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The Head of Partnerships will strategize and execute Honeycomb's global partnerships, focusing on growth in the enterprise segment by building a scalable ecosystem.
What We’re Building
Honeycomb is a service for the near and present future, defining observability and raising expectations of what developer tools can do! We’re working with well known companies like HelloFresh, Slack, LaunchDarkly, and Vanguard and more across a range of industries. This is an exciting time in our trajectory, we’ve closed Series D funding, scaled past the 200-person mark, and were named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startups of 2022 and 2023!
If you want to see what we’ve been up to, please check out these blog posts and Honeycomb.io press releases.
Who We Are
We come for the impact, and stay for the culture! We’re a talented, opinionated, passionate, fiercely inclusive, and responsible group of bees. We have conviction and we strive to live our values every day. We want our people to do what they truly love amongst a team of highly talented (but humble) peers.
How We Work
We are a fully distributed company, which means we believe it is not where you sit, but how you deliver that matters most. We invest in our people and care about how you orient to our culture and processes. At the same time we imbue a lot of trust, autonomy, and accountability from Day 1. #LI-Remote
The Partnerships & Ecosystem team is a critical driver of Honeycomb’s growth as we reaccelerate our growth, especially in the Enterprise segment. This team sits at the intersection of Sales, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success, translating strategic ecosystem relationships into measurable pipeline and revenue impact. As Head of Partnerships, you will own the strategy, execution, and evolution of Honeycomb’s global partner ecosystem—building the programs, relationships, and team needed to make partnerships a durable, scalable growth engine for the business.
What you’ll do in the role- Own and execute Honeycomb’s global partnerships and ecosystem strategy, prioritizing partner motions that materially impact pipeline, ARR, and long-term growth.
- Build partnerships into a repeatable, scalable GTM engine by aligning Sales, Marketing, Product, Customer Success, and RevOps around shared priorities and execution.
- Identify, onboard, and deepen relationships with strategic partners across hyperscalers, systems integrators, technology partners, and reseller channels.
- Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing partnerships team with clear accountability, strong operating rhythm, and an inclusive, high-trust culture.
- Establish clear success metrics and reporting for partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline and revenue, using data to guide prioritization and investment decisions.
- Serve as a senior cross-functional leader and communicator, translating strategy into clear direction and navigating tradeoffs in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
- Operate with a strong owner mindset—making disciplined decisions that balance near-term revenue impact with durable, long-term ecosystem scale.
- 8–12+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, or ecosystem leadership within SaaS or cloud technology companies operating at a global scale.
- Demonstrated success building and scaling partner programs that drive measurable pipeline and revenue outcomes, globally.
- Deep experience across key partner motions, including hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, Azure specifically), systems integrators, technology partners, and reseller or regional expansion models.
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations.
- Experience hiring, leading, and developing high-performing teams in a growth-stage environment.
- Strategic mindset paired with operational rigor—comfortable moving from vision to execution and iteration.
- Strong business acumen with a data-driven approach to prioritization, measurement, and decision-making.
On Target Earnings (OTE) based on level of experience (Base + Commission)
$275,000—$350,000 USD
What you'll get when you join the Hive:
- A stake in our success - generous equity with employee-friendly stock program
- It’s not about how strong of a negotiator you are - our pay is based on transparent levels relative to experience
- Time to recharge - Unlimited PTO and paid sabbatical
- A distributed-first mindset and culture (really!)
- Home office, co-working, and internet stipend
- Full benefits coverage for employees, with additional coverage available for dependents
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of path to parenthood
- Annual development allowance
- And much more...
Please note we cannot currently sponsor or support visa transfers at this time. Additionally, in compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work.
Phishing and Recruitment Scam Warning:
We take your security seriously. Please be aware that recruitment scams are increasingly common and scammers may create email addresses or websites to impersonate Honeycomb employees. To help protect you:
- All communications will come from an @honeycomb.io email address
- We occasionally work with external recruiting agencies. These partners will use legitimate business email addresses—never personal accounts like Gmail or Yahoo.
- Our recruiting process will never ask you to provide financial or sensitive personal information, including but not limited to:
- Social security or tax identification numbers
- Credit card numbers
- Bank account information
Diversity & Accommodations:
We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace—where people of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and abilities are welcomed, valued, and supported. We recognize that there is no single path to success and embrace nontraditional career journeys and diverse perspectives as key to building stronger, more innovative teams.
We strive to ensure an inclusive experience throughout every stage of our hiring process and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations as needed. If you require accommodations or accessible formats at any point during our hiring process, please let your recruiter know.
As an equal opportunity employer our hiring process is designed to put you at ease and help you show your best work. If there’s anything we can do to improve your experience, we’re always open to feedback.
Privacy Notice:
If you apply for a job at Honeycomb and your application is unsuccessful (or you withdraw from the process or decline our offer), Honeycomb will retain your information after your application for a period of time in accordance with local laws. We retain this information for various reasons, including in case we face a legal challenge in respect of a recruitment decision, to consider you for other current or future jobs at Honeycomb, and to help us better understand, analyze and improve our recruitment processes.
For more information regarding our privacy practices please see the Honeycomb Privacy Notice.
If you do not want us to retain your information for consideration for other roles, or want us to update it, please contact [email protected]. Please note, however, that we may retain some information if required by law or as necessary to protect ourselves from legal claims.
Top Skills
Cloud Technology
SaaS
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