About the Team We are a small and fast-moving partnerships team that shapes and executes OpenAI’s most important collaborations. Your mission is to define and lead the strategy, roadmap, operating model, and growth of OpenAI’s B2B marketplace. You will build the scalable foundation through which customers discover, evaluate, adopt, and manage trusted third-party solutions built on and with OpenAI’s models. About the Role You are a senior marketplace and ecosystem leader with strong judgment, high ownership, and a track record of building scaled B2B platforms. You are comfortable moving between product design, commercial strategy, ecosystem development, and operations, and you can create clarity where there is no playbook. You bring the credibility to align senior internal and external stakeholders while moving quickly and executing at a high bar. Key Responsibilities Define the vision, strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for OpenAI’s marketplace. Own marketplace business performance across partner supply, customer demand, adoption, transaction volume, partner success, solution quality, and customer trust. Partner closely with product and engineering to shape discovery, listing, evaluation, procurement, billing, deployment, identity, governance, security, and measurement capabilities. Build a high-quality ecosystem of ISVs, developers, service providers, and other third-party solution partners. Design marketplace commercial models, policies, incentives, and partner economics with finance, legal, security, policy, and operations. Create scalable go-to-market motions across sales, co-sell, private offers, marketing, and customer success. Establish standards for solution quality, safety, compliance, performance, and lifecycle management. Build and lead the marketplace team and operating cadence, aligning cross-functional owners against clear priorities and outcomes. Qualifications 15+ years of experience in marketplaces, platforms, ecosystems, product, partnerships,
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ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE As the Head of IT at Baseten, you will build, scale, and secure our internal technology function to support our rapid growth. Reporting to our Chief Information Security Officer, you will lead and mentor a team of 5+ IT engineers, leading the charge to transition Baseten from startup-era IT to a highly automated, enterprise-ready IT organization. You will take full ownership of corporate IT infrastructure, Helpdesk operations, corporate identity management, device lifecycles, and vendor procurement. As we scale to support the world’s most dynamic AI companies, you will ensure our internal systems scale seamlessly with our headcount, providing a secure, frictionless, and world-class technology experience for all Baseten employees. RESPONSIBILITIES Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of IT engineers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on technical excellence and end-user satisfaction. Helpdesk Operational Excellence: Build a fast-response support function by establishing clear response SLAs, tracking employee satisfaction metrics, and formalizing on-call and incident response processes. Zero-Touch Automation: Architect and implement automated employee onboarding, offboarding, and role-based access changes through deep integrations across HRIS, MDM, and IAM systems. SaaS Management & Procurement: Establish comprehensive SaaS management processes to eliminate shadow IT, automate access w
ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We’re looking for a Head of Environment to build the physical expression of Baseten as we grow from roughly 300 employees today to more than 2,000 over the next couple of years. You’ll own the environments, spaces, and experiences that define what it feels like to work at Baseten. This is equal parts operations, hospitality, design, and strategy. You’ll partner closely with our founders and leadership team to create an environment that scales with the company while remaining unmistakably Baseten. You’ll inherit a strong Workplace Experience team and continue to evolve the function into one of the defining strengths of the company. We’re looking for someone who has built and scaled world-class workplace functions before; someone who has seen what’s ahead and can help us get there faster. RESPONSIBILITIES Own Baseten’s global workplace and real estate strategy, developing the long-term roadmap for how our physical footprint evolves as we scale from hundreds to thousands of employees. Lead real estate planning, site selection, expansions, and significant capital investments across our headquarters, growing network of smaller offices, and future international locations. Build and operate exceptional workplaces. Own end-to-end workplace operations, office buildouts, relocations, and launches, ensuring every office runs smoothly with an uncompromising bar for quality, hospitality, and attention to detail. Define the
$207.7K – $281K/yr
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: Drata is looking for a Head of Product, Assurance to lead product strategy, execution, and team development for significant product lines at Drata – Trust Center & AI Questionnaire Assistance. This is a high-impact leadership role with end-to-end ownership of product vision, roadmap, customer outcomes, and business performance for a core area of the company. You will partner cl
$207.7K – $281K/yr
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: We are looking for a Head of Pricing to own pricing and packaging at one of the most consequential moments in Drata's history. The software industry is in the middle of a generational shift, from products built around human users to products built around AI agents that do work end-to-end. The commercial models that powered SaaS for the last fifteen years were built for a world wher
From £330K/yr
Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! Role Overview: Cohere is searching for an experienced Head of Strategic Finance who will own financial planning, business forecasting, product pricing strategy, and assist in fundraising initiatives. In this leadership role, you and your team will provide analysis to support contract negotiations, growth opportunities, and influence corporate strategy. Reporting to the CFO and partnering with the Executive Team, you will lead financial, strategic, and fundraising insights to drive operational performance. Key Responsibilities: Lead strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, and assist in fundraising strategy development. Partner with the CFO and Investor Relations to assist to prepare materials for fundraising, investor relations, and board reporting. Partner with senior leadership to evaluate key business initiatives Lead and perform financial analyses for a variety of strategic decisions, including Annual Operating Plan, M&A, strategic investments, partnerships, capital market transactions, and fundraising opportunities. Provide recommendations to executive management based on both financial
From £330K/yr
Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! Role Overview: Cohere is at an inflection point, scaling its enterprise AI platform and expanding globally. As our first dedicated Investor Relations hire, you will build the foundation for structured investor engagement, ensuring transparency, strategic storytelling, and alignment with financial stakeholders. This role is critical for Cohere’s market positioning, and long-term public-market readiness. You will build the Investor Relations function from the ground up & shape how the market perceives Cohere’s leadership in enterprise AI. Key Responsibilities: Investor Engagement & Strategy Develop and execute a comprehensive investor relations strategy, including investor presentations and roadshows. Develop, refine, and present investor materials and presentations that clearly articulate the company’s strategy and results. Lead the creation and refinement of financial and valuation models, benchmarking analyses, and peer/industry work to inform messaging and strategy. Stakeholder & Relationship Management Build and maintain relationships with existing and potential investors across institutional, strategic, and finan
$220K – $300K/yr
About Sentry Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building. Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future. About the role Developer experience at Sentry spans four areas: the integration and developer platform, docs, community, and DevRel. The DevEx team is responsible for how developers first encounter Sentry, how they learn to use it, and how they build on top of it — from SDK configuration docs to the Discord community to the integrations ecosystem. This role owns all of it. We recently had our Head of DevEx depart, and we're looking for a senior leader to step in with real ownership and real scope. You'll sit in Marketing, partner closely with EPD, and have direct influence over both the product surface (the integration platform) and the team responsible for developer education, docs, and community. In this role you will Own strategy and execution for Sentry's integration ecosystem and developer platform APIs — working closely with EPD to define the developer-facing surface and ensure building on Sentry is a genuinely good experience Lead the documentation function across SDK configuration docs, API reference, and tutorials — the places where developer activation actually happens or doesn't Connect docs to the product experience: logged-in state, contextual guidance, health checks, and surfacing adoption gaps in-context, in partnership with EPD and the Docs platform team Own Sentry's developer community across Discord, social, and events, and build the team and processes that turn engagement into measurable outcomes: signups, adoption, support deflection Build and deliver the content and education programs — workshops, deep dives, fireside chats — that teach developers tracing, debugging, and how to actually use Sentry's full
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. Finance multiplies Plaid's potential. We turn insight into action, capital into momentum, and discipline into the kind of growth that compounds for the long run. Plaid's Corporate Development function drives inorganic growth, evaluating and executing M&A and investment opportunities that extend Plaid's product, technology, and market position. As Head of Corporate Development you will report directly to the CFO and serve as Plaid's primary architect for build-vs-buy decisions. Beyond executing deals, you will be a key voice in shaping Plaid's strategic direction, using market and competitive insights to inform where the company invests, builds, or acquires next. You'll partner closely with the Executive team, Product, Engineering, Legal, and Corporate Finance to source, evaluate, and close deals that accelerate Plaid's strategy. Responsibilities M&A & Investment Strategy. Build and own a proactive pipeline of acquisition and investment opportunities aligned to Plaid's strategic priorities. Maintain an up-to-date view of the competitive and startup landscape to identify targets before they're formally for sale. Outbound Relationship Building. Build and nurture a network of founders, execu
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. The Head of Product Marketing will own the end-to-end strategy, operating model, performance bar, and talent development for the Product Marketing function at Plaid. This leader will: Set the PMM Strategy & Operating Model Own and operationalize the PMM structure (Product Areas and Industry)  Finalize and institutionalize the PMM operating model Define clear “PMM does / PMM does not” guardrails Clarify cross-functional engagement norms with Product, GTM, Marketing, Comms Establish KPI frameworks that tie PMM work to measurable business impact Elevate Quality & Narrative Coherence Own Plaid’s central product narrative Raise the messaging and positioning bar across all products Ensure consistent product naming, positioning discipline, and storytelling rigor Drive Business Impact Partner with Product on product-market fit strategy Partner with GTM leadership to increase: Quota attainment Time to close Campaign lift for priority industries  Ensure launch discipline, release alignment, and post-launch optimization Build and Develop a Championship PMM Team Directly manage senior PMM leads Reset expectations where unclear scope exists Upgrade performance management and leveling rigor  Coach s
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. We are hiring for a leader for the newly forming Detection and Response team at Plaid. Our mission is to protect Plaid's financial infrastructure by detecting and responding to suspicious activity across the company. We are responsible for the entire lifecycle of detection and response, including detection infrastructure, AI triage and response, investigation tooling, Red Teaming, and Fraud Operations. Security is foundational to the trust thousands of businesses and millions of consumers place in Plaid, and we work directly to reduce risks and enable our business to move faster and safer. As the Head of Detection and Response, you will be the founding leader responsible for standing up and evaluating Plaid's detection and response team. You will lead a specialized technical team of analysts and engineers, gain deep experience partnering with the CISO and cross-functional engineering leaders, and build critical security infrastructure at scale. This is a unique leadership opportunity to manage a team that encompasses traditional security operations alongside Red Teaming and Fraud Operations, directly impacting Plaid's security posture and long-term stability. Responsibilities: Form and set up Plaid’
From $350K/yr
About Flexport: At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us. Help Win New Business The Opportunity: We are scaling our dedicated Data Center practice, and we are looking for the person who will lead it. This is a founding commercial role. You will start as a team of one, owning the full sales motion end-to-end, and you will build the team around you as the practice grows. You will define how Flexport goes to market with hyperscalers, hardware OEMs, and the broader ecosystem. You will set the playbook, win the first marquee accounts, and hire the people who scale what you build. Reporting directly to the Regional General Manager, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and direct access to executive leadership. This role features a 50/50 compensation model (Base + Uncapped bonus, with accelerators), with OTEs of $350k+, designed for strong leaders who take bets on themselves. Why This Role Is Different: The data center logistics market is not a standard freight problem. A single AI compute rack can cost more than $1 million and weigh up to 4,000 pounds. Racks contain Class 9 dangerous goods (lithium-ion batteries) and liquid cooling systems requiring specialized handling. Construction sequencing failures delayed 57% o
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. Head of Services & Success Operations Customer Solutions · Reports to Head of GTM Operations · San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) · Full-Time About Postman Postman is the world's leading API platform, with 45M+ developers and 500K+ organizations — including 98% of the Fortune 500. We run a dual motion: bottoms-up product-led growth and a top-down enterprise sales org. The tension between those two motions — and the opportunity to design the operating model that bridges them — is exactly what makes this role interesting. The Customer Solutions Org Customer Solutions runs four functions: Customer Success — developer-forward CSEs; technical depth over relationship management Professional Services — accelerating outcomes through repeatable, monetized programs Solutions Engineering — technical depth in the sales cycle; handoff design is part of this ops role Product Support — inbound; health signals that feed risk models This role is the operational connective tissue across all four. The CS Transformation We're Running We're moving from a traditional enterprise CS model built on relationship management and QBRs to a developer-forward motion
About the Role We're looking for a Head of Competitive Intelligence to build and lead a world-class competitive intelligence function. This person will transform market signals into strategic advantage by developing the frameworks, analysis, and insights that inform our product strategy, go-to-market approach, and executive decision-making. This is not a research role. It's a highly cross-functional strategy role that sits at the intersection of Product, GTM, Research, and Leadership. You'll establish the systems, operating cadence, and analytical rigor that help the company understand where we win, where we're vulnerable, and how the market is evolving. What You'll Do Build and own the company's competitive intelligence strategy and operating model. Develop and maintain comprehensive competitive assessments, including Harvey Ball analyses, feature matrices, product comparisons, pricing analyses, and market landscape reviews. Create executive-ready competitive insights that influence product strategy, roadmap prioritization, pricing, and investment decisions. Build best-in-class objection handling and competitive messaging for Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Partnerships. Monitor competitor product launches, model releases, acquisitions, partnerships, pricing changes, funding, and GTM motions, synthesizing complex information into clear strategic recommendations. Establish repeatable processes and tooling for collecting, validating, and distributing competitive intelligence across the company. Partner closely with Product Management to inform roadmap decisions and identify areas of strategic differentiation. Collaborate with Marketing to sharpen positioning and messaging based on competitive dynamics. Support executive leadership with board-ready competitive analyses and market briefings. Build dashboards and reporting that track competitive movements and emerging industry trends. Develop frameworks that evaluate competitors across capabilities, enterprise r
About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure the responsible and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. In support of that mission, the Marketing team helps deeply understand customer audiences and market dynamics, influence the development of the right products, build sustainable and customer-aligned monetization models, and drive awareness, adoption, and usage across OpenAI’s products and platform. We take a data-driven approach to understand markets, develop monetization strategies, and uncover customer needs that shape product strategy and messaging. We partner closely with Sales, Partnerships, Product, Engineering, Research, Comms, and Design to deliver a cohesive end-to-end customer experience and lead go-to-market efforts for new product launches across channels. About the Role We are hiring a Head of Enterprise Ads Marketing to define and scale OpenAI’s global marketing strategy for enterprise advertisers, agencies, and strategic brand partners. This leader will own how advertisers understand, evaluate, adopt, and grow with OpenAI’s advertising solutions. This is a highly strategic and hands-on leadership role where you will shape the narratives that position OpenAI as a premium advertising platform for the world’s marketers while building the content, thought leadership, events, and demand programs that drive pipeline and long-term strategic growth. You will partner closely with Sales, Partnerships, Product, Finance, Legal, Communications, Research, and Data Science to help establish OpenAI as a trusted leader in the future of AI-powered advertising. This role is ideally based in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid schedule of three days per week in the office. In This Role, You Will: Define the end-to-end enterprise advertiser marketing strategy across awareness, consideration, pipeline creation, adoption, expansion, and long-term growth. Develop OpenAI’s enterprise advertising narratives, positioning, and messaging architecture across AI-powered mar
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