Sr. Director, Partner Marketing

Avalara is seeking a senior marketing leader to own the strategy, performance, and optimization of the partner channel as a core driver of revenue. This role is responsible for all partner-sourced marketing activity — including indirect referral campaigns, co-marketing with strategic alliances, and joint demand programs — with clear accountability to pipeline and bookings contribution. 

You will lead a team of Partner Marketers across programs, tiers, and geographies. Your mandate is to scale partner marketing as a high-performing GTM channel, with precision in execution, visibility into attribution, and strong alignment with our Alliances and Partner Sales teams. 

This is a strategic, performance-oriented leadership role that requires a deep understanding of partner marketing models, field execution, and revenue accountability. You will operate across GTM teams, ensuring partner campaigns are aligned, prioritized, and optimized to drive business outcomes at scale. 

The base pay range(s) below are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations.

Colorado $171,100 - $282,300 [annually]
Washington $189,200 - $312,200 [annually]
California $171,100 - $341,900 [annually]
NY: $189,200 - $341,900 [annually]

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products.  Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.

• You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.

• You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

Total Rewards 

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. 

Health & Wellness 
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. 

Inclusive culture and diversity 
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. 

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.