Strategic Partnerships Manager

Profound is the marketing platform for the AI era. As people increasingly turn to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to decide what to buy, we give brands the intelligence to see how AI represents them and the Agents to act on it. Today, ~13% of the Fortune 500, plus companies like Ramp, Figma, Chime, Calendly, and DocuSign, use Profound to turn AI Search from a black box into a measurable growth channel.

Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla Ventures at a $1B valuation, we're a lean, fast-moving team across NYC, SF, Buenos Aires, and London, shipping at a relentless pace and defining a new category at the biggest shift in marketing in 25 years. If you want to do the best work of your career at the frontier of AI, come build it with us.

As our Strategic Partnerships Manager, you will build and scale strategic relationships that accelerate Profound’s position as the definitive platform for AI search optimization. You will identify, negotiate, and activate partnerships across the AI ecosystem and complementary B2B tools that enhance our product capabilities and expand our market reach.

This role sits at the intersection of product and business development. You will own the full partnership lifecycle while working cross-functionally to ensure deep integrations and joint go-to-market initiatives deliver measurable value for Profound and our partners.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Identify, prioritize, and execute strategic partnerships across product partnerships with AI platforms and marketing technology or B2B software companies

- Build channel and ecosystem partnerships including international resellers, co-sellers, and VC or PE networks

- Develop data partnerships with platforms providing high-value proprietary datasets, ensuring alignment with Profound’s product roadmap and growth objectives

- Perform outreach, evaluation, negotiation, and closing of partnership agreements

- Structure win-win deals that balance commercial terms, technical i...