Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem

• Map Render's technology partnership landscape across AI labs, hyperscalers, and emerging developer products, and build the strategy for where Render has the strongest right to win.

• Own outcomes for the partnerships portfolio - set clear milestones, timelines, and success metrics (e.g., ecosystem integration, developer adoption, joint launches, revenue impact) and hold yourself accountable to them.

• Drive day-to-day partnership strategy and execution, taking deals from evaluation through negotiation, launch, and renewal, including commercial terms.

• Partner closely with Product, DevRel, and Product Marketing to secure roadmap and staffing commitments, drive integration execution, and run co-marketing - and work with Finance and Legal to structure and manage commercial agreements.

• Scope and lead our thinking on building out a Render Marketplace - including the value proposition to customers and key partners, product and engineering requirements, and commercial and financial terms.

• Own ongoing relationship management for key partners - acting as their primary point of contact, running business reviews and planning sessions, driving expansion and renewal over time, and serving as their internal advocate at Render.

• Bring operating rigor to the program: track and report on partnership performance, maintain clear documentation, and keep leadership updated on progress and upcoming launches.

• Build out a team of partner managers as we scale.

• 6-10+ years of experience in strategic or technical partnerships, business development, or product-facing roles at technology companies - ideally where partnerships were critical during a period of hypergrowth.

• A highly technical background is strongly preferred - former PM, forward-deployed engineer, or engineering experience, particularly within AI - so you can go deep with partner engineering and product teams on integration architecture, connectors, and protocols.

• Demonstrated success managing and growing complex, high-impact partnerships across AI, cloud, or developer platform ecosystems.

• Strong cross-functional operating skills, with experience working alongside Product, Engineering, DevRel, Legal, and Finance to execute complex initiatives.

• Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to use data to drive strategic decisions.

• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage at the executive level.

• Strong bias for action - comfortable operating both independently and as part of cross-functional teams, in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.

• Hands-on experience with MCP, plugins, connectors, or app/marketplace ecosystems specifically.

• Deep familiarity with the developer tools and infrastructure landscape, and a point of view on how emerging AI-native companies find distribution.

If this role excites you but you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still love to hear from you - your unique experience might be just what we need.

• 4 weeks of paid vacation.

• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.

• Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.

• 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs are available as well.

• Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.

• Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.

• Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.

• Continuous learning benefits & related support.

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