Director, Channel Sales, South EMEA
Pubblicato il 26-10-2026 - Veeam in Roma
Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.
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We are seeking an experienced Channel Director to lead Veeam’s channel strategy and execution in South EMEA. This role is responsible for driving revenue growth through our partner ecosystem, building strong executive-level relationships, and ensuring Veeam’s value is maximized across all routes to market. The Channel Director will lead and develop a high-performing team, foster a partner-first culture, and work closely with internal stakeholders and strategic alliances to deliver sustainable growth in one of Veeam’s most important regions.
What You’ll Do
Channel Strategy & Growth
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- Develop and execute the South EMEA channel sales strategy to achieve ambitious revenue and growth targets.
- Evolve the channel model from a push to a pull-push approach, driving stronger pipeline creation and value- based selling.
- Monitor sales performance, pipeline health,
and forecasts to ensure business goals are met or exceeded.
Leadership
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- Lead, coach, and motivate the central channel sales team to deliver consistent results.
- Build a strong sales mentality within the team, ensuring achievement of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual targets
- Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvment
Partner Ecosystem Engagement
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- Build and maintain strong executive relationships with key resellers, distributors, and service providers.
- Collaborate with strategic alliances (e.g., Microsoft, AWS) and global/regional SIs to enhance Veeam’s enterprise ecosystem.
- Engage Veeam senior executives in key partner meetings where required. Cross-Functional Collaboration
Cross-Functional Collaboration
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- Build and maintain strong executive relationships with key resellers, distributors, and service providers.
- Collaborate with strategic alliances (e.g., Microsoft, AWS) and global/regional SIs to enhance Veeam’s enterprise ecosystem.
- Engage Veeam senior executives in key partner meetings where required. Cross-Functional Collaboration
What you´ll bring:
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- Significant experience in senior channel leadership roles within IT/software, ideally in cloud, data protection,
orinfrastructure solutions.
- Proven success developing and executing channel sales strategies with measurable revenue impact.
Strong network across resellers, distributors, GSIs/SIs, and hyperscalers.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire high-performing sales teams.
- Strong analytical, forecasting, and operational management skills.
- Excellent communication and executive engagement abilities
What you´ll get:
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- 26 paid vacation days,plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
- Statutory pension and illness coverage via INPS contributions
- Private medical insurance for employees and dependents
- Life and disability insurance with enhanced coverage
- Accidental death and disability coverage with increased agevolazioni for Dirigenti roles
- Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning
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