Director – Product partnerships
Company | Writer |
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Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product, data, strategic partnerships – ideally with exposure to SaaS, AI, and/or enterprise software
- Strong execution skills with a track record of owning partnerships end-to-end
- Experience managing integrations and navigating technical conversations with product/engineering counterparts
- Familiarity with data licensing models (per-seat, OEM, consumption-based)
- Comfortable juggling multiple workstreams, partner types, and levels of complexity
- Confident negotiator with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Takes initiative, doesn’t wait to be told what to do
- Thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where scrappiness is a superpower
Responsibilities
- Identify and prioritize new product and data partnership opportunities that align with Writer’s roadmap and vertical strategy
- Lead day-to-day execution for partner conversations – from initial outreach and alignment through to contracting and launch
- Collaborate with product and engineering to assess partner APIs, define integration approaches, and ensure technical feasibility
- Work with legal and finance to structure licensing, data usage rights, and revenue-sharing agreements
- Support launches and co-marketing efforts; work with GTM to enable field teams and drive awareness of integration and data capabilities
- Build and maintain productive relationships with partner teams, acting as their primary point of contact at Writer
- Create and maintain internal resources that help Product, Solutions, and Sales activate partnership capabilities
- Help build scalable systems and templates to streamline partner tracking, evaluation, and execution
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in data-intensive verticals (e.g., financial services, healthcare, CPG)
- Built or supported agentic AI tools, RAG pipelines, or knowledge graph integrations
- Launched integrations via partner marketplaces (e.g., Salesforce, Snowflake, Slack)
- Experience with partner-sourced pipeline or co-sell motions