Director, Public Sector Channels

About Ping Identity: At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. We are seeking a strategic, field-oriented Channel Director to lead Ping Identity’s Public Sector channel strategy, with a focus on the U.S. federal market in addition to SLED. This role will own relationships and go-to-market execution across all partners, including resellers, integrators, delivery partners, and distributors, helping partners create demand, shape opportunities, and deliver outcomes for federal customers. You will have a named Partner Solutions Engineering counterpart to support your partner strategy and execution, as well as a Public Sector marketing counterpart with whom you will shape the Public Sector channels go-to-market plan and prioritize the partner marketing budget. You will bring a strong understanding of cybersecurity, the confidence to work with your team to drive a partner enablement curriculum, and the energy to turn strategy into action. This is a builder role for someone who is thoughtful, curious, and ready to roll up their sleeves. This is an opportunity to help define how Ping Identity builds and scales its PubSec partner business. You Will: • Own the PubSec channel strategy and partner plan across all partners, including resellers, integrators, delivery partners, and distributors, with clear priorities, engagement models, and measurable outcomes. • Build trusted relationships with partner executives, alliance leaders, sellers, technical teams, and delivery organizations, while working in the field with partners and Ping sales teams to identify opportunities, support account planning, and influence pursuits. • Build the Public Sector channel enablement strategy, focusing on specific go-to-market plays relevant to the federal market and equipping partners to execute them; translate cybersecurity and identity concepts into practical partner conversations, presentations, and foundational enablement. • Work with your named Public Sector marketing counterpart to shape the Public Sector go-to-market plan, prioritize campaigns and programs, and plan and prioritize the partner marketing budget. • Coordinate joint go-to-market activities, including partner business planning, campaigns, workshops, training, opportunity reviews, and executive engagements. • Partner with Public Sector sales, solutions engineering, marketing, services, and product teams to remove friction and help partners win and deliver successfully. • Track partner performance, enablement progress, sourced and influenced pipeline, and follow-through; use the data to focus time and investment where it will have the greatest impact. • Deliver measurable impact by expanding federal par