# Senior Partner Manager - NY Metro 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: New York - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-20
- Apply by: 2026-12-04
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chainguard/jobs/4718158006?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chainguard-senior-partner-manager-ny-metro/

## 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

- 5+ years of software channel manager experience required
- Experience working with and through VARs
- Successful sales background required having carried and overachieved quota
- Startup experience a plus
- Entrepreneurial self-starter, who knows how to structure and breakdown ambiguous problems into executable steps
- Strong verbal and written communication including high level of comfort with public speaking and excellent presentation skills

Tags: Partnerships

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