Senior Channel Account Executive (System Integrators)

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About Us Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response. Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats. Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

当社は、日本を拠点とするグローバル・システム・インテグレーター（GSI）およびマネージド・セキュリティ・サービス・プロバイダー（MSSP）を通じて売上とパイプラインを拡大するとともに、新規GSIおよびMSSPを開拓し、日本におけるパートナーエコシステムを拡充していただく「GSIおよびMSSPチャネル・アカウント・エグゼクティブ（日本）」を募集しています。

グローバルバイスプレジデント(チャネルMSPセールス担当) 直属となるこの日本拠点のポジションは、特定の戦略的パートナーとのパートナーシップ構築、共同事業計画の策定実施を担当し、GSIおよびMSSPの活動を通じて日本全土で測定可能なパイプライン、受注、およびサービス提供の拡大を実現する責任を負います。

この役割には、自発的に行動し、新たな機会を切り開き、経営幹部との関係を構築し、一貫性と責任感を持ってパートナー主導の市場開拓（GTM）を推進できる自発的な人材が求められます。

We are seeking a GSI and MSSP Channel Account Executive – Japan to grow revenue and pipeline through Japanese headquartered Global System Integrators (GSIs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), while recruiting net new GSIs and MSSPs to expand our partner ecosystem in Japan.

Reporting to the Global Vice President, Channel MSP Sales , this Japan-based role is accountable for partner recruitment, joint business planning, and execution with a defined set of strategic partners—ensuring GSI and MSSP activity drives measurable pipeline, bookings, and services attach across Japan.

This role requires a self-starter who can open doors, build executive relationships, and drive partner-led GTM execution with consistency and accountability.

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Senior Channel Account Executive (System Integrators) at Sophos rates 37 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.