
Channel Business Development Manager
Charterhouse Group
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- The **Channel Business Development Manager (BDM)** is responsible for acquiring, developing, managing and growing relationships with Charterhouse’s channel partners. This role focuses on driving revenue through effective partner engagement, enablement, and joint go-to-market activities. The ideal candidate is commercially astute, highly proactive, and experienced in the Unified Communications, networking, or cybersecurity sectors.
- **Partner Relationship Management**
- - Find own and manage a portfolio of strategic channel partners, acting as the primary commercial point of contact.
- - Build long-term, trusted relationships with all key stakeholders across partner organisations.
- - Conduct regular business reviews to track performance, pipeline, and strategic alignment.
- **Revenue Growth & Sales Execution**
- - Achieve channel sales targets through effective partner management and business development.
- - Support partners with opportunity identification, qualification, and closure.
- - Forecast partner revenue and provide accurate reporting to leadership.
- **Partner Enablement & Development**
- - Educate partners on Charterhouse’s product portfolio, value proposition, and competitive advantages.
- - Deliver sales training, onboarding, and ongoing enablement programmes.
- - Collaborate with the marketing team to create joint campaigns, events and lead-generation initiatives.
- **Go-to-Market Strategy**
- - Develop joint business plans with partners, setting clear objectives, KPIs and growth strategies.
- - Support the creation and execution of co-branded sales materials and propositions.
- - Identify and recruit new partners aligned with Charterhouse’s overall channel strategy.
- **Internal Collaboration**
- - Work closely with Pre-Sales, Marketing, Product and Service Delivery teams to support partner needs.
- - Provide partner feedback into product development and commercial strategy discussions.
- - Represent the channel within internal planning and strategy sessions.
Requirements
- **Skills & Experience Required**
- - Proven experience in channel sales or partner management within UCaaS, CCaaS, cybersecurity, connectivity, IT services or adjacent technology sectors.
- - Ability to lead and present sales opportunities on behalf of the channel partners
- - Strong understanding of the reseller, distributor, and MSP ecosystem in the UK.
- - Demonstrable track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets.
- - Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- - Ability to think strategically while executing tactically.
- - Strong commercial acumen and ability to articulate value to partners.
- - Self-motivated, results-driven, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- - Willingness to travel for partner meetings, events, and industry conferences.
Benefits
- Join us, and your benefits and perks will include private healthcare, Medicash cashback, life assurance, workplace pension, cycle to work scheme, access to our employee assistance programme, savings discount, 20% EE discount that extends to your family and friends, a birthday gift voucher and day off, plus more.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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