Partnerships School — Pavilion

You sit in the middle. Now lead from it.

Six live sessions and two on-demand on the strategy, structure, and metrics that turn partnerships into revenue the exec team can see.

Next cohort: November 3 – December 15Tuesdays · 3:00–4:30 PM ET
6 live sessions + 2 on-demand90 minutes each · no class Thanksgiving week

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What you walk out with.

Systems and artifacts you can put to work the same week, built on your own partners and org, not a binder of frameworks.

A partnership strategy on one page

Strategic intent, the motions worth funding, and the case that aligns the board and C-suite behind it.

A cross-functional operating cadence

Shared definitions and one rhythm across sales, product, marketing, and finance, so partnerships stops living between them.

Coverage and governance models

Structures, systems, and incentives built to scale partner-generated revenue, not just partner activity.

A partner measurement system

Metrics that separate marketplace revenue, co-sell, and services, so impact reads clearly to finance.

An incentive and program design

Partner ops and incentives that pull revenue through the channel instead of pushing activity into it.

A boardroom narrative

How to translate partner value into the growth, efficiency, and competitive terms an exec team acts on.

Treated as a support function
Caught between four teams
Impact that's hard to prove

The seat at the table isn't given. Here, you earn it.

What members say.

From operators who've sat in the same seat.

What the cohort changes.

You walk in defending the function. You walk out running it.

Strategy

A strategy the exec team rallies behind

Set the strategic intent, prioritize the motions that matter, and align the board and C-suite around focused investment.

Scale

Programs built to scale

Coverage models, governance, systems, and incentives designed to drive partner-generated revenue, not just activity.

Credibility

The fluency the board expects

Translate partner value into the growth, efficiency, and competitive terms the board acts on.

Partnerships School runs as a live cohort, open to Pavilion executive members. The next cohort starts November 3. Raise your hand and we'll walk you through it.

The full curriculum.

Six live working sessions plus two on-demand recordings, each led by a practitioner who has built the function. Decks, surveys, and the final exam live in the Pavilion Member Hub. Sessions are subject to change.

Next cohort · Tuesdays · 3:00–4:30 PM ET · November 3 – December 15

SessionDateTopicInstructor
S1Tue Nov 3Partnership and ecosystem strategyAvanish Sahai · Dean & Instructor
S2Tue Nov 10Governance and org modelsAvanish Sahai · Dean & Instructor
S3Tue Nov 17AI, hyperscalers, and marketplacesAnkur Srivastava · CEO & Founder, Flywl
·Nov 24No session — Thanksgiving week—
S4Tue Dec 1Services partnerships: designing GSI and RSI relationships and business plans, coverage models built for scale, and governance and measurement that align partners inside and outSteve Roof · Strategic Advisor
S5Tue Dec 8Go-to-market and field executionAmy Gorman · VP, Global ISV Partnerships, Salesforce
S6Tue Dec 15ISV and tech partnershipsRyan Begin · VP, Technology Partnerships & Ecosystem Strategy, iManage
On-demand recordings · watch anytime during the cohort
OD1On-demandPrograms and systemsKelly Sarabyn · Director, Technology Partner Programs & Strategy, HubSpot
OD2On-demandDistribution, resellers, and MSPRuchir Purwar · Head of Partnerships & Cross-Sell, Finastra

Taught by operators who've built the function.

Led by dean Avanish Sahai, with every session taught by a practitioner who's built partnerships across ISV, hyperscaler, marketplace, services, and distribution motions.

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Avanish Sahai

Course dean

A product, marketing, and ecosystem executive with 30+ years in Silicon Valley. Teaches the first two sessions on strategy and governance, which the rest of the course builds on.

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Ankur Srivastava

CEO & Founder, Flywl

On AI, hyperscalers, and the marketplace motion.

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Amy Gorman

VP, Global ISV Partnerships, Salesforce

On GTM and field execution across the partner base.

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Kelly Sarabyn

Director, Technology Partner Programs, HubSpot

On the programs and systems behind partner-generated revenue.

6 live sessions
2 on-demand recordings
90-min sessions
7 operators teaching
Certificate at 80% on the final exam
Executive members only

Before you raise your hand.

Is this tactical or strategic?
Both. Strategy frameworks first, then practical examples from leaders who've built partner functions at companies like Salesforce, HubSpot, and iManage. Several sessions go straight at executive alignment, governance, and communicating partner value in business terms, so you leave with the thinking and the artifacts.
How much time does it take?
One 90-minute live session a week, Tuesdays at 3:00 PM ET, plus a weekly cohort meeting at a day and time you pick in the Pavilion Member Hub. Two sessions, Programs and systems and Distribution, resellers, and MSP, are recordings you watch on your own time. There's no class Thanksgiving week. The next cohort runs November 3 through December 15. Most of the real work happens between sessions, on your own strategy, partners, and numbers.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Score 80% or higher on the final exam and you earn the Partnerships School certificate. The exam, decks, and surveys all sit in the Recordings + Materials tab of the Pavilion Member Hub.
Do I need to already run a large partnerships org?
No. It's built for first-time and aspiring CXO-level partnership leaders looking to widen their scope and executive influence, whether you're leading services, ISV, hyperscaler, marketplace, or distribution motions.
Why join Pavilion to take this?
Partnerships School is members-only and sits inside the wider operator network: peer groups, benchmarking, templates, and revenue and partnership leaders working the same problems you are. You keep that network long after the cohort ends.

Run partnerships the board takes seriously.

The next cohort starts November 3. Raise your hand and we'll find time to talk through where your partnership strategy is breaking and how Partnerships School maps to it.

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