CareerPlan

Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs

San Francisco, CAFull-time$134k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead strategic partnerships between Scale Enterprise and frontier AI labs/foundation model providers to drive revenue and technology advantage.

Role type

Senior strategic partnerships leader (revenue-focused)

Builds

Joint go-to-market offerings, co-selling motions, and integrated AI solutions for enterprise customers

Domain

Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Enterprise AI infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Strategic partnership structuring, joint go-to-market execution, complex negotiation, cross-functional leadership, ecosystem management, competitive partner management, technical fluency in LLMs and model deployment, data-driven strategy

Preferred skills

Existing relationships with frontier AI labs or foundation model providers, experience managing competitor partners, matrixed organization navigation

Technologies

LLMs, Generative AI, Enterprise AI architecture, Model evaluation, Data capabilities

Responsibilities

Define and deliver partnership strategy with frontier AI labs, build trusted relationships with partner executives, structure and negotiate commercial and technical agreements, build joint offerings pairing partner models with Scale capabilities, set up co-sell motions and deal registration, generate top-of-funnel pipeline, integrate new model capabilities with customers, track model landscape and advise leadership, execute post-signature integration and launches

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight