As a Partner Development Manager, you will act as the strategic liaison between us and our most influential ecosystem partnerships - including but not limited to media partners and OEMs. You will be responsible for developing and executing partnership strategies that drive mutual business growth and innovation. This role requires a highly independent operator with exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills who can align global stakeholders around shared goals.
Key Responsibilities:
Build a strategy together with top partners to drive success.
Develop comprehensive knowledge of each partner's business, exploring their specific challenges and opportunities.
Map stakeholders and effectively navigate the partners organization in pursuit of our shared goals.
Deploy critical thinking and assessment skills to enforce efficacy in strengthening relationships.
Exercise excellent planning and prioritization skills to manage multiple partner relationships.
Advocate for, facilitate and enhance the adoption and use of our products among mutual customers.
Identify and actualize opportunities for collaboration, such as joint marketing initiatives, thought leadership, or shared research and development.
Leverage strong internal communication to ensure company-wide buy-in for executing partnership initiatives.
Requirements: Required Skills and Attributes:
Relationship-building: Must be reliable and trustworthy, able to form strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Business Acumen: Must be an informed, strategic thinker who understands the business landscape and can navigate it successfully.
Communication Skills: As a crucial liaison, must be an effective communicator who can persuasively articulate our positions and serve as a mediator when necessary.
Problem-Solving: Should be perceptive and considerate, with the determination to tackle and resolve issues that arise within partnerships.
Documentation Skills: Should be accomplished and precise, able to accurately and effectively record important details of our partnerships.
Presentation Skills: Must be comfortable and experienced presenting business and technical topics to partner stakeholders and in public speaking opportunities.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years in Partner Management, Strategic Alliances, or Business Development in the tech industry.
Proven success managing high-impact partnerships independently.
Experience working with global partners and cross-regional teams
Fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese (written and spoken) is required.
Knowledge of additional Chinese dialects (e.g., Cantonese) is a plus.
This position is open to all candidates.