Partnerships Lead – Product Partnerships

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Maleda Tech

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11 - 50 employees

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

🤝 B2B

Recruitment • HR Tech • B2B

Maleda Tech is a global contingent workforce solutions provider offering Employer of Record (EOR) services, Managed Service Provider (MSP) programs, Vendor Management System (VMS) implementation, staff augmentation, recruiting, strategic sourcing, tail spend management, and legal/contract operations. They position themselves as a personalized, boutique partner focused on risk compliance and efficient hiring, with an emphasis on diversity (committed to recruiting at least 85% of employees from diverse backgrounds). The company also runs immersive training and mentorship programs to build candidate pipelines and has operations in the Bay Area (California, US) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

📋 Description

• Define and own the business development strategy for product enablement. • Work closely with Product Marketing and Engineering to build a deep understanding of the product roadmap and identify where third-party partnerships can unlock, accelerate, or improve planned products. • Build a proactive pipeline of partner opportunities rather than waiting for inbound requests, and contribute to the broader platform partnerships strategy over time. • Develop trusted relationships with product leads and maintain ongoing visibility into the roadmap so that partnership needs are anticipated well in advance of product timelines. • Lead the end-to-end deal process for priority partnerships, from initial outreach and scoping through negotiation, term sheet, and contract execution. • Develop and refine commercial frameworks across a range of deal types, from data licensing and API agreements to broader technology and service partnerships, structuring deals that reduce cost and vendor dependency over time while protecting strategic flexibility. • Develop a clear point of view on build versus buy versus partner tradeoffs across the technology stack and bring well-reasoned recommendations to Product and Engineering leadership. • Continuously evaluate the partner landscape and negotiate commercial structures that reflect the strategic value of each relationship. • Work cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Product, and Engineering to align on partner profiles, model costs and revenue opportunities, define success metrics, and develop contracting frameworks. • Represent partnership opportunities clearly and compellingly to senior internal stakeholders and build the consensus required to move quickly on priority deals. • Develop deep expertise in the data, technology, and service provider landscapes most relevant to the product roadmap, anticipating market shifts and emerging capabilities. • Define the KPIs, reporting frameworks, and partner feedback loops needed to evaluate new partnerships and capture learnings that allow product partnerships to scale globally over time.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or a related field, with a track record of independently owning and closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals • Experience partnering closely with product and engineering organizations to identify and execute technology or data partnerships that directly enable product development • Familiarity with data licensing, API agreements, and technology vendor negotiations, with comfort evaluating build versus buy versus partner tradeoffs • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute partnership strategy proactively, not just manage inbound opportunities • Strong commercial instincts and experience structuring deals across a range of partner types and commercial models • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where product priorities can shift quickly, with the ability to maintain focus and momentum across a diverse portfolio • Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Legal to align on strategy and move deals forward • Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to synthesize complex product and technical context into a compelling external narrative and bring senior stakeholders along internally • Bachelor's degree or equivalent