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Strategic Alliances Principal - UK&I

Remote.com

Fully Remote
Remote-UK&I
Worldwide
US hours

Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Remote.com is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Remote</strong></h2>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.<br><br><span class="discussion-id-2f7cb4da-dab4-8068-a80f-001c50b2d808 suggestion-update notion-enable-hover" data-token-index="0">With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.</span><br><br>We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!</span></div></div><h2>About the role</h2>
<p>As a <strong>Strategic Alliances Principal, UK&amp;I</strong>, you will execute the field-level alliance motion with select strategic Remote Embedded Partners in a defined set of regions/segments/accounts across UK&amp;I. You will be on the ground (virtually and in-person) with Partners’ sellers, sales leaders, and solution consultants — building trust, creating demand, and converting ecosystem engagement into sourced and influenced pipeline for <strong>Global Payroll</strong>, <strong>Employer of Record (EOR)</strong>, and <strong>Contractor Management / Contractor of Record (CM/COR)</strong>.</p>
<p>You work in close partnership with Embedded Sales, Partner Marketing, Sales Enablement, Solutions Consulting, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure Remote is consistently brought into the right opportunities.</p>
<h2>What success looks like</h2>
<ul>
<li>Strong relationships and high engagement with your Partners’ field stakeholders; Remote is top-of-mind in relevant cycles.</li>
<li>Consistent, measurable growth in Partner-sourced and Partner-influenced pipeline within your coverage.</li>
<li>Repeatable execution of alliance plays (enablement moments, events, account mapping, follow-ups).</li>
<li>High-quality deal intake: the right opportunities, with the right stakeholders, at the right time.</li>
<li>Tight collaboration with Remote GTM teams to progress deals quickly and professionally.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Key responsibilities</h2>
<h3>Relationship building &amp; field activation</h3>
<ul>
<li>Build and maintain ground-level relationships with Partners’ field stakeholders (account executives, account managers, sales leadership, solution consultants, specialists).</li>
<li>Run account mapping and coverage planning with Partners’ GTM teams to identify priority accounts and active initiatives.</li>
<li>Embed into Partners’ cadences (pipeline reviews, regional meetings, enablement sessions) to drive consistent activation.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pipeline sourcing &amp; co-sell support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Proactively source opportunities for Global Payroll, EOR, and CM/COR from Partners field teams and related SIs.</li>
<li>Support co-sell execution: qualification, stakeholder mapping, mutual action plans, and coordination of the right Remote resources.</li>
<li>Maintain accurate reporting on relationship coverage, sourced/influenced pipeline, conversion, and next steps.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Awareness, enablement, and events</h3>
<ul>
<li>Drive awareness of Remote’s value proposition through targeted enablement moments, content distribution, and local advocacy.</li>
<li>Partner with Partner Marketing to organize, sponsor, and attend field and ecosystem events (including ecosystem events and SI-led moments).</li>
<li>Own event execution for your territory: targeting, meeting scheduling, on-site engagement, and post-event conversion.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Operating rhythm &amp; continuous improvement</h3>
<ul>
<li>Follow a disciplined weekly operating rhythm (field touchpoints, pipeline reviews, internal syncs).</li>
<li>Capture partner feedback and competitive insights; share clear signals back to the wider Remote / Partner teams</li>
<li>Help build and refine alliance playbooks and reusable assets as the motion scales.</li>
</ul>
<h2>What you bring</h2>
<ul>
<li>Significant experience Strategic Alliance partners and their ecosystem (field org dynamics, partner motions, and how decisions get made).</li>
<li>Strong relationship-building skills and comfort operating with senior field stakeholders.</li>
<li>Track record of sourcing and progressing pipeline in multi-stakeholder enterprise contexts (alliances, partnerships, sales, or partner GT

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Remote.com

Remote.com is a company in the Accounting industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 36 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote.com jobs →