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Partner Development Direct, IBM
Snowflake INC · 🇺🇸 US-NY-New York; US, Remote · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 428 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 110 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Snowflake INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Principal Partner Data Cloud Architect - Startup and Apps” (Computer Network Architects) in CA: $189k–$189k, median $189k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 428 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 110 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Our SI partners play a key role in bringing our customers' data-backed ambitions to life by implementing and harnessing the power of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud for cutting edge workloads and use cases. Through our partnerships, we enable companies to empower their employees with the data they need when and how they need it to better engage their customers, optimize their operations, and transform their products. The Partner Development Senior Manager role involves driving and nurturing relationships with our System Integrator (SI) partners. Your primary objective is to strengthen and expand the collaboration between Snowflake and these partners to drive growth. In this role you will be responsible for growing the relationship with IBM in the Americas. The success of these partnerships is demonstrated by driving growth with our joint customers, delivering key Go-To-Market (GTM) programs, establishing critical executive relationships, enabling partners to grow their Snowflake competency, and delivering customer success. Your success depends on your ability to drive compelling business strategies, GTM motions and relationships with IBM. Strong communication, experienced strategic alliance leadership, and problem-solving skills are vital to excel in this role. HERE ARE SOME KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH: - Strategic Go-to-Market: Work closely with IBM to build comprehensive joint business plans. Collaborate on joint GTM strategies including strategic objectives and target markets/industries. Define joint industry solutions and offerings with that demonstrates capability while differentiating the partner. Achieve partnership goals including sales quota and marketing activities; this is a quota carrying position. - Practice Development: Inspire IBM & Young to grow their practices with Snowflake. Evaluate their expertise, capabilities, and delivery quality and activate the GTM programs accordingly. Define certification growth plans and support enablement of the partner. Cultivate strong and lasting relationships with key Sr executives and decision-makers at the partner. - Results-oriented Partner Management: Effective and proven Partner Management skills will be necessary to manage the alliance development lifecycle. This will require the ability to be a self-starter focused on building and owning the 360-degree relationship. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments, such as product development, sales, sales engineering, professional services, legal and marketing, to ensure a seamless partner & customer experience. Share partner & customer feedback and insights with relevant teams to drive continuous improvement. This candidate will collaborate with a team of technical experts to drive solution building with our partners. - Co-Marketing Initiatives: Coordinate and execute co-marketing activities, including events, webinars, and content creation, to increase brand visibility and generate leads. - Deal Support: Assist IBM in navigating Snowflake’s partner program & sales process, incl