Title- Partnership Manager
Location-Mumbai

About Keka & the Partner Organization
Keka is one of India's fastest-growing contemporary HR-tech companies, serving 10,000+ businesses across HR, payroll, performance, hiring and finance. The Keka Partner Organization is a strategic growth lever — operating a partner ecosystem across distributors, resellers, technology / ISV partners, and referral partners (CAs, HR consultants, payroll bureaus, advisors)

Role Summary
The Partner Manager owns a named book of Keka partners end-to-end — program rules, pipeline, co-sell, operations, GTM, cross-functional alignment and the partner relationship. You are the single throat-to-choke for your partners' revenue contribution and their experience working with Keka.

Key Responsibilities
Program & Partner Mechanics
Own program rules — tier criteria, certifications, MDF usage, branding, incentives, rebates and commissions.
Maintain clean partner data in CRM/PRM ( certifications, contacts, opportunities);
Oversee deal registration, contract renewals, SLA and MDF claim validation.
Pipeline,



Co-Sell & GTM
Drive pipeline creation, co-sell support, negotiation, margin discussion and conflict resolution with each partner.
Build partner sales plans, joint customer-success plans, reference-customer development and upsell/cross-sell motions.
Run joint GTM — campaigns, key plays, enablement milestones, co-marketing strategy and execution.
Operations, Reviews & Cross-Functional
QBR / MBR / weekly reviews, forecasting accuracy, pipeline hygiene and partner scorecard management.
Coordinate Sales, Marketing, Ops, Finance, Legal, CS, Presales and Channel Leadership on partner needs.
Resolve commercial, operational and support escalations; manage budgets and deal-desk for partner investments.
Strategic Relationship & Lifecycle
Executive alignment with VP/C-level at top partners; annual business reviews and multi-year growth roadmaps.
Partner health-score monitoring, journey mapping, NPS, advisory-board part

📌 Partnership Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Keka HR
📍 Mumbai