Partner Manager - GSI

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | Full-time

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Who are we?

Whatfix is a leading global B2B SaaS provider and the largest pure-play digital adoption platform (DAP). Whatfix empowers organizations to maximize the ROI of their digital investments by tailoring it for the needs of each unique user. 

Spearheading the category with serial innovation and unmatched customer-centricity, Whatfix is the only DAP innovating beyond the category.  Their product suite offers three powerful tools: Digital adoption to help users right within any software, no-code Product Analytics to uncover and resolve adoption gaps, and Mirror for application simulation, driving safe, hands-on learning in software replicas. 

The company has seven offices across the US, India, UK, Germany, Singapore, and Australia and a presence across 40+ countries.

Customers: 700+ enterprise customers, including 80+ Fortune 500 companies such as Shell, Schneider Electric, and UPS Supply Chain Solutions. 

Investors: A total of ~$270 million USD has been raised as yet. Most recently Series E round of $125 Million USD led by Warburg Pincus, with participation from existing investor SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Other investors include Cisco Investments, Eight Roads Ventures (A division of Fidelity Investments), Dragoneer, Peak XV Partners, and Stellaris Venture Partners.

Whatfix’s AI journey has been an exciting one - This story is deeply tied to the story of how technology itself has evolved.

It began with the software era, when enterprise applications first digitized core processes across industries — a $650B opportunity. Then came the cloud and mobile era, a $2.7T wave of transformation that moved businesses from on-prem to SaaS and unlocked anytime, anywhere access. It was in this phase that Whatfix was born — helping enterprises accelerate digital adoption by making software easier to use, easier to learn, and easier to extract value from.

Now we stand at the dawn of the AI era. Unlike past waves, this is not just another technology shift — it is foundational. AI is changing how work gets done, how decisions are made, and what skills are needed. The opportunity has expanded to more than $15 trillion, but it’s not just a software story anymore — it’s a labor story. Roles, workflows, and human-machine interactions are being rewritten in real time. And while AI promises speed and automation, it also introduces fragmentation, complexity, and a new kind of user friction.

This is where Whatfix plays a pivotal role. For over a decade, our DNA has been about empowering people to succeed with technology — not replacing them, but enabling them to thrive within it. We call this philosophy Userization: the belief that technology must adapt to the user, not the other way around. At the heart of this is ScreenSense, our proprietary AI engine, which continuously interprets both the context of what users are doing and the intent behind their actions. By combining these signals, Whatfix delivers real-time guidance, nudges, knowledge, and automation directly in the flow of work.

This intelligence powers our entire product suite. Digital Adoption helps users get productive faster. Product Analytics uncovers friction and closes adoption gaps. Mirror allows employees to train in safe, simulated environments. On top of these, our embedded AI Agents supercharge creation, insights, and user guidance.

Our upcoming AI-first products are already creating a buzz in the market. Seek is an AI-native assistant that powers multiple enterprise use cases. Alongside Salesforce automation with “Seek for Salesforce Agent”, Seek also includes a conversational AI search tool that helps users find information faster in the flow of work. Together, these products reflect Whatfix’s commitment to building enterprise-ready AI teammates that maximize productivity and ROI. It gives users a unified, intelligent way to find answers across systems, apps, and knowledge silos and helps anyone looking to deliver fast and contextual answers. 

Our Mirror 2.0 helps teams practice real-world conversations using dynamic, AI-powered personas — whether it's sales, support, or compliance training. It is the world’s only System plus Role simulation with complete assessment to lead Gen AI simulation category.

The innovation that has gone into building these products has gained us 10 patents granted by the US patent office and we are already on our way to get a grant of 20 more patents with 2 specifically for the AI work we have done.

What sets Whatfix apart is our ability to combine breadth and depth. Unlike point solutions that either stay confined to one ecosystem or solve only for onboarding, Whatfix works across web, mobile, desktop, OS, and AI-driven apps — and supports the entire transformation lifecycle from planning to training to continuous improvement.

The velocity of transformation has collapsed. What once took years now happens in quarters. Enterprises can’t afford to rely on outdated change management models and multi-year roadmaps. They need to adapt at the pace of AI. And that is the story of Whatfix: bridging the gap between exponential technological change and human enablement, ensuring that AI becomes not just embedded, but usable, trusted, and outcome-driven for every employee, across every system, in every workflow.

Whatfix’s leadership is consistently recognized across top industry analysts and business rankings:

  • Only DAP to be recognized as a “Leader” across various DAP reports for the past 5+ years by leading analyst firms like Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and Everest Group.

  • With over 45% YoY sustainable annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth, Whatfix is among the “Top 50 Indian Software Companies” as per G2 Best Software Awards. 

  •  Named a Gartner Customers’ Choice for DAP for the second year in a row (2024 and 2025)—the only vendor in the market to earn this distinction consecutively.

  • We also boast a star rating of 4.6 on G2 Crowd, 4.5 on Gartner Peer Insights, and a super-high CSAT of 99.8%

  • Stevie Award winner in the category (Bronze): Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Software - 100 or More Employees.

  • Won the 2025 AI 

  • Breakthrough Award in the Overall AI-based Analytics Solution of the Year category

  • Winner of the ISG Paragon Innovation Award in partnership with Sophos (customer) for the EMEA region and finalist in the Transformation Award category.

  • RemoteTech Breakthrough Awards winner for “Software Asset Management Solution of the Year”

 

These recognitions are matched by business performance: 

  • Highest-Ranking DAP on 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ North America for Fourth Consecutive Year

  • Listed on the Financial Times & Statista's High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2025 list.

  • Won the Silver for Stevie's Employer of the Year 2023 – Computer Software category and also recognized as Great Place to Work 2022-2023 

  • Only DAP to be among the top 35% companies worldwide in sustainability excellence with EcoVadis Bronze Medal

About the Role

We are seeking an outstanding GSI Alliance Manager to join our team and work out of our Bangalore Office. The position will work with the GSI partner(s) to own all sales and business development activities at different stages of the Alliance partnership. 

The GSI Alliance Manager will be pivotal in driving new business opportunities with our GSI partners, helping them grow their business globally while driving C-level, Practice Team, Marketing, and Field relationships. The ideal candidate will bring a partnership background to drive successful partnerships and engage at the CXO level to close deals within the GSI ecosystem. The position also requires strong product acumen, complex campaign understanding, and working knowledge of the Enterprise IT landscape. 

Responsibilities

  • Develop the NA plan for the “alliance partner” in collaboration with stakeholders across the “organization,” focusing on critical offerings and country-level execution

  • Develop joint relationships, initiatives, and programs for long-term sustained account success

  • Influences Sales leadership to partner for short- and long-term revenue growth while building sustainable, trusting relationships across the Alliance partner

  • Aligns closely with the regional alliance leaders to ensure the identification, pursuit, closure, and tracking of customer opportunities to perpetuate the existing base of “organization” revenue - engage in customer-specific activities as needed

  • Identifying the right opportunities, framing deal structures, negotiating & closing out of deals with a focus on business development and sourcing deals

  • Ensure GTM stakeholders align with the right Whatfix value prop to evangelize Whatfix with their regional sales teams and clients

  • Manage and collaborate with GSI partners to define and execute joint sales and Go to Market (GTM) programs

  • Propose business solutions to support sales campaigns and serve as the domain expert on proposed solutions to prospective clients

  • Assist the partner team with the expansion strategy into target accounts by educating them on WhatFix’s overall capability

  • Plan sales campaigns with partner executives and lead efforts to ensure the delivery of all technical resources to our partner's sales campaigns

  • Collaborate with partner’s product managers, software developers, analysts, industry principals, and other groups, evangelizing and enabling them on WhatFix 

  • Handle escalation & governance as part of partner program and experience during sales as well as after-sales

Requirements

  • MBA Degree or equivalent business experience

  • 5-10 years of GSI alliance experience, preferably from within a SaaS/ISV organization 

  • Ability to understand complex GSI relationships

  • Experience driving partner go-to-market campaigns that include cross-functional teams across sales, marketing, and partners

  • Experience engaging and influencing C-level executives

  • Experience owning, driving, and managing partnerships against quarterly targets

  • Excellent communicator and active listener with a strong sense of ownership in the work

  • Skilled in negotiating contracts and growth plans with current and prospective GSI partners

  • Ability to understand and apply procedures, regulations, and policies related to areas of specialized expertise

  • Ability to use a clearly defined methodology for establishing priorities

  • Ability to proactively develop partner relationships by listening to, understanding, anticipating, and providing solutions to partner and partners' customer needs

  • This role requires 50% or more of travel, without exception 

Perks & Benefits (India) 

  • Best-in-class medical insurance coverage

  • Free lunch & dinner buffet 

  • Doorstep cab drop facility 

  • Education sponsorship 

  • Internal job transfer & global mobility programs 

  • Scope to represent Whatfix at global events

  • We also provide uncapped incentives, bonus plans and opportunities to employees (especially those in GTM teams) to travel to meet our global customers

Note: 

  • We strive to live and breathe our Cultural Principles and encourage employees to demonstrate some of these core values - Customer First; Empathy; Transparency; Fail Fast and scale Fast; No Hierarchies for Communication; Deep Dive and innovate; Trust, Do it as you own it; 

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and value diverse people because of and not in spite of the differences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status 

  • At Whatfix, we deeply value collaboration, innovation, and human connection. We believe that being together in the office five days a week fosters open communication, strengthens our sense of community, and accelerates innovation—ultimately helping us achieve our goals more effectively. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility in balancing personal and professional priorities. To support this, we offer the option to work from home up to two days per month.

In any situation that requires additional flexibility, we’re open to considering exceptions on a case-by-case basis to ensure you’re supported in managing both work and life seamlessly