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# Partner Account Manager (Position located in Tokyo, Japan) at KnowBe4

- **Company:** KnowBe4
- **Location:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Posted:** 2021-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/knowbe4/jobs/5500554002

## Job description

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

Please submit your resume in English.

To learn more about our team and office culture in Tokyo, Japan, visit the following links. Careers Page: https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/tokyo Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/KnowBe4-Ad-Tokyo-Jobs-EI_IE969384.0,7_KO8,10_IL.11,16_IS5263.htm

As Partner Account Manager, your focus is on developing and growing the partnership with a selection of our most strategic reselling partners. By formulating joint strategic plans and through high impact activities, you develop, enable, and grow the partner’s impact and maturity. Your success will be defined in business (annual growth and market share), breadth (positioning the full Knowbe4 platform) and activation (demand gen activities that lead to deal registrations as well as enablement of sales) and brand awareness (joint success stories). You help to enable and build relationships with key stakeholders within the partner departments and their counterparts in our company. You'll understand the ins and outs of your partners, what motivates and drives them, what their focus is and more.

Responsibilities:

- Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners reselling KnowBe4 products
- Conduct deep discovery to understand the partners’ organizational structure, goals and objectives as well as motivators for partner reps
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of your partners business and operations
- Conduct initial onboarding with assigned partners
- Collaborate with partners to develop mutually beneficial, strategic business plans to achieve sales targets
- Enable partners to equip them with positioning, product knowledge, selling best practices and demand generation tools
- Communicate the value of reselling KnowBe4 to increase partner investment
- Engage partner leadership and KnowBe4 leadership to gain executive buy-in and commitment
- Maintain clear and consistent communication with various teams at partner organizations
- Drive partners to the portal to utilize marketing campaigns and demand generation tools and assist them in implementing marketing campaigns
- Coordinate and collaborate on joint marketing efforts and tie it into business goals to deliver ROI
- Collaborate with and support direct sales and customer success teams where needed to manage the overall partner relationship
- Monitor partner performance and track key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Meet assigned targets for monthly sales volume requirements and objectives in assigned partner accounts and maintain a healthy pipeline/accurate forecasting
- Maintain accurate and thorough records in Salesforce.com
- Ensure partner compliance with partner agreements
- Drive adoption of company programs among assigned partners
- Set joint goals and clear expectations with partners so that they understand rules of engagement, best practices and overall expectations of the partnership

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field a plus
- Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the IT Security Field
- Minimum 3 years of sales experience , Channel Sales required
- Must be able to demonstrate sales aptitude while being assertive, persistent, consultative, and comfortable working in a highly results oriented company
- Strong understanding of partner ecosystems and channel sales
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Strong collaborative and teamwork skills
- Strong analytical, strategic mindset, and negotiation skills
- Having a good understanding of customer needs and pain points and positioning the Knowbe4 proposition to that accordingly
- Influencing communications accompanied with the ability to make the complex understandable gain a quick understanding of the needs and pain points of channel partners

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit [www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits](http://www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits).

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

No recruitment agencies, please.

## About KnowBe4

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: KnowBe4 provides a cybersecurity platform that helps organizations manage human and AI agent risk through security awareness training, phishing simulation, and AI-driven defense agents.
- **Entity Type**: Private (taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Clearwater, Florida, United States
- **Founded**: 2010
- **Founders**: Stu Sjouwerman

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity (Human Risk Management, Security Awareness Training, AI Agent Security)
- **Target customers**: B2B, serving over 70,000 organizations worldwide, ranging from SMBs to large enterprises
- **Mission**: "To enable your employees to make smarter security decisions, every day."

## Products & Services
- **Security Awareness Training**: A comprehensive library of training content designed to educate employees on recognizing and resisting phishing, social engineering, and other cyber threats.
- **Phishing Simulation (AIDA)**: AI-powered phishing simulation platform that uses generative AI to create realistic, targeted phishing templates for testing and training employees.
- **Cloud Email Security (Egress)**: An adaptive, AI-driven cloud email security platform acquired in 2024 to block phishing, malware, and social engineering attacks before they reach the inbox.
- **AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents)**: A suite of AI-native security agents that automate and enhance human risk management, including agents for automated training, template generation, knowledge refreshers, policy quizzes, and orchestration.
- **Agent Risk Manager**: A governance layer for AI agents, providing visibility, threat detection, and control over AI agent activity within an organization.
- **SecurityCoach**: A real-time security coaching product that provides immediate feedback to users when risky behavior is detected.
- **KnowBe4 HRM+**: An integrated human risk management platform combining AI, training, and security products.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2024; prior to that, it was publicly traded on NASDAQ: KNBE).
- **Key Metric**: Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Vista Equity Partners (current owner), Microsoft (collaboration announced June 2025).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Completed a successful IPO in 2021, then taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2024.
  - Acquired Egress (cloud email security leader) in 2024.
  - Launched AIDA (AI Defense Agents) suite, with 8 agents released by April 2026.
  - Established a dedicated Enterprise AI (EAI) division in 2024.
  - Expanded to 11 countries: UK, Netherlands, Germany, UAE, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Brazil, France, and India.
  - Named to the Inc. 500 list five times.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Market Leadership**: Trusted by over 70,000 organizations, making it the largest platform for security awareness training and human risk management.
- **Pioneer in Digital Workforce Security**: First to market with a unified platform securing both human users and AI agents, addressing the emerging "agentic AI" threat landscape.
- **AI-First Innovation**: Dedicated Enterprise AI (EAI) division and a suite of proprietary AI Defense Agents (AIDA) that provide a significant technological moat.
- **Comprehensive Platform**: End-to-end solution covering training, phishing simulation, email security, and AI agent governance, creating a sticky ecosystem.
- **Radical Transparency Culture**: A unique internal culture of open communication, including daily company-wide CEO updates.

## Strategic Focus
- **Securing the AI Workforce**: A major strategic pivot to become the "pioneer of digital workforce security," securing both human employees and AI agents.
- **AI Innovation**: Continued investment in the AIDA platform and the Enterprise AI division to automate and enhance human risk management.
- **Platform Expansion**: Deepening the integration of acquired assets (Egress) and building a unified, comprehensive security platform.
- **Global Growth**: Expanding international presence across 11 countries and growing the customer base beyond 70,000 organizations.

## Why Work Here
- **Award-Winning Culture**: Consistently ranked a "Best Place to Work" by Fortune Magazine and The Tampa Bay Times for over a decade, with specific accolades for women, millennials, and technology.
- **Radical Transparency**: The CEO hosts a daily 5-20 minute company-wide meeting to update all employees on company happenings, good or bad. Monthly "Lunch with the CEO" events randomly select 10 employees.
- **Hybrid & Remote Options**: Offers a hybrid work environment with remote work options, a relaxed dress code, and a "no door policy" encouraging open communication.
- **Global Exposure**: Offices in 11 countries (US, UK, Netherlands, Germany, UAE, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Brazil, France, India) providing opportunities for international collaboration.
- **Professional Development**: Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year, certification bonuses up to $5,000/year, leadership skills training, and a strong history of internal promotion.
- **Generous Benefits**: Fully paid medical insurance, 3.5% 401k matching, 8-weeks fully paid parental and adoption leave, open PTO, and a relaxed dress code ("If you don’t get arrested on your way to work, you are good!").
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Active Employee Resource Groups, community outreach, scholarships for underrepresented talent, and diverse hiring events.
- **Fun Perks**: Unlimited snacks, game rooms, end-of-month celebrations, and regular social events (movie nights, beach days, boat cruises).

## Sources
1. [knowbe4.com](https://www.knowbe4.com/about-us)
2. [knowbe4.com](https://www.knowbe4.com/careers)
3. [knowbe4.com](https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits)
4. [knowbe4.com](https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/job-openings)
5. [knowbe4.com](https://www.knowbe4.com/)

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