Partnership Marketing Manager

About The Role

You will manage and grow a portfolio of high-priority partnerships while actively contributing to the top of the pipeline. You will support lead generation efforts, represent OpenArt at industry events, and play a hands-on role in developing new partnership opportunities from initial outreach through to long-term success.

Day-to-Day

• Own execution across active partnership workstreams, from kickoff through delivery, while continuously identifying ways to expand existing collaborations.
• Translate partnership goals into clear plans, coordinate stakeholders, and consistently deliver high-quality outcomes for partners.

Why This Is Exciting

• Work at a category-leading AI company: Join one of the fastest-growing and largest AI video generation platforms in the world.
• Operate at the frontier of AI and creativity: Help execute partnerships and projects at the cutting edge of AI-native media, the attention economy, and AI creativity workflows.
• High exposure and direct mentorship: Report directly to the Head of Business Development and Partnerships, with daily mentorship backed by 7 years of experience at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey.

What You Will Do

• Support lead generation efforts by identifying, researching, and qualifying prospective partners across target verticals.
• Represent OpenArt at industry conferences, events, and networking opportunities to build brand presence and surface new partnership leads.
• Collaborate with the Business Development team to develop and advance new partnership opportunities from initial conversation through signed agreements.
• Manage a portfolio of active partnerships end-to-end, including kickoff, execution, ongoing relationship management, and expansion.
• Translate partnership goals into structured plans with clear milestones, ownership, and timelines.
• Maintain strong operational habits across CRM hygiene, project trackers, documentation, and stakeholder communications.
• Cook up cross-functional teams internally to ensure partner commitments are delivered on time and at a high standard.

Requirements

• U.S. work authorization / location: We are only considering candidates who can be physically located and work-authorized in the United States.
• H1B visa sponsorship is available.
• 3+ years of work experience, preferably in top-tier consulting (e.g., MBB), investing, private equity, or an equivalent high-performance environment.
• Native or near-native English proficiency, both written and verbal.
• Exceptional execution and operational ownership: proven ability to drive workstreams forward with speed, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Strong business acumen and creative problem-solving: comfortable challenging the status quo and finding ways to make things happen.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment.
• Experience in media/entertainment, advertising, creator economy, or AI/tech is a plus.

Work Setup

• Bay Area required: due to proximity to AI model companies and need for in-person relationship building.
• Hybrid options available for candidates based near the Bay Area.
• Visa sponsorship available.

Compensation Range

$80K - $120K