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# Partner Success Manager - In Market, Southern CA at Side

- **Company:** Side
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $120k–$130k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/sideinc/c2d05667-74bc-40df-b94e-4718c6951522

## Job description

As a Partner Success Manager, you will act as both the account owner and strategic relationship lead for our Real Estate partners—playing a key role in expanding our footprint across the region. In this dual role, you will be responsible not only for managing and nurturing relationships with existing high-impact partners, but also for identifying, engaging, and closing new partner opportunities to drive growth.

You’ll operate as a strategic advisor, showcasing how our platform can help top-performing real estate professionals grow their businesses. Collaborating cross-functionally, you’ll ensure the right resources are brought in at the right time to support both existing and prospective partners. Your ability to articulate value, customize solutions, and influence decision-makers will be critical in bringing new partners onboard.

This is a highly strategic and dynamic role. While existing playbooks and processes can often be leveraged, you’ll also frequently break new ground—exploring untapped opportunities, testing scalable solutions, and helping shape best practices that fuel long-term partner success and regional expansion.

## Responsibilities

- With a portfolio of multiple partners, the Partner Success Manager will build and maintain high-impact partner relationships by developing strategic account plans that align with partners’ growth goals and Side’s business objectives.
- Develop annual business plans and detailed strategic roadmaps tailored to each partner, focusing on measurable goals that accelerate business performance and success. Achieve 100% Net Dollar Retention annually.
- Drive regional expansion by actively identifying, connecting with, and recruiting top-performing luxury agents and teams. Accountable for a monthly quota of introductory meetings and collaborate with marketing, brokerage, and leadership teams to execute sales cycles.
- Confidently communicate the value of Side’s brokerage platform to drive engagement with prospects and deepen adoption, efficiency, and retention among partners.
- Spend 50% of your time leading regular virtual and in-person meetings with partners to consult on key business metrics, track performance, and ensure progress across initiatives and deliverables.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Side’s pricing model and financial tools to guide partners in designing profitable compensation plans and competitive commission structures.
- Analyze partner financials, including P&L statements, to deliver actionable insights and strategic recommendations that strengthen overall financial health and performance. Document weekly in internal CRM system(s).
- Regularly attend industry and customer events to cultivate strong partner relationships, reinforce community engagement, and champion the unique value of the Side network.

## Qualifications

- Experience: 8+ years experience in business management, consulting, strategic account management, sales and/or business ownership. Licensed broker is a plus.
- Industry knowledge: 8+ years experience in residential real estate, understand local industry associations and market trends relevant to the company's operations.
- Leadership abilities: Ability to lead, guide and motivate top performing agents to achieve desired results.
- Financial acumen: Understands financial principles applied to real estate, teamerage P&Ls, budgeting, and financial analysis.
- Problem-solving skills: Operates autonomously in a fast paced environment with capacity to identify challenges, propose solutions, and make informed decisions to guide our customer’s success.
- Communication: Strong professional communication and persuasion skills.
- Organizational: Effectively structures their work, prioritizes tasks, and keeps track of important details.
- Adaptability: Capacity to handle change and adapt strategies based on market conditions and business needs.
- Community: Cares deeply about people and helping others to achieve their goals.

Side is dedicated to working with the highest skilled people from the most inclusive talent pool feasible. We maintain that diversity in all aspects leads to positive change, solutions and innovation for our customers and career fulfillment for our employees. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply! Side uses the E-Verify employment verification program.

## About Side

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Side is a real estate brokerage platform that enables top-performing agents to launch and own their own boutique companies while handling compliance, back office, recruiting, and technology support.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Guy Gal (CEO), Ed Wu, Hilary Saunders (Chief Broker Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Real estate technology (proptech), residential real estate brokerage services
- **Target customers**: Top-producing real estate agents, teams, and independent brokers (B2B for agents, ultimately B2C through agents)
- **Mission**: “Transforming highly skilled real estate professionals into unique companies with teams that collaborate with one another and their communities.”

## Products & Services
- **Side Platform**: A proprietary technology stack and support system that provides agents with transaction management automation, compliance oversight, recruiting tools, and back-office services. Agents own their company brands and equity; Side acts as broker of record and handles administrative liability.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: 500+ real estate companies launched through the platform; Side partners average 5x the transactions of a typical REALTOR®; 80%+ of Side partners were named America’s Best in 2026.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in available sources; co-founder Guy Gal is a former entrepreneur-in-residence at Matrix Partners and an advisor to Vidyard.
- **Growth Signals**: Operating in 19 U.S. states and expanding; headcount of 488 total employees (as of most recent Built In profile); active hiring across multiple roles (Manager, Partner Success; Sales Development; Social Media & Influencer Marketing; Managing Broker).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Agent ownership model**: Agents own 100% of their businesses, unlike traditional franchise or commission-split models.
- **Proprietary technology**: A custom app and transaction management system that saves agents 4–6 hours per transaction.
- **Selective partnerships**: Only partners with top-tier agents (80%+ recognized as America’s Best), maintaining high quality and brand prestige.
- **Back-office and liability coverage**: Side handles compliance and acts as broker of record, freeing agents to focus on clients and growth.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding geographic footprint (currently 19 states) and recruiting additional top-producing agents.
- Continuing to invest in proprietary technology to streamline transaction management and support agent growth.
- Building a culture of ownership and collaboration among both agent partners and employees.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Company of owners” – all employees receive equity. Employee interest groups (e.g., BE-Side, Side Sisters) promote inclusion. Mean gender pay gap below 10%; mandatory unconscious bias training.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Hybrid work model with flexible hours. Remote employees receive a home-office stipend.
- **Benefits**: 100% paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance (70% coverage for dependents); 401(k) with company match; $1,000 annual professional development stipend; real estate license education covered; ergonomics stipend; access to Aaptiv and Headspace; fertility/pregnancy support up to $5,000; paid parental leave.
- **Engineering culture**: Values tenacious, relationship-based sellers and diverse perspectives. Interview process aims to identify candidates aligned with mission and values.

## Sources
1. [side.com](https://www.side.com/)
2. [Careers at Side](https://www.side.com/about/careers/)
3. [About Side](https://www.side.com/about/)
4. [Side Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/sideinc)
5. [Built In – Side Profile](https://builtin.com/company/side)

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