Lead Strategist in United States

About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams. You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes product and model roadmaps. You’ll work closely with our Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams. This role is based in Seattle. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. We offer relocation assistance. Travel up to 50% is required. In this role you will Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where the models succeed and where they can improve Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through You might thrive in this role if you Bring 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or co

Work Flexibility: Hybrid What you will do The Senior Sourcing Manager (Hybrid) will play a critical leadership role in driving sourcing strategies and supplier performance for Stryker’s Endoscopy business unit. This position offers the opportunity to combine strategic foresight with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, global, and highly matrixed environment. As a key business partner to operations, quality, and finance, you will shape supplier capabilities, and deliver measurable business results through supplier alignment, cost optimization, and performance excellence. You will lead and develop a high-performing onsite procurement team, overseeing and sustaining sourcing activities, ensuring best-in-class quality, service, and value. This role is ideal for a collaborative, forward-thinking employee who thrives at the intersection of strategy, execution, and innovation—influencing decisions that directly support Stryker’s mission to make healthcare better. This is a hybrid role. We are seeking candidates based in or near one of the following Stryker locations: Flower Mound, TX, or San Jose, CA. The employee is expected to be onsite on average 3 days per week. Serve as a trusted advisor to the Business Unit SLT, shaping sourcing strategies, supplier performance, and risk management while balancing strategy with execution. Drive strategic sourcing initiatives that deliver industry-leading outcomes in cost, quality, delivery, and sustainability. Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Operations to align supplier strategies, budgets, and procurement initiatives with business goals. Anticipate industry and macroeconomic trends to evolve sourcing roadmaps and maintain competitive advantage. Champi

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 an Outbound Sales Development Representative at Baseten, you'll drive strategic outbound into a defined set of target accounts - partnering closely with your Account Executive to research key decision-makers and break through via cold calls, email, and LinkedIn. Together, you'll turn cold accounts into qualified pipeline. RESPONSIBILITIES Build revenue pipeline by setting introductory meetings with potential businesses and key decision makers. Help influence Baseten's product roadmap for customers and prospects. Identify high-potential businesses and verticals and develop and execute outbound strategies to bring them to Baseten. Stay up-to-date on market trends, competition, and industry developments. Manage and document the progression of the sales pipeline. Drive pre- & post-engagement at industry events (will attend multiple events in person). REQUIREMENTS 1+ year of experience in a sales/lead generation role in a high-tech/SaaS company. Ability to develop strong, long-lasting relationships both internally and externally. Collaborative and coachable, always looking to improve your skills and impact. Ability to handle rejection and stay persistent in pursuing leads. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. A basic understanding of a standard SaaS seller's technical stack (CRM, Outreach/Salesloft, Prospect Research, etc.). Excellent time management, process, and prioritization skills. Preferr

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 Enterprise Partnerships team at Plaid works with some of the most influential enterprise companies, helping bring Plaid’s solutions to market through high-impact partnerships. In this role, you’ll lead the acquisition of new partners and play a meaningful role in expanding a fast-growing, strategically important part of the business. This role is at the center of some of Plaid’s most strategic and complex partnership opportunities. You’ll lead sophisticated, enterprise-scale deals from initial sourcing through execution, navigating long sales cycles, multiple stakeholders, and competitive dynamics along the way. Working closely with cross-functional teams and segment leaders, you’ll turn partner and customer needs into new opportunities—including entirely new motions—and help bring Plaid’s value to life across Payments, Credit, and Identity/Fraud. Responsibilities Lead complex enterprise partnership deals from sourcing through close, managing multi-stakeholder negotiations and driving successful partner adoption. Develop and refine partnership strategies across priority enterprise segments, including new and emerging areas of opportunity. Build and manage a pipeline of strategic partners that ex

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 SMB sales team is a core part of Plaid’s mission to unlock financial freedom for everyone. We believe that by empowering small and medium-sized businesses, we contribute directly to creating a more inclusive and accessible financial ecosystem. Our team is dedicated to building meaningful relationships with our clients, providing innovative solutions that drive growth, and ensuring that Plaid's products enable businesses to thrive. We work collaboratively across teams to meet ambitious revenue goals, all while fostering a culture of continuous learning and development to align with Plaid's vision of financial accessibility and empowerment. As a Sales Manager, you will lead a team of Account Executives, driving them toward achieving ambitious revenue targets. You will focus on developing talent within your team, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring each team member has the resources they need to succeed. You will leverage your deep understanding of transactional and strategic sales cycles to guide your team through new customer acquisitions and account management in a hyper-growth environment. Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop a team of SMB Account Executives to consistently

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 SMB sales team is a core part of Plaid’s mission to unlock financial freedom for everyone. We believe that by empowering small and medium-sized businesses, we contribute directly to creating a more inclusive and accessible financial ecosystem. Our team is dedicated to building meaningful relationships with our clients, providing innovative solutions that drive growth, and ensuring that Plaid's products enable businesses to thrive. We work collaboratively across teams to meet ambitious revenue goals, all while fostering a culture of continuous learning and development to align with Plaid's vision of financial accessibility and empowerment. As a Sales Manager, you will lead a team of Account Executives, driving them toward achieving ambitious revenue targets. You will focus on developing talent within your team, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring each team member has the resources they need to succeed. You will leverage your deep understanding of transactional and strategic sales cycles to guide your team through new customer acquisitions and account management in a hyper-growth environment. Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop a team of SMB Account Executives to consistently

In this competitive market, the Group Product Manager for Cloud Security will play a mission-critical role in providing product and strategy leadership to grow Datadog’s market share through differentiation, innovation and compelling customer value. This leader will lead a talented and growing team of product managers and work with world class engineers to build and grow multiple Cloud Security products that play an essential role for our customers’ cloud security programs, and growing Datadog into a security industry leader. You Will: Run and grow multiple Cloud Security products to meet revenue and business targets with the goal of building a multi-hundred million dollar annual business. Lead and own product strategy and roadmap for accountable security products, fully aligned to revenue and business goals and with compelling differentiation and customer value. Ensure predictable roadmap execution across direct and partner teams to achieve product and business outcomes required to meet the revenue and business goals. Analyze and develop pricing and packaging strategies to maximize revenue through attaching deep understanding of market dynamics and other strategic leverage points. Drive GTM strategy with GTM partner teams to achieve revenue and business goals Fulfill the role as the product-leader representative across accountable product lines with analyst, press and customer communities Manage and grow individual contributor (IC) Product Managers, ensuring they are motivated, delivering high quality work and finding high fulfillment. Model and contribute to a culture of learning and collaboration across product management and the broader organization Raise the bar of PM leadership through leadership in strategy development, roadmap planning and execution, GTM and overall product-leader responsibilities. You Are: An experienced leader in Product Management with demonstrated business growth and customer adoption success in the CNAPP, data and AI

About the role: Datadog is building a product-led Competitive Intelligence function to help inform product strategy, roadmap prioritization, positioning, and competitive readiness. As the Head of Competitive Intelligence you will build and lead the CompIntel function across priority competitors and adjacent market opportunities. You will translate competitor product evolution, technical capabilities, launches, pricing value, customer sentiment, analyst narratives, and ecosystem shifts into actionable insights for Product, GTM, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Technical Advocacy, and leadership. In this highly technical, hands-on leadership role, you should understand how observability products are implemented, where workflows differ, what technical claims are credible, and how product gaps translate into customer impact. What You'll Do: Own the recurring competitive radar for Datadog’s priority competitor set, including taxonomy, source standards, evidence quality, and update cadence. Produce competitive deep dives, feature-gap analyses, early-warning briefs, and opportunity assessments tied to specific product domains and leadership questions. Translate CompIntel findings into roadmap recommendations, product differentiation hypotheses, and Product-facing decision guidance. Build and maintain a central CompIntel repository with competitor profiles, source notes, comparison frameworks, evidence logs, and decision-ready briefs. Convert validated findings into GTM-ready handoffs for battlecards, objection handling, strategic deal narratives, and field enablement. Synthesize signals from Product, Engineering, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, field teams, technical communities, Advocacy programs, win/loss, customer feedback, analyst research, public competitor materials, and CABs. Partner with Product Management to frame competitive questions, identify decision criteria, and connect findings to roadmap and prioritization discussions. Partner with Tec

The Opportunity MongoDB’s partner ecosystem — systems integrators, ISVs, and the major cloud providers — is a strategic growth engine for the business. We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Sales Plays and Offerings to design the joint go-to-market motions that turn partner relationships into pipeline and revenue. This is a highly cross-functional, strategic role: you’ll build the sales plays and joint offerings themselves, partner with Enablement to get the field and our partners ready to sell them, instrument how they perform, and work with the Programs lead to make sure incentives reward the behavior we want to see. You will report directly to the VP of Partner Strategic Operations and act as a connective layer between Partnerships, Sales, Enablement, and Programs — translating ecosystem strategy into repeatable, measurable, field-ready motions. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based anywhere in the US for our hybrid working model. What You'll Do Build sales plays and joint offerings Design and package partner sales plays and joint solution offerings with priority ISVs, SIs, and cloud partners — defining the joint value proposition, target segment, competitive positioning, and playbook for how field and partner sellers execute it Partner with Product Marketing, Solutions Engineering, and partner counterparts to validate technical integration stories and translate them into a compelling, sellable narrative Prioritize which plays to build and scale based on market opportunity, partner readiness, and alignment to MongoDB’s strategic pillars (e.g., AI, migrations, industry verticals) Own the lifecycle of each play from concept through launch, iteration, and eventual retirement or refresh Drive partner and field enablement Partner closely with the Enablement team to translate each sales play into field- and partner-facing assets: pitch decks, battlecards, demo scripts, certification conte

About the Team Like every team at OpenAI, the Marketing team contributes to our broader mission of ensuring responsible and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. With that aim in mind, we are responsible for developing and executing strategies that drive awareness, engagement, and usage for OpenAI’s products and platform amongst our core audiences. We take a data-driven approach to understand our customers' needs and challenges, ensuring that their voices are reflected in product development and messaging. We then partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Comms, and Design teams to create a cohesive customer experience across all our channels. Our focus extends beyond just promoting product features; we aim to provide valuable insights and resources that help our users make the most out of AI technologies. About the Role We are seeking a Government Marketing Manager to lead marketing campaigns and programs for OpenAI’s government business, OpenAI for Government. This role will define how we communicate the impact of our work with governments and public institutions, turning technical products and partnership outcomes into clear stories that show how AI can help public servants better serve people and communities. The ideal candidate has experience working with government entities and leading in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. They bring strong strategic and creative judgment, translate technology and policy priorities for diverse audiences, and build trust and engagement across paid, owned, and earned channels. In this role, you will: Build the OpenAI for Government Narrative and Brand: Build a distinct government narrative aligned with the OpenAI brand, centered on mission outcomes, public servants, security, and responsible deployment. Build a Government Storytelling Engine: Create a repeatable process to source, prioritize, approve, and refresh customer stories, public use cases, metrics, and quotes for web, video, social, sales, eve

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. Our Communications team includes External Communications, Internal Communications, and other strategic communications functions. This team’s ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI. About the Role We’re looking for a senior communications leader to shape how OpenAI communicates about its emerging ads and monetization business. This person will define the global narrative, lead communications for major product and business milestones, and build sustained programs that explain our approach to ads and monetization clearly and credibly. The role will be central to showing how OpenAI can develop advertising experiences that are useful to people, valuable to businesses, transparent in how they work and consistent with our mission. You will work closely with Product, Go-to-Market, Marketing, Policy, Legal and Partnerships to anticipate opportunities and risks, develop integrated campaigns and help the business scale with trust. You will also serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on positioning, reputation, media strategy and the broader industry conversation. This is both a strategic and hands-on role. The right person will be comfortable defining a long-term communications strategy, building the systems and relationships needed to execute it, and personally leading through high-profile launches and fast-moving issues. This role reports to the VP of Communications and is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of four days per week in the office and offer relocation assistance In this role, you will: Define and lead communications strategy for OpenAI’s ads and monetization initiatives, from global narrative development through launches and sustained storytelling. Build a clear, differentiated story about how OpenAI approache

About the Team The GTM Data Science team partners with Go-to-Market, Technical Success, Product, Engineering, RevOps, and Strategic Finance to build the shared intelligence layer for OpenAI's B2B business. The team turns product usage, customer behavior, revenue, field activity, and customer feedback into rigorous insight products that help leaders and field teams understand where customers are succeeding, where adoption is blocked, and what actions will accelerate durable growth. We are building systems that make customer intelligence proactive: surfacing risk, expansion potential, product gaps, and repeatable playbooks before they show up as escalations or missed opportunities. About the Role As the Applied Data Science & Insights Lead for GTM Intelligence Solutions and Technical Success, you will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for shaping how OpenAI measures, understands, and improves customer adoption across our B2B products. You will build AI/ML-powered intelligence products that connect account health, product usage, customer lifecycle, support tier, qualitative sentiment, commercial context, and field actions into a practical operating system for GTM and Technical Success. This role will build the data science foundation for Technical Success: defining the metrics, models, operating insights, and decision systems that help the team scale customer adoption and expansion with rigor. You will also be expected to build and lead a small mighty team over time: setting direction, hiring and developing talent, creating operating cadences, and holding a high bar for technical rigor and business impact. You will lead the development of models, metrics, and decision systems that recommend what GTM and Technical Success teams should do next, explain why, and measure whether those interventions worked. Your work will help customers move from pilots to production, deepen usage across products, identify high-value use cases, reduce churn risk, and create a f

About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams. You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes product and model roadmaps. You’ll work closely with our Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams. This role is based in San Francisco. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. We offer relocation assistance. Travel up to 50% is required. In this role you will Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from first prototype to stable production Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where the models succeed and where they can improve Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through You might thrive in this role if you Bring 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work Have scoped and delivered complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript,

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

About the team OpenAI’s Enterprise Go-To-Market organization helps the world’s largest companies adopt and scale our AI platform across their business—from ChatGPT Enterprise to our developer platform and APIs. We partner with organizations across Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Retail to build new AI-powered customer experiences, transform operations, and reimagine how work gets done in highly regulated and technically complex environments. As adoption accelerates through pilots, experimentation, and developer-led use cases, the GTM team turns that momentum into durable, enterprise-wide deployments. Sales Development sits at the front of this motion—where technical curiosity becomes executive engagement and OpenAI’s enterprise relationships begin. About the role We are hiring a Sales Development Manager, AMER to lead a team of SDRs supporting our Large Enterprise business across North America. Reporting into Sales Development leadership, this role will be responsible for coaching and developing a high-performing team focused on generating qualified pipeline and creating strategic enterprise opportunities. This is a foundational front-line leadership role within OpenAI’s enterprise GTM organization. You will help define how we engage prospective customers, convert product and developer interest into enterprise conversations, and scale repeatable outbound and inbound motions across some of the world’s largest organizations. You will partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Solutions Engineering, Partnerships, and Strategy & Operations to drive pipeline generation and help shape the future of OpenAI’s enterprise growth engine. In this role, you will: Lead, coach, and develop a team of SDRs supporting Large Enterprise, Verticals, and Strategic Accounts across AMER Drive high-quality pipeline generation through outbound prospecting, inbound qualification, account-based motions, and product-led signals Establish strong operational rigor around activity metrics,