About Workato

Workato is the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI — the neutral platform enterprises trust to put AI to work across their business. Workato unifies data, applications, and processes into a single platform so AI can reliably orchestrate business processes in production at enterprise scale. Built on more than a decade of running mission-critical processes for over half the Fortune 500 — including Nasdaq, Amazon, Cisco, Vodafone, Atlassian, and Lucid Motors — Workato turns over 14,000 enterprise systems AI needs to act on into one governed execution layer. For more information, visit workato.com.

Why join us?

Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.

But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.

If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also, feel free to check out why:

Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”
Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world
Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America
Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Partner Sales Manager to join our Japan partner team. This is a hybrid role: you will both execute commercial partnerships (managing existing and new partner relationships, contracts, and deal support) and design how partners create value with us (orchestrating Demand, Deal, Delivery, and Expansion across our partner ecosystem).

Workato's partner strategy is built on a simple idea: we don't just manage a partner channel — we orchestrate an ecosystem. Your job is to know which capability to bring in, from which partner, at which point in the customer journey, to create outcomes neither Workato nor the partner could create alone.

In this role, you will also be responsible to:

Partner Coverage & Commercial Execution

Own and execute a Partner Plan covering existing and new partners, with clear commercial outcomes (new logos, upsell, renewal support)
Manage our most important partnership relationships in the territory, including executive-level relationships, aligned with the territory strategy
Lead due diligence, contracting, and commercial structuring for new partnerships, coordinating internal stakeholders (Legal, Finance, Product) through the assessment process

Ecosystem Orchestration & Demand Creation

Design and run joint motions across the partner lifecycle: co-create demand, co-sell, co-deliver, and co-expand — not just “co-sell and co-deliver”
Distinguish and develop two complementary partner motions: Horizontal (execution breadth — PoC, consulting, onboarding, implementation, managed services) and Vertical (industry depth — e.g., manufacturing, retail, financial services, construction), matching the right motion to the right partner
Recruit new partners using an agenda-led approach: start from a customer or industry agenda, identify the capability gap, then identify the right partner archetype — not simply “more partners in a category”
Help partners build business models beyond license resale (PoC, consulting, implementation, managed services, joint demand creation), and understand the current and emerging economics available to partners
Orchestrate internal “deal pods” — coordinating AE, SE, CS, and Delivery stakeholders around partner-involved opportunities so that roles and hand-offs are clear

Market & Industry Presence

Understand the competitive landscape to ensure Workato remains a partner-of-choice, and proactively bring recommendations to executive management