Business Development Lead, AI Partnerships

Role Overview

The Business Development Lead, AI Partnerships will play a crucial role in driving partnerships to support advanced AI products. The role will involve sourcing and securing datasets from around the world to train next-generation frontier models. The lead will bridge the gap between technical research needs and external partners and drive data acquisition partnerships from term sheet negotiations through deal closure.

What You Will Do

Defining, negotiating, and closing high-impact data licensing partnerships, working closely with product, research, and engineering teams to understand technical data requirements, and leveraging contacts in the global data space to unlock partnership opportunities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of AI and data partnerships, enjoy working with product & research teams, and have experience navigating complex cross-functional teams to achieve goals.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in business development, strategy, or related fields
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to orchestrate and complete deals
• Experience in interpreting legal documents and working with attorneys to complete agreements
• Experience in developing and driving business strategies and initiatives with executive stakeholders
• Experience in working closely with product and engineering teams
• Experience in developing working relationships both inside and outside an immediate team or partner organization

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• 401(k) or equivalent
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Wellness programs