Partner Communications Manager at SolarWinds
- In Austin, TX.
At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us! About the role SolarWinds is seeking a Partner Communications Manager to lead the strategy, creation, and execution of communications for our global partner ecosystem. This individual contributor will serve as the central communications owner for partners and internal teams, translating partner-program priorities, business updates, incentives, enablement opportunities, and operational changes into clear, timely, and actionable communications. The role combines strategic communications planning with hands-on content development and program execution. The successful candidate will build trusted relationships across Channel, Marketing, Sales, Product, Legal, Finance, Operations, and regional teams to ensure partners and Solarians have the information they need to engage effectively and drive growth. What you’ll do Partner-facing communications Own the partner communications strategy and editorial calendar across the global partner ecosystem. Develop clear, audience-appropriate communications covering partner-program updates, benefits, requirements, incentives, promotions, enablement, processes, and key business announcements. Translate complex program, operational, and commercial information into concise, actionable partner messaging. Coordinate content reviews, approvals, localization, compliance checks, and publication across relevant channels. Establish communication standards, templates, and repeatable processes that improve consistency and speed to market. Measure communication effectiveness and use partner and field feedback to improve content, timing, and delivery. Partner newsletter Own the end-to-end creation and execution of the partner newsletter, including editorial planning, content development, stakeholder coordination, production, distribution, and post-send reporting. Build a balanced content mix that includes program updates, partner resources, incentives, success stories, events, training, product or solution news, and calls to action. Maintain a reliable monthly cadence and ensure content is accurate, relevant, and aligned to current partner priorities. Track engagement metrics and provide regular insights and recommendations to Channel and Marketing leadership. Monthly partner webinar cycle Manage the monthly partner webinar cycle from planning through follow-up. Develop the annual and quarterly webinar calendar in partnership with Channel, Product Marketing, Sales, Enablement, and subject-matter experts. Define webinar objectives, audiences, agendas, speakers, promotional plans, registration messaging, and follow-up communications. Coordinate logistics, rehearsals, presentation materials, recordings, on-demand assets, and post-event communications. Use registration, attendance, engagement, and feedback data to improve the webinar experience and inform future programming. Partner LinkedIn page Manage the partner LinkedIn page and establish a consistent editorial and publishing cadence. …