and conduct the recruiting process in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance. For access to the laws see the following links:California FCAandLos Angeles FCO.
If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please contact us via the Bridge portal for assistance.
Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
About the Company
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Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help people work and play from anywhere on any device. More than 230,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters. Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch 75 percent of Internet users each day. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
FOUNDED
1989
WEBSITE
https://www.citrix.com/