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Kickstarter is the leading crowdfunding platform for creative projects across film, games, music, art, design, and technology. Since our founding in 2009, our mission to help bring creative projects to life has been powered by the people behind the work. Together, we’ve helped creators around the world launch creative projects that have generated billions of dollars in pledges. That same commitment extends inward. Rooted in shared values, Kickstarter invests in the growth and success of our team, treating employees as whole people and empowering them with the autonomy and space to participate in decisions that shape their work and our company. Kickstarter is seeking a passionate and strategic Account Director, Design & Technology to join our Outreach team. This role sits at the heart of our efforts to connect with and support creators, playing a vital role in driving engagement and ensuring creators have the resources and guidance they need to succeed on our platform. Reporting to the Head of Design & Technology, the Account Director, Design & Technology will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and implement outreach strategies, cultivate relationships within creative communities, and advocate for creators' needs internally. As the key contributor to the company's strategy in the Design & Technology categories, this role works across functions to develop and maintain key relationships and partnerships to strengthen Kickstarter's community of Design & Technology creators. You are responsible for maintaining and growing market share in the category through hitting key targets for acquisition of new business and retention of priority creators. The ideal candidate is a proactive, relationship-driven professional with a deep understanding of Design & Technology; strong communic

About Mixpanel Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform, trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next. Learn more at mixpanel.com . About the UKI Sales Team The UKI Sales team is building Mixpanel's go-to-market motion in EMEA. We work with customers across a range of industries, moving from a general motion toward a vertical model where reps develop deep expertise in a single industry. This team sits alongside the broader EMEA and global enterprise organisation. About the Role This is a hybrid role based in London. As Regional Director for UKI you'll build the operating system for a repeatable, high-performing enterprise motion in one of Mixpanel's key growth markets, while also standing up a GTM structure across dedicated verticals, general verticals, and general business coverage. You'll lead a team of Account Executives, developing reps at different stages of their vertical expertise while directly influencing complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise deals. This role suits a commercially sharp, operationally rigorous leader who's comfortable building in an early-stage, still-maturing market and turning early traction into a scalable region. Responsibilities Design the GTM strategy for UK, including the shift toward a vertical coverage model, and build the sales processes and territory strategy that make it repeatable Own quota attainment and forecast accuracy across the team, with the pipeline health and win-rate discipline to back it up Partner directly with AEs on large, multi-threaded opportunities, orchestrating executive engagement and acting as the escalation point for strategic accounts Recruit and coach enterprise sellers at every career stage, and codify what's working into playbooks the team can reuse Align with Customer V

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations Netherlands About the Role Senior Sales Director – Enterprise, Benelux Drive Growth. Build Elite Teams. Lead with Operational Rigor. This isn’t just a quota-carrying leadership role—it’s a rare opportunity to architect a premier enterprise sales engine for Cloudflare in the Benelux region. Reporting directly to the Area VP, you’ll lead both our Named and Major Accounts teams in the Netherlands, driving strategy, hiring top tale

Who we are At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences. Our dedication to remote-first work , and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you’re part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we’re acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands. . Hiring and how we work We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions! Also, while we are a remote-first company, you may be asked to report in person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites or customer meetings. . See yourself at Twilio Join the team as Twilio’s next Sales Director, Stra

Datadog is seeking a strategic, visionary, and results-oriented Senior Director, Growth Marketing – Organic Growth (SEO/GEO/PLG) to lead our organic acquisition strategy across traditional search engines and emerging AI/LLM platforms. This leader will own the vision, strategy, and operating model responsible for driving measurable growth in organic traffic and inbound pipeline through content programs, off-page authority, and AI/LLM discoverability initiatives. In this role, you will lead a team of organic growth specialists, while partnering closely with Website Experience, Product Marketing, and Engineering teams. You will define Datadog's long-term organic growth strategy, establish investment priorities, and ensure the organization is positioned to win across an increasingly complex discovery ecosystem. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Own Datadog’s content-led SEO/GEO/PLG strategy, defining the topics, formats, and ecosystems that drive measurable growth in traffic and pipeline Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team Identify and prioritize high-impact content opportunities across product areas and influence cross-functional teams to bring that content to life Map and optimize Datadog’s presence across the full ecosystem of LLM-ingested content (e.g., YouTube, Reddit, review sites) to improve AI-driven discoverability Design and execute a comprehensive off-page strategy, including link acquisition, digital PR, and authority-building initiatives Partner closely with the Website Experience team, who owns technical SEO, to ensure content is effectively surfaced, indexed, and performant Create and contribute to high-impact content (e.g., flagship pieces, new formats, or experimental channels), setting the standard for qualit

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Director to provide global program leadership across our PoD Program — the operating model supporting our most strategic global accounts as well as to lead global program management for our AI, Digital Native, and Acquisition account segments. This is a highly cross-functional, strategic role at the intersection of sales strategy, revenue operations, and go-to-market execution. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker who can architect scalable program frameworks, translate data into actionable whitespace and account strategy, and align Product, Services, Sales, and Partner organizations around a shared playbook for growth in our highest-priority accounts and fastest-growing segments. You will operate as the connective tissue between field sales leadership, account teams, and corporate functions — ensuring our most important customers and our highest-growth segments receive consistent, best-in-class coverage models, sizing, and go-to-market motions. We are interested in speaking with candidates who are based out of Austin, New York, and San Francisco Role Responsibilities Strategic Account Program Leadership (PoD) Own the end-to-end operating cadence for the PoD program covering MongoDB's most strategic global accounts Partner with global account leaders to ensure consistent program governance, executive reporting, and cross-regional alignment Serve as the central point of coordination for account planning cycles, QBRs, and executive engagement across PoD accounts Segmentation Design and continuously refine global account segmentation frameworks across strategic, AI/Digital Native, and Acquisition accounts Ensure segmentation logic reflects growth potential, product fit, and strategic value, and is consistently applied across regions Whitespace Analysis Build repeatable whitespace analysis methodologies to identify expansion opportunities within existing accounts and adjacent buying centers Partner with sales and analytics teams to operat

MongoDB is looking for a transformational HR Leader who has partnered with senior leaders to drive complex, global change at scale. As the Senior Director, you will partner with the Chief Revenue Officer Leadership Team and the VP, HRBP to drive a people strategy that enables durable, profitable growth, expands our market reach, and builds a deep bench of leaders for tomorrow. The role reports to the VP, HR Business Partnering and manages a global team of two. At MongoDB, the HRBP team’s key focus is to be a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating business strategy into people and organizational priorities that drive performance, culture and growth. This includes shaping workforce strategy & culture, optimizing organizational design and building leadership capability. They use data and insights to influence decisions, anticipate talent needs and ensure that the business has the right structure, culture and capabilities to scale. In short, they are an extension of the business leadership team. They accomplish all of this through very close collaboration with the various other functions within the People Team - Total Rewards, Culture Talent & Development, Talent Acquisition, Regional HR, HR Operations, and People Analytics. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in the United States for our hybrid working model. Key Responsibilities ​Strategic Partnership & Business Leadership Serve as a trusted advisor to the CRO and global Sales leadership team, shaping people and organizational strategies that drive scalable revenue growth and global market expansion Leverage business acumen and data-driven insights to influence decisions on organization design, talent strategy, and leadership effectiveness Lead and develop a global team, fostering growth, excellence, and deep partnership capability Talent & Performance Management Drive a high-performance culture through disciplined goal-setting, continuous feedback, and

We are looking for an inspiring, results-oriented Senior Director, to manage the AWS Cloud Specialist team in EMEA. This is a high impact and quota carrying role leading our strategic partnership with AWS. This individual must have credibility at the Executive level to build relationships with senior stakeholders at AWS and MongoDB. This individual will own the 360 partner strategy with AWS in EMEA, and will be responsible for leading their team to generate incremental pipeline via our cloud partnerships, growing deal size, accelerating sales cycles, and closing business leveraging our partner programs. Must have the ability to commute into a central office location on a regular basis.The role will work closely with AWS & MongoDB Sales Leadership, Solution Architects, Marketing, and Sales Operations, all geared towards the success of the region. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in London for our hybrid working model. Responsibilities Develop, coach, and manage the Cloud Partner Specialist team to achieve regional business objectives and partnership goals Build & cultivate Executive-level relationships between AWS & MongoDB to create strategic alignment and close large-scale business Define and execute a robust EMEA 360 strategy with AWS to proactively prospect, identify, qualify, and develop a sales pipeline to and through our cloud partners Report to the VP WW Cloud and own all strategic and operational aspects of the AWS relationship Drive and oversee large and strategic deals in partnership with the MongoDB field sales, partners, and AWS sales teams Interlock with the Global Cloud Program team for backup, support, and pipeline generation Own the team's Quota for generating new business and uncovering new workloads/logos via cloud partners Ensure the team generates strategic joint pipeline with AWS and effectively supports the direct sales force on defined end-user sales pursuits Forecast co-sell Net ARR (Annual Recurring

The Opportunity Our PRM (Partner Relationship Management) platform is the operating system for MongoDB's entire partner ecosystem — the system partners and internal teams rely on for onboarding, deal registration, enablement content, incentives, and reporting. We're looking for a Director, Business Product Manager to own the business vision and requirements for this platform: the strategic counterpart to the engineering/IT team that builds it. This is a business-side role — you won't be writing code — but you need to understand PRM deeply enough to translate partner and internal stakeholder needs into a clear product vision, a prioritized roadmap, and requirements engineering can build against. You'll report to the VP of Partner Strategic Operations and work as the connective tissue between the partner organization (Sales Plays & Offerings, Programs, Enablement, Digital Process & AI Operations) and the engineering/IT teams who build and maintain the platform. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based anywhere in the US for our hybrid working model. What You'll Do Own the vision and strategy Define and own the long-term business vision and strategy for the PRM platform, anchored in the needs of partners and internal partner-organization stakeholders. Build and maintain a prioritized product roadmap that balances competing demands from Sales Plays & Offerings, Programs, Enablement, Digital Process & AI Operations, and field/partner-facing teams. Stay current on PRM market direction (Salesforce PRM, Impartner, Workspan, Zift, Crossbeam, and emerging AI-native entrants) to inform build-vs-buy and platform ev

We're transforming the grocery industry At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers. Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table. Instacart is a Flex First team There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work. Overview Instacart's Enterprise Solutions team partners with North America's largest grocery and retail chains to power their digital commerce through StorefrontPro, FulfillmentPro, CarrotAds, and adjacent software products. We're seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Delivery and Growth to serve as the leader for this software portfolio — accountable for the full retailer experience from first implementation through ongoing growth and renewal. In this highly visible, impact-driven role, you will lead three Director-led organizations — Retailer Delivery (implementations), Enterprise Architecture & Engineering (solutions architecture, technical account management, and forward-deployed engineering), and Retailer Success (post-live growth and expansion) — and own the outcomes that matter: time-to-live, implementation quality and CSAT, adoption velocity, net revenu

We're transforming the grocery industry At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers. Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table. Instacart is a Flex First team There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work. Overview Instacart's Enterprise Solutions team partners with North America's largest grocery and retail chains to power their digital commerce through StorefrontPro, FulfillmentPro, CarrotAds, and adjacent software products. We're seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Delivery and Growth to serve as the leader for this software portfolio — accountable for the full retailer experience from first implementation through ongoing growth and renewal. In this highly visible, impact-driven role, you will lead three Director-led organizations — Retailer Delivery (implementations), Enterprise Architecture & Engineering (solutions architecture, technical account management, and forward-deployed engineering), and Retailer Success (post-live growth and expansion) — and own the outcomes that matter: time-to-live, implementation quality and CSAT, adoption velocity, net revenu

Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman. P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman. The Opportunity We are looking for a Key Account Director to lead growth within a set of Postman’s most important enterprise accounts. This role is part of a new strategic go-to-market motion designed to deepen our engagement with large enterprises, expand our footprint, and deliver the full value of the Postman platform. You will be paired with a pod that includes a Principal Solutions Engineer and a Field CTO, forming a high-caliber account team focused on building long-term, value-based relationships. Together, you’ll engage senior technology leaders, uncover complex challenges, and drive adoption of Postman’s enterprise and platform solutions at scale. This is not a traditional “low-hanging fruit” sales role—this is about strategic account expansion, multi-threaded enterprise engagement, and solution selling. Location: This is a fully remote role. What You’ll Do Own and grow a portfolio of strategic enterprise accounts (e.g., Fortune 500, cloud-first companies, large-scale developer organizations). Deeply engage with senior buyers—CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Platform, Security, and Collaboration—to position Postman as

About the Role As a Director, Compute & Infrastructure FP&A, you will own and drive the monthly forecasting process for the Compute & Infrastructure org by partnering with various stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Tax and Engineering. You will play a critical role in planning and forecasting the company’s largest and most complex cost center ( Compute & Infrastructure ). You will collaborate cross-functionally to develop long-range infrastructure investment plans, evaluate build vs. buy decisions, and ensure capital is deployed efficiently to support rapid growth. You will also provide strategic financial guidance through scenario modeling, ROI analysis, and performance tracking, enabling leadership to make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. What You’ll Do Own compute financial planning & Forecasting. Build and manage consolidation models for GPU/CPU capacity, storage, networking, and data center investments. Translate infrastructure roadmaps into short- and long-term financial forecasts (LRP, annual planning) Coordinate closely with Corporate FP&A on timelines and process Present insights on a monthly basis to senior management. Drive infrastructure investment decisions. Evaluate build vs. buy, vendor vs. owned infrastructure, and capacity allocation tradeoffs. Develop frameworks for investment trade-offs to guide executive decision making. Build scalable tooling & reporting. Implement stakeholder-facing dashboards to track compute spend, utilization, and efficiency metrics. Improve visibility into unit economics (e.g., cost per training run, cost per inference, cost per customer). Drive forecasting accuracy & accountability. Lead budget vs. actual analysis for compute and infrastructure spend. Identify key cost drivers (utilization, pricing, efficiency gains) and reduce forecast variance. Support close & financial reporting. Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate classification of infrastructure spend (OpEx vs C

Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman. P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman. The Opportunity We're looking for a Senior Director/Director, GTM Tools & Technology to own the systems and tooling that power Postman's entire go-to-market organization. This is a strategic leadership role sitting at the intersection of business operations, systems architecture, and AI innovation. You'll be the internal product owner for our GTM tech stack — from Salesforce at its core, to every platform that plugs into it, across both pre-sale and post-sale. You'll define the vision and drive the roadmap for how we use technology and AI to make our GTM teams faster, smarter, and more effective. This role demands both strategic range and operational depth: you'll partner directly with GTM executives across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Professional Services, Revenue Operations, and Finance, while leading a team to deliver on a high bar. The standard we're hiring to is high. We want someone who can architect for where Postman is going, not just maintain what exists — and who will lead meaningfully on AI adoption as a first-class mandate. What You’ll Do GTM Systems Strategy & Roadmap Define and execute the roadmap for

Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman. P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman. The Opportunity We are looking for a Key Account Director to lead growth within a set of Postman’s most important enterprise accounts. This role is part of a new strategic go-to-market motion designed to deepen our engagement with large enterprises, expand our footprint, and deliver the full value of the Postman platform. You will be paired with a pod that includes a Principal Solutions Engineer and a Field CTO, forming a high-caliber account team focused on building long-term, value-based relationships. Together, you’ll engage senior technology leaders, uncover complex challenges, and drive adoption of Postman’s enterprise and platform solutions at scale. This is not a traditional “low-hanging fruit” sales role—this is about strategic account expansion, multi-threaded enterprise engagement, and solution selling. Location: This is a fully remote role. What You’ll Do Own and grow a portfolio of strategic enterprise accounts (e.g., Fortune 500, cloud-first companies, large-scale developer organizations). Deeply engage with senior buyers—CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Platform, Security, and Collaboration—to position Postman as