Strategic Partnerships Associate

Workstream is a mission-driven company building the all-in-one HR, payroll, and hiring platform for managing the hourly workforce. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers, making up 80% of the global workforce, but this market has been heavily underserved by technology and deserves better. Workstream has been purpose-built for the hourly workforce from day one so that these businesses and their employees can thrive.

Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors, including Burger King, Carl's Jr./Hardee's, IHOP, KFC, and Culvers. We are a high growth series B company and quickly expanding our product portfolio to deliver on our vision. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund, BOND, and Coatue.

Grow With Us

Workstream is looking for a driven and experienced Strategic Partnerships Associate to join our Strategic Partnerships team. This critical role is responsible for prospecting, establishing, and managing strategic partnerships that drive significant revenue and enhance our platform's value to restaurants.

If you are a high-energy relationship builder with a proven history of turning partnerships into a powerful sales channel, we want to hear from you.

Day In The Life

Strategy Development

Identify, prospect, negotiate, and close new partnership agreements. Effectively manage the partner lifecycle, including technical and sales enablement, training, and GTM strategy alignment.

Relationship Management

Act as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of strategic partners, fostering deep, mutually beneficial relationships at the executive and operational levels.

Revenue Generation:

Work closely with Sales teams to manage a co-sell motion with partners, track pipeline, and ensure partners contribute to quarterly and annual revenue goals.

GTM Execution

Collaborate with Marketing and Product teams to create joint value propositions, co-branded materials, success stories, and execute joint events/webinars.

Host Sales Enablement

Create, own, and regularly host training and sales enablement sessions for partner sales teams, ensuring they are expertly equipped to position and sell Workstream's solutions.

Performance Tracking

Define, monitor, and report on key partnership metrics (e.g., pipeline generation, deal registration, influenced revenue, joint customer success).

Internal Alignment

Serve as the internal champion for your partners, ensuring seamless communication and coordination across Workstream's Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success teams.

Who You Are

Experience: 3 to 5 years of total professional experience in Sales or Partnerships within the B2B SaaS industry.

Partnership Focus: A minimum of 1 to 3 years of direct experience in Partnerships, including demonstrated success building and managing a revenue-generating partner channel.

SaaS Expertise: Deep understanding of the SaaS ecosystem and experience navigating co-sell and referral models. Experience in HR Tech, Payroll or Restaurant Tech is a strong plus.

Business Acumen: Proven ability to structure complex partnership deals, negotiate terms, and clearly articulate the financial and strategic value of the alliance.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Proven ability to work cross-functionally– with our Marketing, Sales, Product, CS, and Legal teams.

Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and present to senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

Execution: Highly organized, results-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities and partners simultaneously.

Travel Location

Must be willing to report to the office for up to 4 to 5 times a week

You are based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco

We Offer

A mission-driven and value-based company dedicated to empower deskless workers and local businesses

An early employee opportunity at a Series B hyper-growth startup with over $120M in funding

Work directly with the founding team and industry veterans to accelerate your career

Competitive salary and equity

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision. We pay 95% of your premiums for our employees and 85% for dependents

In office amenities and stocked kitchen

401K Plan

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Learning/development stipend

Flexible PTO

Salary Range

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is between $90,000 to 100,000 OTE in San Francisco. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

Know More About Workstream

https://www.workstream.us/blog/funding-series-b

https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/26/workstreams-text-based-recruitment-tool-gets-a-48m-bet-from-bond-and-beyond/

https://techbuzz.news/buzzworthy-august-27-2021/

Additional Information

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