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10 Atlassian partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Atlassian partnerships leaders have held head, global head and senior director roles in strategic alliances, product partnerships, partner strategy and the partner ecosystem at Atlassian. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Atlassian from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Björn Malmström
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Northern Europe and DACH Partner and Alliances · Atlassian
Senior Director Northern Europe and DACH Partner and Alliances at Atlassian (2023–2025), and Head of Partner Sales International EMEA and APAC since June 2025, where his profile says he is building a new partner sales organization across EMEA and APAC. Earlier Atlassian roles include Head of EMEA Channel Sales (2023–2025) and Enterprise Channel Management Director EMEA (2022–2023).
Bruce Gordon
LinkedInExperience: Head of Next Gen Global Partnerships · Atlassian
Head of Next Gen Global Partnerships at Atlassian since June 2024, based in Atlanta. He was previously Senior Vice President, Global Channel Sales & Alliances at Sonatype (2022–2023) and Vice President, Channel Sales at Alteryx (2020–2022). His profile describes leading teams that generate revenue with strategic partners.
Curtis Posner
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partnerships and Development · Atlassian
Head of Partnerships and Development at Atlassian since September 2025; his headline describes the role as Head of America Partner Management and Development. He was previously Head of Partner Development & Strategic Alliances at ClickUp (2023–2025), where his profile says he led the partner development and strategic alliances team, and worked in strategy business development at VMware (2017–2023).
Don Baron
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product Partnerships · Atlassian
Head of Product Partnerships at Atlassian since November 2024; his profile says he leads AI, data and product partnerships, including strategic partnerships with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS, Meta, NVIDIA and Microsoft. He was previously Sr Director - Slack Strategic Business Development at Salesforce (2024) and worked on strategic and enterprise partnerships at Slack (2018–2024).
Guy Crossland
LinkedInExperience: Head of JSM Channel Business Development, UKI & Northern Europe · Atlassian
Head of JSM Channel Business Development, UKI & Northern Europe at Atlassian since January 2022, based in Winchester, England, at director level. His profile headline names strategic partnerships, go-to-market strategy and global alliances as his focus, along with channel business development.
Itai David Njanji
LinkedInExperience: Global Head Partner Solutions, Jira Service Management · Atlassian
Global Head Partner Solutions, Jira Service Management at Atlassian (2022–2026), and Global Head of Partner Solutions Success at Atlassian since January 2026, where his profile says he was appointed to build an organization that turns Atlassian's product portfolio into partner go-to-market. He previously led CloudOps and observability in the AWS Partner Network (2020–2022).
Jim Stoeckel
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Strategic Alliances · Atlassian
Global Head of Strategic Alliances at Atlassian since April 2026, after serving as Global Alliance Lead Deloitte at Atlassian (2024–2026). His profile describes scaling enterprise revenue through strategic partnerships with global systems integrators. He was previously Director, Global Strategic Partners and Channel Sales for Contact Center at Microsoft (2022–2024).
Keran McKenzie
LinkedInExperience: Head of Ecosystem & Marketplace · Atlassian
Former Head of Ecosystem & Marketplace at Atlassian (2023–2025); his profile says he led Atlassian's Marketplace and partner ecosystem, including modernising the platform and growing strategic partnerships like AWS. He previously led software and ISV partners for ANZ, ASEAN and Korea at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2020–2023).
Laura Romero
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Strategic Alliances - PwC · Atlassian
Global Head of Strategic Alliances - PwC at Atlassian since September 2025, at director level. She was previously Global Vice President of Partnerships at Infor (2021–2023), Sr. Director, Global Partners & Alliances at Plex, by Rockwell Automation (2016–2021) and Global Alliance Director, Accenture at Oracle (2012–2015).
Melissa Larson
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partner Strategy & Transformation · Atlassian
Head of Partner Strategy & Transformation at Atlassian since May 2025, after serving as Head of US Commercial Channels at Atlassian (2024–2025). She was previously Sr. Director, Channels & Alliances at Chainalysis (2021–2023) and Sr. Director, Partners and Alliances at Harness (2019–2021); her profile describes 15 years creating partnerships that grow sales.
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Match the person's partner type to your question, since systems integrator alliances, product and AI partnerships, marketplace and ecosystem work, and channel partners are separate jobs. Check whether the person's role is current or former and which region it covers, since both shape what they can speak to.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a software company decide which systems integrators get a dedicated alliance lead?
- 02What does a product partnership with an AI or cloud provider involve day to day?
- 03How does a partner ecosystem team balance marketplace partners with large strategic alliances?
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