AI Labs & Cloud Providers

AI

StrategicPartnershipsLeadAILabs&CloudProviders

$220–240k San Francisco, California, United States; New York, New York, United States; Irvine, California, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Strategic Partnerships Lead – AI Labs & Cloud Providers at AI Labs & Cloud Providers. Skills: strategic partnerships, AI, Cloud Providers. Own and architect the 90-day and 6-month partnership roadmaps across all current strategic partners. Identify and prioritize the next wave of partners the company should be working with”

What You'll Achieve.

measurable revenue, product, or market impact

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

0-to-1 instinct — you're energized by ambiguity and building where nothing existed before

Eligibility Requirements

Ability and willingness to work in-office 5 days/week in San Francisco (SoMa), travel frequently for partner meetings and events, relocation support, visa sponsorship available

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6–12 years of B2B enterprise SaaS strategic partnerships experience, Proven ability to build partnerships from scratch at a high-growth startup or top-tier tech company, Named, verifiable partnerships you personally drove — with measurable revenue, product, or market impact, Fluency across the full range of partnership types: AI lab relationships, cloud co-sell motions, and product/SDLC integrations, cross-functional operating skills — you can align product, engineering, and GTM around a shared partner vision, Ability and willingness to work in-office 5 days/week in San Francisco (SoMa) and travel frequently for partner meetings and events

What You'll Do.

Own and architect the 90-day and 6-month partnership roadmaps across all current strategic partners

Identify and prioritize the next wave of partners the company should be working with

Build partnerships with AI model labs — including for post-training

and collaborative research

Extend the product through strategic integrations across the full software development lifecycle

Drive deep co-sell and co-build motions with cloud hyperscalers tied to enterprise modernization and migration workloads

Operate cross-functionally alongside product

and finance to bring partner motions to life

Build and eventually scale a team to execute on the partnership strategy you define

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Operate cross-functionally alongside product, engineering, GTM, legal, and finance to bring partner motions to life

Communication Scope

Executive presence — you operate credibly at the C-suite level with AI labs, cloud providers, and Fortune 500 partners

Process & Methodology

Own and architect the 90-day and 6-month partnership roadmaps

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