About the role
Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Posting Open Date: 6/24/26
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 8/31/26
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Partner Development Manager
Location: US East, NYC or Boston preferred, must be in eastern time zone
The Mission
Fastly's growth shows no signs of slowing, and our channel is a key part of what's next. We're looking for a Partner Development Manager based in the Eastern US (ideally NY or Boston) to build our partner business in the region: deepening existing partnerships while identifying, recruiting, and onboarding new ones. This isn't a traditional channel management role; it's a hands-on, builder position for someone who thrives on execution. We need a self-starter who moves fast, takes ownership, and isn't afraid to get in the weeds. Success ultimately comes down to revenue driven through and with partners, but getting there requires relentless focus on partner engagement.
How Success is measured
This role is measured against three primary criteria:
- New Bookings: Revenue generated through partners in the region.
- Partner-Sourced Pipeline: Qualified, Fastly-accepted opportunities that partners bring to the table through joint engagement and their own activities.
- Active, Engaged Partners: Depth over breadth. A healthy, activated portfolio matters more than a long partner list; a smaller set of engaged partners beats a large set of inactive ones.
The Daily Work
Recruit & Structure: Identify, recruit, and onboard partners equipped to sell Cloud Security, Content Delivery, and Edge Compute, then structure and negotiate commercial agreements (Resell, Managed Service, Referral) that ensure mutual profitability.
Co-Sell & Grow: Lead joint business planning to align partners' service portfolios with Fastly's roadmap, show up with the technical and sales support partners need to close deals, and manage pipeline, forecasting, and deal conflicts or pricing issues.
Enable & Co-Market: Deliver playbooks, training, and technical certification so partner teams can confidently sell Fastly's full portfolio, and drive pipeline-generating co-marketing campaigns and events rather than just supporting them.
Minimum Qualifications
- 3-5+ years of experience in Partner Management, Channel Development, Alliance Sales, or Business Development, with direct experience in the VAR ecosystem
- 5-7 years of experience total in a GTM position in relevant industry
- Demonstrated success structuring and negotiating multi-party commercial agreements
- Proven ability to work autonomously and drive cross-functional alignment without formal authority
- Working knowledge of the modern security/edge stack (WAF, DDoS, Edge Infrastructure, serverless compute) sufficient to hold credible technical conversations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfortable engaging senior stakeholders both internally and externally
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or related field
- Additional language fluency relevant to your assigned territory (e.g., Spanish for LATAM-facing territories)
- Prior experience in a "builder" or 0-to-1 channel role, standing up new partner programs or fixing broken processes
Work Hours
Availability during core business hours is required.
Work Location & Travel
This is a remote role, open to candidates across the Americas. Specific eligible countries/regions to be finalized based on assigned territory. Travel may be required as needed by the role or requested by your manager. 25-50%
Work Hours:
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This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is a remote role and open to candidates residing in the following locations:
East Coast Based (New York Preferred)
This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary:
The estimated range for On-Target Earnings for this role is $184,508.00 to $221,409.00. On-Target Earnings consists of a combination of annual base pay and sales compensation variable target. The standard pay split for this role (i.e. base pay vs. variable target (%) is 75/25.
Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
This role is eligible to participate in Fastly’s global sales compensation plan and may participate in Fastly’s equity program.
Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.
Why Fastly?
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We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
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We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
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We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [email protected] or 501-287-4901.
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