Director of Partnerships

FutureSearch; United States; A distancia; USD 160.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Fully remote

Equity

Travel opportunities

Full benefits

Descripción de la vacante

FutureSearch is a fully remote startup accelerating strategic partnerships with frontier AI labs, investors, and customers. The Director of Partnerships sources, negotiates, and closes high-stakes deals, collaborating closely with the VP of Research and CEO to map growth opportunities.

You will leverage a strong technical background and an extensive AI network to drive rapid growth while coordinating across global teams and travel when required.

Formación

• Strong technical background required.
• Proven track record closing deals worth six figures+.
• Ability to negotiate complex contracts.
• Robust pre-existing network in AI research.
• Excellent interpersonal empathy; understanding client needs.
• High ambition to influence frontier AI directions.

Responsabilidades

• Source and close high-stakes partnerships and deals.
• Build and manage relationships with AI labs, investors, grantors, and customers.
• Collaborate with VP of Research and CEO to shape strategy and opportunities.
• Represent the company to key industry players and events.
• Drive expansion while aligning with company growth objectives.

Conocimientos

Technical background

6+ figure deals

Contract negotiation

AI research network

Empathy

Ambition

Descripción del empleo

The Director of Partnerships is responsible for sourcing and closing high stakes deals at FutureSearch.

FutureSearch's business and research depend on relationships with a small, but growing, number of very high profile organizations and individuals. We operate on the bleeding edge of the fastest moving technology in human history, which makes it a world-class challenge to model the needs of these organizations and discovering opportunities for rapid growth. Our work has already had an impact on decision making at the highest levels, and the Director of Partnerships will take this even further.

Partnerships include relations with technology and data providers, FutureSearch's investors and grantors, and our customers. In particular, frontier AI labs are both our major suppliers and our major customers, and working with them constitutes a major part of this role.

The Director of Partnerships works closely with the VP of Research and the CEO.

Requirements

• A strong technical background
• A track record of reaching 6+ figure deals that led to successful outcomes
• Skill in contract negotiation
• A robust pre-existing network of contacts in and around AI research
• Excellent empathy, a top 5% sense of what somebody really wants from a single video call
• Great ambition in positively influencing the direction of frontier AI

Benefits

FutureSearch is fully remote. We concentrate in London, with SF and Berlin as our next most traveled work locations. We prioritize traveling to meet at minimum 6 times per year, usually in or near London.

As a remote company, we have flexible hours, with required synchronous attendance for critical US - Europe overlap hours (~7-10am PDT).

We are a seed stage startup, and we offer higher-than-average equity for startups of our stage.

We offer full benefits, depending on the country, including healthcare, paternity/maternity leave, equipment, and travel expenses.

Salary range is $160k - $240k for US roles, and adjusted for the local labor market outside the US.