# Partner Manager - Commercial at Chainguard

- Company: Chainguard
- What the company does: Chainguard provides trusted open source artifacts for every layer of your modern software stack—containers, language libraries, and VM images. Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://www.chainguard.dev/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chainguard/jobs/4718160006?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chainguard-partner-manager-commercial/

## About the role

We’re looking for a highly motivated strategic partner/business development professional (VARs) who has strong market knowledge, a cloud and security network, and enjoys building relationships with key decision makers to evangelize building secure and reliable software. Our sales team walks a mile in their customers shoes and wants our customers and prospects to see the immense value and expertise Chainguard's solutions offer. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of channel, partner, or software sales experience
- Experience working with and through VARs or resellers, ideally selling into mid-market or commercial customers
- Successful sales background, with a track record of carrying and hitting quota
- Startup or early-stage program experience strongly preferred
- Builder mindset: an entrepreneurial self-starter who can structure and break down ambiguous problems into executable steps
- Scales through programs and process, not hours, and is comfortable managing a broad partner portfolio

Tags: Partnerships

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chainguard-partner-manager-commercial/