Fractional Partnership Manager, Senior Partnership Operator, Hands-on Execution

Senior fractional Partnership Managers for B2B SaaS, fintech, healthcare technology, and services companies. Channel partner programs, technology alliances, integration partnerships, and marketplace motions, the IC-level execution that builds the partner ecosystem.

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Senior fractional Partnership Managers for B2B SaaS, fintech, healthcare technology, and services companies

Why teams hire a Chameleon fractional Partnership Manager

IC-level partnership execution

Partnership Manager is the seat that does the actual partnership work, recruiting partners, managing relationships, structuring co-sell motions, executing joint marketing. Different from Director (managing a team) or VP (managing strategy). Our managers ship work.

Multi-program fluency

Modern B2B partnerships span channel partners, technology alliances, marketplace co-sell, and ISV programs. Our managers are fluent across the program types so the engagement isn't constrained to your existing program.

Right-sized for the company stage

A Partnership Manager at a $10M B2B SaaS has different work than at a $100M services firm. Our roster includes managers experienced across the spectrum.

Why hire a fractional Partnership Manager from Chameleon Collective

Partnership Manager is the IC-level seat that actually builds partnership programs. Most growth-stage companies need this seat more than they need a Head of Partnerships or VP Alliances, the work is partner recruitment, relationship management, co-sell motion execution, and program operations. Strategy without execution doesn't produce partnerships; execution without senior judgment produces partnership churn. A fractional Partnership Manager is senior IC execution with strategic judgment.

Partner recruitment is the load-bearing work

Partner programs sit in networks and waiting for partners to opt in fail. Programs that recruit deliberately, identify target partners, build the pitch, structure the contract, onboard cleanly, manage to outcomes, produce sustained partner revenue. Our Partnership Managers run that recruitment motion, starting with target identification and continuing through ongoing partner management.

Co-sell motion is where partnerships compound

The difference between a partner program that produces noise and one that produces revenue is the co-sell motion, how your team and the partner's team actually work together on deals. Joint account planning, deal registration, co-marketing, MDF allocation, opportunity coordination. Our managers build and run the co-sell motion as part of the engagement.

What our fractional Partnership Manager engagements cover

Partner recruitment execution, target list, outreach, pitch, contract design, onboarding.
Co-sell motion operations, joint account planning, deal registration, MDF allocation, opportunity coordination.
Technology alliance management, integration roadmap, joint solution development, co-marketing execution.
Marketplace operations, AWS / Azure / Salesforce AppExchange / HubSpot listing management and co-sell.
Partner enablement, sales training, technical certification, partner portal management.
Joint go-to-market planning, partner-specific campaigns, joint marketing, event partnerships.
Performance management, partner-tier upgrades, underperformance management, program health.
Reporting and analytics, partner-pipeline reporting, attribution, performance dashboards.

How We Compare

Feature	Chameleon Collective	Specialty agency	Full-time Partnership Manager hire
IC-level partnership execution.	Yes, runs partner recruitment and relationships hands-on	Often strategy-leaning consulting	Yes, with right hire
Multi-program fluency.	Channel + technology + marketplace + ISV	Often single-program specialty	Hire-dependent
Senior hands-on, not delegated.	Default, senior IC role	Junior team usually delivers	3-6 month ramp
Cost structure.	$10K-$22K/mo at 2-3 days/week	Project T&M + retainer

Frequently asked questions

Common questions from teams evaluating fractional partnership engagements.

Manager is IC-leaning, runs partner recruitment and management hands-on. Director is management-leaning, leads a team. Companies under $50M revenue usually need a Manager more than a Director (no team to manage yet). Larger companies need both.

Yes. That's the point of the IC-level shape. Target identification, outreach, pitch delivery, contract negotiation, onboarding, all hands-on by the senior operator.

Week one: existing-partner audit, target landscape mapping. Weeks 2-4: target list, pitch development, 90-day plan. Weeks 4-12: active recruitment and onboarding. Most engagements sign 3-5 new partners in the first quarter.

Most engagements run $10K-$22K per month at two to three days per week, scoped to outcome.

Yes, and the co-sell motion behind them. Our managers fluent in each marketplace handle listing optimization, partner account-team engagement, MDF strategy, joint go-to-market.

Yes. Services partnerships (reference partnerships, capability-based alliances, professional-services-via-partner motions) are real, often underbuilt, and our roster includes operators experienced in services-side partnerships.

Directly. Chameleon Collective is a senior-only collective.

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