Strategic Partner Manager (Ecosystem & Frontier Alliances)

Strategic Partner Manager (Ecosystem & Frontier Alliances) job description for Wordsmith in New York and London. The role involves managing critical external relationships, driving product adoption, and co-shipping joint marketing moments to make Wordsmith the definitive legal application.

Requirements

• 4–8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, or product marketing/management with strong external instincts.
• Highly credible in a product conversation: You don’t need to write code, but you can hold your own with an applied AI team, read a model card, and understand what makes a brilliant native integration.
• Proven track record of managing complex, high-stakes external relationships with cloud, platform, or enterprise tech giants.
• Strong understanding of GTM mechanics: You’ve shipped joint campaigns and product launches end-to-end, and you care deeply about positioning and messaging, not just getting a logo placement.
• A world-class operator: Highly organised, with the ability to run trackers, close the loop, and handle executive escalations with poise and absolute clarity.
• Deep curiosity about AI: You use the tools daily, have an active point of view on LLMs, and are excited to build the definitive AI layer for the legal industry.
• Existing relationships inside Anthropic, Microsoft, or the broader LLM/cloud ecosystem.
• Experience as an early partnerships or product hire at a fast-growing, early-stage startup.
• Background working within legal tech, complex enterprise software, or regulated industries.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Benefits
• The opportunity to make a genuine impact on the legal industry