Strategic Cloud Partner Manager | APAC | Sydney or Singapore | Remote

Australia (Remote); Singapore (Remote) Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo). We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do. You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.

The Opportunity

• Lead cloud partnership growth across APJ with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
• Work closely with the Global Head of Cloud Partnerships and the APJ Partner organisation to align cloud initiatives with regional strategy.
• Build a scalable, repeatable cloud go-to-market motion across APJ in collaboration with CSP field teams, solution engineers, and SI partners.
• Drive joint business acceleration by deepening engagement with the region’s major cloud ecosystems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Developing and executing the APJ cloud partner strategy aligned to global cloud priorities.
• Building strong field relationships with AWS, GCP, and Azure to support co-selling, account alignment, and joint pursuit activity.
• Creating partner-sourced pipeline by educating cloud teams and activating CSP channels as a business-generation engine.
• Delivering enablement programs, workshops, and technical training for CSP sales and technical teams across APJ.
• Orchestrating joint go-to-market initiatives with cloud providers and SI partners, including events, campaigns, workshops, and customer-success projects.
• Managing operational elements of cloud partnerships such as Marketplace transactions, cloud credits, co-marketing funds, and program compliance.
• Integrating cloud-partnership activities with APJ sales, partner, marketing, and product teams.
• Tracking and reporting partner activity, co-sell pipeline, and performance metrics.
• Monitoring regional cloud-market trends to inform ongoing strategy.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 6–10+ years’ experience in APJ partner, alliances, or cloud sales roles within enterprise software, SaaS, or cloud technology companies.
• Hands-on experience running joint go-to-market and co-sell motions with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Proven ability to generate new opportunities through structured cloud-field engagement.
• Strong capability in delivering training and enablement across diverse APJ audiences.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Confident managing pipeline, forecasting,and reporting.
• Comfortable working across distributed teamsand multiple time zones.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with cloud marketplaces,incentives ,co-marketing funds,and programmatic partnership operations.
• Understanding of APJ SI ,consulting ,and cloud-native partner ecosystems .
• Background in high-growth SaaS or cloud-platform environments .
• Multilingual skills relevant to APJ .

Compensation & Rewards: Actual compensation may vary based on level ,experience ,and skillset as assessed throughoutthe interview process . All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) ,giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs ' success . We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay alignedand invested as we scale globally . Compensation ranges are country specific . If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above ,your recruiter will discuss your specific market ’ s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning ofthe process .* Why You ’ ll Thrive at Grafana Labs:**

• 100% Remote ,Global Culture - As a remote-only company,we bring together talent from aroundthe world ,united by a culture of collaborationand shared purpose .
• Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful workin a high-growth ,ever-evolving environment .
• Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-makingand regular company-wide updates .
• Innovation -Driven – Autonomyand supportto ship great workand try new things .
• Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work .
• Empowered Teams – High trust ,low ego culture that values outcomes over optics .
• Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to growand develop your career .
• Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved ,visible ,and human .
• Passionate People – Join a team of smart ,supportive folks who care deeply about what they do .
• In-Person onboarding - We want youto thrive from day 1with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’to learn all about what we doand how we do it .
• Balance is Key - We operatea global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allowthe teamto really disconnect. **We will complywith local legislation where applicable.*

Equal Opportunity Employer: We will recruit ,train ,compensateand promote regardlessof race,religion,color,national origin ,gender disability age veteran status,and all other characteristics that make us differentand unique.We believe that equalityand diversity builds a strong organizationand we ’ re working hardto make sure that ’ s the foundationof our organizationas we grow . Grafana Labs may utilize AI toolsin its recruitment processto assistin matching information providedin CVs to job postings.The recruitment teamwill continueto review inbound CVs manuallyto identify alignmentwith current openings.