The Sympatheia engagement model

From a fragmented ecosystem platform to a continuously operated AI partnership platform, in four phases.

We sequence every engagement through four phases, Assess, Design, Build, Run, with named deliverables, a clear executive sponsor, and a quality gate at every transition. You can engage us for one phase, or for all four as a continuous practice.

Phase 01

Assess.

6 weeks · senior team of 3

A structured diagnostic of your ecosystem platform against five dimensions: revenue mix, lifecycle leakage, stakeholder alignment, data & identity foundation, and AI readiness. We deliver a board grade memo, a heat mapped opportunity register, and a phased roadmap your CEO can fund.

Phase 01 gate

The Partner Operating Diagnostic

A 30 40 page memo signed by the CRO and Partner Executive that becomes the founding artifact for the next three phases, or, if the readiness isn’t there, the case for a targeted foundation engagement first.

Revenue Mix & Leakage Audit

Mapping of partner sourced vs. partner influenced vs. direct revenue, with leakage analysis at each lifecycle stage. We instrument your CRM, partner portal, and finance system for a clean 8 quarter look back.

Outputs: Revenue waterfall Leakage register Per partner P&L

Stakeholder Alignment Scan

Structured interviews with the CRO, CMO, CPO, CCO, CFO, and partner leadership. We surface where ownership of partner outcomes is contested, where it’s orphaned, and where it’s ready for an agent to take over a manual handoff.

Outputs: RACI matrix Cadence map Sponsor pact

Data & Identity Readiness

Inventory of your data foundation (CRM, partner portal, data warehouse, LMS, financial systems), partner identity graph, and integration footprint. We test five canonical queries we know every agent will need.

Outputs: Data map Identity graph Query readiness scorecard

AI Readiness Scorecard

A pillar by pillar readiness score across the four operating pillars, with explicit risk flags for any agent that depends on data, identity, or governance that isn’t yet in place.

Outputs: Pillar scorecard Risk register Phased deploy plan
Phase 02

Design.

8 10 weeks · pod of 5

The target operating model. We design the partner lifecycle, the stakeholder governance, the agent roadmap by pillar, and the integration architecture, grounded in your existing CRM, partner portal, and data foundation. Outputs are concrete enough to enter Build immediately.

Phase 02 gate

The Operating Model Blueprint

A signed off blueprint, agent catalog selection, and rollout sequence, including the two anchor partners selected for the pilot and the executive cadence that will govern Run.

Target Operating Model

The full partner lifecycle, recruit, onboard, enable, co sell, manage, expand, advocate, with named owners, decision rights, and the agents that operate each stage. Reads as a workable manual, not a deck.

Outputs: Lifecycle map Decision rights Operating manual

Agent Roadmap by Pillar

Selection of the 12 24 agents from our catalog that will deploy in your environment, sequenced across Pillars 1 4 plus the four cross cutting practices. Each agent has a named executive sponsor.

Outputs: Agent shortlist Sponsor map Quarterly cadence

Reference Architecture

The five layer Sympatheia reference: external signals, data foundation, systems of record, AI services, and collaboration. We adapt the canonical stack (Snowflake / Cortex, Salesforce, HG Insights, Slack Connect) to your environment.

Outputs: Architecture doc Integration spec Identity spec

Stakeholder Governance

The executive cadence that runs the partner motion. Friday CRO pipeline review, monthly CMO co marketing council, quarterly CPO roadmap council, monthly CCO health review, each driven by agent produced inputs.

Outputs: Meeting cadence QBR template Reporting spec
Phase 03

Build.

12 16 weeks · pod of 7 9

Agent deployment, dashboard configuration, integration with your systems of record, and pilot rollout with two anchor partners. We instrument every agent for fast iteration and ship a working Pillar 1 + Pillar 2 capability set into production before any of the deeper pillars start.

Phase 03 gate

The Production Cutover

The Partner Operations dashboard live in your environment, agents running against real partner data, anchor partners onboarded through the new motion, and the first weekly CRO review held against agent produced inputs.

Agent Deployment by Pillar

Sequenced deployment of the selected agents: Pillar 1 (Onboarding) and Pillar 2 (Co Sell) in the first 8 weeks, Pillar 3 (Enablement) and Pillar 4 (Revenue Intel) in weeks 8 14, cross cutting agents (QBR Builder, Integration Monitor, Co Marketing) in parallel.

Outputs: 12 24 production agents Eval harness SLA monitors

Partner Operations Dashboard

Five executive views, Sales (CRO), Marketing (CMO), Enablement (VP Sales), Customer Success (CCO), Product (CPO), with the weekly cadence drawer your team uses every Friday morning.

Outputs: Five executive views Live KPIs Drill through detail

Integration & Data Pipeline

Bi directional integration of Salesforce + data warehouse (Snowflake by default; we work with Databricks, BigQuery, and Redshift), HG Insights or equivalent technographic source, partner LMS, and Slack Connect for the collaboration layer.

Outputs: Production pipeline Connector fleet Data freshness SLA

Anchor Partner Pilot

Two anchor partners selected during Design are onboarded through the new motion. We run a live co sell cycle, a co marketing campaign, a certification refresh, and a health review with each, instrumenting every handoff for iteration.

Outputs: 2 live pilots Pilot lessons memo Wave 2 rollout plan
Phase 04

Run.

Continuous · embedded pod of 3 5

The default state of the engagement. Our pod runs alongside your team, monitoring agent performance, shipping new agents quarterly, holding the executive cadence, and reporting against the headline KPIs we set at Design. We earn our seat at the table every quarter, on outcome.

Quarterly outcome review

The Quarterly Business Review (Sympatheia QBR)

An eight slide QBR per corporate function (Sales, Marketing, Enablement, CS, Product) auto generated by our QBR Report Builder agent, held with the executive sponsor of each pillar. Continuation gates after each.

Continuous Agent Operations

SLA monitoring on all production agents, weekly eval refresh, fine tuning against fresh partner data, and incident response on agent failures. The data layer is the dependency, we monitor it as ferociously as the agents themselves.

Outputs: 99%+ agent uptime Weekly eval reports Incident postmortems

Quarterly Agent Shipments

One to three new agents per quarter, sequenced against the executive priorities surfaced in the previous QBR. We default to deploying the next agent that unlocks the next stakeholder, not the next agent on a backlog.

Outputs: Quarterly agent slate Sponsor sign off Production cutover

Executive Cadence

Our pod runs alongside the cadence we designed in Phase 02: Friday CRO pipeline review, monthly CMO co marketing council, quarterly CPO roadmap council. We don’t replace your team in these rooms, we bring the right inputs.

Outputs: Weekly CRO brief Monthly CMO brief Quarterly council deck

Outcome Reporting

Every quarter we report against the headline KPIs set at Design: co sell win rate, MDF ROI, partner influenced ARR share, NRR premium, certification velocity, forecast accuracy. If we miss a target, we walk through why and what we’re changing.

Outputs: Quarterly scorecard Variance memo Next quarter plan
Engagement models

Three ways to start.

Most engagements begin with one of these three motions. We can also enter at any single phase, for example, a standalone Assess for a CRO who wants the diagnostic before a board cycle.

For: CROs and Partner Execs evaluating the firm

The Founding Diagnostic

A standalone 6 week Assess engagement. Board grade memo, phased roadmap, and a credible go/no go on the rest of the program. We’ll often run this concurrently with a board cycle so the CRO has the artifact in hand for the next quarter’s plan.

Best for New CROs in their first 90 days, partner execs preparing a board memo, or any leader who wants an outside read before committing the program.
For: Programs ready to ship

The Pillar 1 Pilot

A 16 week Build engagement focused on a single pillar, usually Onboarding or Co Sell, with two anchor partners. Comes with a full executive cadence and a default extension into Run after the pilot lands.

Best for Programs with a strong CRO and partner exec partnership, an existing CRM + data warehouse, and a CEO mandate to ship in two quarters.
For: Programs in motion

The Full Operating Model

All four phases sequenced over 9 12 months, assess, design, build, and run. Multiple pillars, the executive ecosystem cadence, and the full agent suite. We become the embedded pod that runs alongside your alliance team.

Best for Public or growth stage SaaS companies and large GSIs that need to credibly hit 50%+ partner influenced revenue within 4 6 quarters.
Start with a working session

No proposal cycle theatre. Just two hours in a room.

Our first conversation is a structured working session, not a sales pitch. You bring your partner P&L, your current cadence, and your hardest two stakeholder tensions. We bring our diagnostic frame and a candid read on where to start. If we’re a fit, we’ll quote a scope before you leave.

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