Director Of Strategic Alliances Jobs

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT Job Purpose The Corporate Development team is responsible for driving the company's long-term growth and strategic evolution. As a Corporate Development , you will play a pivotal role in identifying, evaluating, and executing inorganic growth opportunities. This includes mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, strategic alliances, divestitures, and corporate investments. You will act as a key connector between external market opportunities and internal executive leadership. Key Responsibilities 1. Strategy & Market Intelligence Collaborate with senior executives to define and refine the company’s inorganic growth roadmap.Conduct continuous macroeconomic, industry research to identify emerging trends, market disruptions, and potential targets. Tracking market developments, precedent transactions, and comparable companies. Maintain a robust, proactive pipeline of acquisition, investment, and partnership targets. 2. Deal Sourcing & Evaluation Build and maintain relationships with investment bankers, venture capital/private equity firms, and target company management teams. Perform initial screening of inbound and outbound deal opportunities against corporate strategic criteria. Develop high-quality strategic rationale and business cases for presentation to the C-suite and Board of Directors. 3. Due Diligence & Deal Execution Coordinating due diligence processes and managing data rooms (in live deals) Coordinate internal cross-functional teams (Legal, Finance, Tax, HR, Product, Operations) and external advisors during the due diligence process. Lead the project management of the transaction lifecycle from Letter of Intent (LOI) to definitive documentation and closing. 4. Integration & Post-Closing Support Partner with operational teams to design post-merger integration (PMI) playbooks. Ensure that projected financial and operational synergies are tracked and realized post-acquisition Role Requirements & Qualifications Educati

About the Team OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic global partner ecosystem designed to accelerate customer success, support secure AI adoption, and drive growth in support of OpenAI’s mission. We collaborate closely across Sales, Technical Success, Product, Marketing, Operations, and leadership teams to turn strategic partnerships into durable commercial outcomes. Within that ecosystem, AWS is one of OpenAI’s most strategic partners. Our opportunity extends beyond the direct alliance relationship: we aim to enable AWS teams and the surrounding services-partner ecosystem to build, deliver, and scale OpenAI-powered solutions on AWS infrastructure. Success requires close collaboration across AWS Japan alliance and field teams, AWS-focused SI practices, cloud architects, field sellers, delivery leaders, OpenAI’s Japan Partner Director, and OpenAI GTM teams. It requires strong operating discipline, scalable co-sell execution, and the ability to translate a strategic alliance into measurable customer outcomes. About the Role We are hiring a Partner Director to shape and execute OpenAI’s AWS alliance partnership in Japan. This person will own the direct relationship with AWS Japan while mobilizing AWS Japan field teams and the broader services-partner ecosystem around high-value customer opportunities. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role operating through influence in Japan. You will work alongside OpenAI’s Japan Partner Director to develop Japan GTM strategies, drive joint account planning, coordinate AWS-related opportunities, and operationally manage selected cross-functional initiatives. You will build and own the Japan GTM strategy with AWS, translating the alliance into repeatable OpenAI and AWS solutions, field playbooks, governance structures, and co-sell motions that can be adopted across Japan’s customer segments and GTM teams. The right candidate combines alliance leadership with a builder’s mindset and the ability to move comfortably b

About the Team OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic, global partner ecosystem to accelerate customer success, enable responsible enterprise AI adoption, and drive durable growth in support of OpenAI’s mission. We work cross-functionally across Sales, Solutions, Product, Engineering, Security, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and Customer Success to translate strategic partnerships into measurable outcomes for customers. Global consulting and advisory partners are essential to helping enterprises move from AI strategy to production deployment. PwC brings global reach, deep industry and functional expertise, technology and transformation capabilities, and longstanding relationships with complex and regulated enterprises. This role will lead OpenAI’s global partnership with PwC and create the strategy, operating model, and field motions needed to turn that relationship into repeatable customer and commercial impact. This role is based in San Francisco, New York City, or Seattle. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week. About the Role We are hiring a Partner Director, PwC to serve as the single accountable owner of OpenAI’s strategic relationship with PwC globally. You will define the partnership thesis and joint business plan, build executive alignment, activate PwC’s industry, advisory, technology, sales, and delivery organizations, and develop repeatable go-to-market motions that accelerate enterprise AI adoption. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role. You will move fluidly between senior executive engagement, joint account and opportunity strategy, solution and delivery alignment, field enablement, governance, and day-to-day execution. Success requires a strong understanding of how a large, matrixed professional-services organization operates, commercial discipline, technical fluency, and the ability to align teams without relying on formal authority. The ideal candidate has led a high-impact global alliance with

About the Team OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic, global partner ecosystem designed to accelerate customer success, enable enterprise AI adoption, and drive durable growth in support of OpenAI’s mission. We work closely across Product, Research, Sales, Legal, Communications, and regional leadership to ensure a cohesive strategy and disciplined execution with our most strategic partners. About the Role We are hiring a Partner Director, Global McKinsey Alliance to lead and scale OpenAI’s relationship with McKinsey & Company. This role will serve as the single accountable executive owner of the alliance globally. You will define the partnership strategy and operating model, translating executive alignment into scaled commercial and transformation outcomes across regions and industries. You will work closely with McKinsey’s global leadership, industry and functional practices, and technology organizations—including QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey—to develop differentiated enterprise AI offerings, pursue complex transformation opportunities, and help customers move from strategy to production deployment and measurable value. The role carries responsibility for the health, performance, and long-term expansion of the partnership. Success requires senior executive presence, sound judgment, commercial discipline, technical fluency, and the ability to operate effectively across a complex, partner-led organization. In this role, you will: Own the global McKinsey relationship, including alliance strategy, pipeline growth, enterprise impact, deployment scale, and long-term expansion across priority industries. Define and run the partnership’s operating model across executive governance, joint planning, regional execution, opportunity management, resource allocation, and escalation. Serve as OpenAI’s senior executive counterpart to McKinsey’s global leadership and relevant industry, functional, technology, and regional leaders. Develop a differentiated alliance s

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Director, Strategic Partnership Sales, Media Solutions Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Job Description Summary We are looking for a professional, thought-leader and hustler to help Mastercard reach more customers through strategic partners focusing on our targeting, measurement, and location insights solutions in the NAM region. The ideal candidate is someone who understands the media and advertising industry very well and knows how to put together smart partnerships around activation, measurement, and analytics solutions. This position is a quota-carrying, revenue-producing role that is responsible for developing and managing channel and alliance partner relationships within the NAM region. The role is responsible for executing our strategy with regional nuances for the entire partner lifecycle; new partner recruitment, partner onboarding,

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Okta Partners & Global Alliances team The Partners & Global Alliances team is part of Okta’s Revenue Organization. We manage the largest and most complex relationships from Cloud Marketplaces, Resellers, Distributors and Global/Systems Integrators with a laser focus on driving sales and deployments of Okta’s software that deliver speed-to value for our customers.. The Global Alliance Director, PwC opportunity Reporting to the VP of Global System Integrators, the Global Alliance Director will partner closely with Theater Leaders across our AMER, EMEA and APJ regions to drive initiatives across PwC to grow their Okta practice. This person will set the partnership strategy, create and own annual planning, joint investments as well as plan execution. This role will set the stage for executive interlock, rhythm of business and outlining key areas of opportunity. What you’ll be doing Develop and execute joint co-selling strategies with PwC to drive vertical sales plays that solve customer problems Work closely with Okta sales leaders to drive account alignment with PwC account leads and foster collaborative relationships Lead the annual partnership planning process, including joint investments, co-innovation target customers, pipeline and execution plans Work closely with Okta’s Sales Engineering and Product Teams to drive deep understanding and advocate for Okta’s product line inside PwC Own and drive the global pipeline with PwC Co

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. Vanta's V4G Partnerships function sits at the intersection of our platform, the government agencies and contractors we serve, and the broad network of systems integrators, resellers, service providers, and auditors within the public sector compliance and risk management ecosystem. You'll help build and grow these partnerships to build pipeline, as well as to ensure that customers have access to high-quality, trusted delivery through Vanta. As Director, Vanta for Government (V4G) Partnerships , you will own Vanta's partner function for the public sector — the strategy, the network, and the programs that let it scale — supporting both our government sales motion (Federal and SLED) and our government vendor business. Reporting directly to the Head of Public Sector, you will define the partner archetypes, tiering, and coverage model required to serve government demand, and own V4G partner-sourced pipeline and ARR that rolls into Vanta's overall partner-sourced target. You'll work in close partnership with the VP of Global Channel & Alliances, who owns that overall target and channel operating model, to ensure the public sector motion is built on — and strengthens — that foundation. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role for someone who has built a public sector partner function from the ground up: designing joint GTM programs, negotiating enterprise partnership agreements, and standing up the mechanisms that let a partner network scale beyond the person running it. You'll have meaningful scope: you'll own the V4G partner function — the strategy, the partner network, the program design, and the team — and decide how Vanta

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Description: Okta is looking for a Partner Alliance Manager for our Emerging Partner Route-to-Market with strong prospecting and relationship development experience to accelerate our Regional Partner and Alliance ecosystem across Public Sector (SLED & Federal). This will be a remote role, with focus across the US. The objective is to build and strengthen Okta’s long tail partners across the US, helping deliver accelerated revenue growth for our Public Sector business. The ideal candidate will be a team player, who possesses a strong sales and alliances background, enabling them to engage with partner sales organizations at the Director/VP level. In this role the candidate would interact with a wide variety of companies who operate with different business models and marketing strategies (e.g. resellers, referral partners, and boutique systems integrators), as well as Okta’s SLED & FED field sales teams. The candidate will be laser focused on recruiting, onboarding and building long-term and scalable Go-to-Market partnerships in the long tail ecosystem, to drive Public Sector pipeline and partner sourced revenue. The candidate should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. We are looking for candidates that are creative, aggressiv

Role Summary The Director, State Policy & Government Relations, reports to the State Policy Team lead and is responsible for leading a defined portfolio of state policy priorities and government relations responsibilities in Iowa, Minnesota, and any other states identified by SPGR leadership. The state policy responsibilities include developing and supporting implementation of coordinated national policy positions and strategies that align with business and enterprise-wide objectives; act as a single point of accountability and enterprise-wide subject matter expert (SME) for a portfolio of state policy issues; responsible for developing policy platforms on priority policy issues, including collateral for external facing colleagues such as policy principles, legislative language, backgrounders, talking points, research summaries, comments letters, and testimony; responsible for analyzing, forecasting, and communicating the short- and long-term implications of changes in the state legislative and regulatory landscape to internal stakeholders, including business units, enabling functions, and senior leaders; develop and implement strategies to generate new policy evidence through contracted resources, including consulting firms and academics, to support Pfizer’s priority policy issues; participate in key trade association work groups; and represent Pfizer externally with multi-stakeholder policy coalitions, in forums related to key policy issues, and at legislative hearings. The government relations responsibilities include developing strategies to favorably influence the policy environment in Iowa, Minnesota, and any other states identified by SPGR leadership; collaborating and coordinating with colleagues in U.S. Policy and Government Relations, including Policy, Alliance Development, Public Affairs, Federal Policy and Government Relations, and BU Policy and Public Affairs, as well as with the broader Corporate Affairs org

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Squarespace is looking for a seasoned Director of Strategic Procurement to lead and elevate the company's Procurement function. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing enterprise-wide sourcing strategies to enable business goals, building and managing high-value supplier relationships, and driving cost efficiencies across all categories of spend. You will partner closely with executive leadership, finance, operations and business unit leaders to align procurement strategy with broader organizational goals, ensure supplier network resilience, and mitigate risk. This is a highly visible leadership position ideal for a strategic thinker with deep procurement expertise with a track record of transforming procurement into a driver of measurable business value. You will report directly into our Senior Director of Finance Operations and be based in our New York City office. You'll Get To... Develop and implement a comprehensive procurement vision directly aligned to the company's strategic priorities. Build multi-year sourcing strategies that enable key business goals and balance cost competitiveness, quality, service and speed. Identify opportunities to leverage enterprise-wide purchasing power through strategic sourcing initiatives. Support new products delivery through planning, model development and early procurement engagement. Oversee procurement transformation initiatives, including process optimization and digital procurement technologies. Enhance procurement policies, governance, and best practices that support operational excellence. Lead execution of sourcing strategies for major spend categories tied to business goals. Lead complex sourcing initiatives and competitive bid processes. Evaluate supplier markets and industry trends to identify opportunities and mitigate risks. Balance cost, quality, speed, innovation, sustainability, and supplier diversity within sourcing decisions. Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis for m

Overview: We’re expanding our sales organization and looking for a true hunter to drive growth across our Qsight suite of data solutions. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role — you’ll be a key driver of the business’s growth trajectory and an integral voice in shaping its forward direction. If you thrive on building territory, opening doors, and turning data into a compelling story that resonates with senior decision-makers, we want to talk to you. This isn’t just another sales seat — it’s a chance to help define how the business grows. You’ll have direct influence not only on revenue, but on the products and strategy that follow. This position can be remote with ET working hours. What You’ll Do: Own and grow your territory like it’s your own business — working with an existing pipeline and expanding it Sell across the full range of Qsight data services, including both syndicated and custom data solutions Translate complex data sets into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with brand and business leaders Prospect proactively and consistently to build a healthy, sustainable pipeline Engage and sell directly to senior leadership and C-Suite stakeholders Write and structure proposals that clearly articulate value and drive deals forward Serve as a front-line source of strategic insight — feeding learnings from the market back into both sales strategy and product development What You Have: 4+ years of experience selling syndicated and/or custom data to brands A demonstrated ability to tell a story with data, not just present it Strong, self-driven prospecting skills and a hunter mentality Proven experience selling to senior leadership and C-Suite audiences Excellent proposal writing and structuring skills An entrepreneurial mindset — comfortable owning and growing a territory independently Experience selling to CPG or Professional Beauty brands is a plus, though not required What We Offer: The total compensation range for this role is $200,000

Drata is building the trust layer between great companies - automating compliance, managing risk, and helping organizations prove trust continuously as they scale. We're Dratanauts: a global crew of 600+ professionals united by a culture that rewards integrity, ownership, and raising the bar, no matter where in the world we're working from. Why Join the Drata Team? At Drata, you're not maintaining legacy compliance software - you're building the agentic AI platform defining what trust looks like for the next generation of companies. Here's what makes the work itself worth showing up for: Problems without a playbook: You'll work at the edge of AI and security, building agentic governance, continuous compliance, and real-time trust verification to solve problems that don't have an established answer yet. You're writing it as you go. Real ownership, not just process: Our values center on owning outcomes and raising the bar, not checking boxes. You're expected to have opinions and back them. A seat at the table: Your perspective is unique and valued. Open debate and diverse viewpoints are built into how decisions actually get made here, at every level. Growth at rocketship speed: Drata is scaling fast, which means scope grows fast too. High performers get more ownership, visibility, and experience. A crew, not just coworkers: Dratanauts consistently describe a "come as you are" culture with sharp, curious people—the kind of team that makes hard problems genuinely fun to solve. See what they say here and follow us on LinkedIn for company news, employee stories, and career updates. Job Summary: The Director of Strategic Finance - GTM is the embedded finance partner to Drata’s GTM org, working directly with the CRO, CMO, SVP of CS, and SVP of BD. This role owns ARR forecasting, capacity planning, investment allocation and ROI. You will partner with the VP of RevOps and be a trusted advisor in the room with GTM leadership, not a downstream reporting function and significant

About Prophecy Prophecy is building the next generation AI-powered data prep and analysis platform. Our platform enables business analysts and data teams to transform raw data into reliable, production-ready datasets and insights faster, using modern data infrastructure and AI-driven capabilities. We work with leading enterprises to simplify how organizations prepare, analyze, and operationalize data, while maintaining strong governance, security, and operational control. Our mission is to make it dramatically easier for organizations to turn complex data into trusted insights that drive decisions. About the Roles We are looking for a Director of Strategic Partnerships who can do both: drive revenue through Prophecy's partner ecosystem, and build an effective partner program. This is an early-stage, high-ownership motion, the playbook is still being written, and you'll have real influence over how we engage partners, what good looks like for partner-sourced pipeline, and how we build durable co-sell relationships with Snowflake, Databricks, GCP field and partner teams. You will sit at the intersection of sales, partnerships, and strategy, owning partner performance while building the programs and processes that scale it. You'll work directly with our AEs and SEs to bring partners into deals at the right moments, and you'll serve as the primary point of contact for our strategic cloud and ecosystem partners. What You’ll Own Partner Revenue & Pipeline Own and exceed partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue targets on a quarterly basis Proactively generate pipeline through Snowflake, Databricks, and GCP field AEs and PDMs — building the relationships that produce qualified, sourced opportunities Drive joint account mapping and target account activation against Prophecy's ICP: enterprises running Alteryx on Snowflake or Databricks Activate co-sell motions through marketplace programs (GCP Marketplace, Snowflake Partner Network, Databricks