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Partner Account Executive

Cape Town💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-29 → 2026-09-25

Core

Drive revenue in Africa by building relationships with strategic partners, developing joint sales opportunities, and executing go-to-market plans for DigiCert's security solutions.

Role type

Partner Account Executive (Africa)

Builds

Joint business plans, partner-sourced sales opportunities, and market coverage through strategic alliances.

Domain

Cybersecurity / PKI / DNS / Certificate Lifecycle Management

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Channel sales, territory management, executive relationship building, pipeline forecasting, partner recruitment, joint marketing coordination, competitive analysis

Preferred skills

Sales training delivery, fast-paced environment adaptability, presentation skills

Technologies

DigiCert ONE platform, PKI, DNS, certificate lifecycle management

Responsibilities

Own and grow revenue through assigned channel partners, resellers, and systems integrators; Develop and execute joint business plans; Build and maintain executive-level relationships with partner stakeholders; Identify and develop partner-sourced sales opportunities; Collaborate with direct sales teams to execute joint account strategies; Conduct regular pipeline reviews and forecast partner-driven revenue; Enable partners through training and product updates; Coordinate joint marketing initiatives and demand generation campaigns; Recruit new strategic partners; Negotiate partner engagement plans and ensure compliance; Monitor partner performance using key metrics; Represent the company at partner events and industry conferences.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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