Strategic Partner Manager

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Who we are

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

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About the Role

We are looking for a relentless and strategic Senior Strategic Partner Manager to build, accelerate, and optimize our partner ecosystem. Reporting to the GTM Partnerships team, you will be the primary engine behind unlocking indirect revenue streams and fostering deep, collaborative relationships with key partners.

This is not a passive maintenance role. We need a builder who is hungry to hunt for new opportunities and drive end-to-end partner development. You will be responsible for identifying and recruiting new strategic partners, creating robust co-sell frameworks, overseeing referral management, and driving comprehensive enablement programs.

You will sit at the intersection of Sales, Legal, Marketing, and Enablement, translating our value proposition into streamlined revenue channels. If you have a gritty, "get it done" mentality and deep experience navigating the intersection of SaaS/Hardware and complex partnerships, this is your opportunity to help build a massive vertical at Motive.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Partner Development

• Build the Ecosystem: Identify, contract, and onboard high-value strategic partners to expand our market footprint and unlock new indirect revenue streams.
• Joint Go-To-Market: Collaborate with newly acquired and existing partners to develop joint go-to-market initiatives that drive pipeline generation and mutual market penetration.
• Strategic Relationship Management: Act as the dedicated, day-to-day point of contact for Motive’s most high-value strategic partnerships, ensuring seamless communication, continuous alignment, and top-tier partner experience.
• Relationship Mapping & Penetration: Identify key decision-makers and centers of influence within each partner organization, cultivating deep internal relationships across their leadership, product, and GTM teams to maximize partner mindshare and drive Motive as their preferred solution.

Partner Enablement & Training

• Equip the Channel: Provide each partner with comprehensive and up-to-date training materials, resources, and tools to be successful.
• Drive Confidence: Ensure partner teams are fully enabled so they can confidently position and r

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Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits .

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the on-target earnings (base pay + commissions) are:

United States
$188,000 — $259,000 USD

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