Channel Enablement Manager
Intuit · Frisco, TX · Yesterday
On-siteBusiness Development$212k–$287k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Certification program design & build
- Design and stand up Intuit's VAR partner certification program across four domains: marketing, sales, demo, and implementation.
- Leverage Intuit's existing learning and development assets as the foundation, adapting and extending content to reflect the specific needs of mid-market VAR resellers.
- Define certification standards, assessment criteria, and pass thresholds for each domain — ensuring that a certified partner can operate credibly and independently with end customers.
- Build and maintain the on-ramp playbook: a structured sequence of activities, resources, and milestones that takes a newly signed partner from agreement execution to certification completion.
- Continuously improve certification content based on partner feedback, deal outcomes, and product updates — with particular attention to keeping demo and product training current as Intuit's mid-market lineup evolves.
- Partner on-ramp & activation
- Receive structured handoffs from the VAR Channel Recruitment Manager for each newly signed partner, including partner profile, signed agreements, and recruitment context.
- Guide each new partner through the full on-ramp sequence: program orientation, certification across all four domains, and preparation for first customer engagement.
- Set clear activation milestones with each partner and track progress against them, intervening proactively where partners are falling behind or at risk of disengagement.
- Manage a concurrent cohort of partners in various stages of on-ramp and first-sale activity, maintaining clear visibility into each partner's status and trajectory.
- First sales coaching & co-selling
- Work directly alongside newly certified partners on their first sales opportunities, acting as a player-coach: joining discovery calls, supporting demos, advising on deal strategy, and co-presenting where needed.
- Help partners navigate Intuit's internal resources — product specialists, solution architects, deal support — to accelerate early deals and build partner confidence.
- Debrief with partners after each deal — won or lost — to reinforce learning, identify skill gaps, and adjust coaching approach.
- Drive each partner to their graduation threshold of three closed-won deals, at which point ownership formally transfers to a Partner Development Manager.
- Execute a clean graduation handoff to the assigned PDM, providing a complete partner profile including strengths, gaps, deal history, and recommended engagement approach.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in partner enablement, channel sales training, or a related role within a SaaS or enterprise software company; or equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering partner or customer-facing enablement programs — not just executing existing content, but building or significantly adapting curriculum.
- Strong sales coaching ability: you have helped others sell, not just sold yourself. You are comfortable on a deal alongside a partner and effective at transferring skills in real-time.
- Experience working in or alongside a channel sales or partner management function, with a clear understanding of what it takes for a reseller to successfully bring a new product to market.
- Excellent program management skills: ability to run multiple concurrent partner cohorts, maintain clear status visibility, and escalate risks proactively.
- Strong written and verbal communication: able to produce crisp certification materials, playbooks, and coaching resources without heavy design or content support.