Partner Director

Renaissance Learning, Inc.; Tysons, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategy is seeking a Partner Director to drive partner-sourced revenue by embedding Mosaic-like semantics into AI and data architectures. The role is ISV-attach and ecosystem-architecture focused, not a transactional resale seat.

Location is Tysons Corner, VA, with in-person preference; highly qualified remote candidates in the Central or Eastern U.S. will be considered. You’ll lead architecture influence, ISV/SI orchestration, and joint reference architectures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in partner/alliance management, ecosystem development, or related leadership roles.
• Proven ability to drive partner-sourced or partner-influenced revenue through attach or co-sell motions.
• Experience getting products embedded into partner or hyperscaler reference architectures.
• Strong relationships with data-platform ISVs and system integrators.

Responsibilities

• Architectural influence and technical evangelism to embed Mosaic-like semantic layers in partner architectures.
• Identify and engage industry-focused system integrators to co-build vertical solutions.
• Drive marketplace packaging and joint go-to-market offers with ISVs and SIs.
• Develop annual strategic plans and achieve partner-led revenue targets.
• Track opportunities, provide forecasts, and enable partner sales through content and training.

Skills

Partner management

Alliance strategy

Executive communication

Solutions architecture

Education

BA/BS required

MBA preferred

Job description

Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is at the forefront of transforming organizations into intelligent enterprises through data-driven innovation. We don't just follow trends—we set them and drive change. As a market leader in enterprise analytics and AI software, we've pioneered the BI and analytics space, empowering people to make better decisions and revolutionizing how businesses operate. We are now also at the forefront of AI disruption, providing data via our enterprise semantic layer to AI agents, tools, and platforms.

But that's not all. Strategy is also leading a groundbreaking shift in digital assets, adopting bitcoin as our primary treasury reserve asset in 2020. Since then, we have issued innovative bitcoin-backed securities and have been the leader in bitcoin treasury companies. This visionary move has helped us build a fortress balance sheet, and is solidifying our position as a forward-thinking, innovative force in the market.

Our people are the core of our success. At Strategy, you'll join a team of smart, creative minds working on dynamic projects with cutting-edge technologies. We thrive on curiosity, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Our corporate values—bold, agile, engaged, impactful, and united—are the foundation of our culture. As we lead the charge into the new era of AI and financial innovation, we foster an environment where every employee's contributions are recognized and valued.

Join us and be part of an organization that lives and breathes innovation every day. At Strategy, you're not just another employee, you're a crucial part of a mission to push the boundaries of analytics and redefine financial investment.

Job Description

The Role: We are looking for aPartner Directorto drivepartner-sourced revenue by making Mosaic AI an embedded, recommended component of the modern AI and data architecture. This is anISV-attach and ecosystem-architecture role, not a transactional resale seat: your mandate is to get the Mosaic semantic layer designedinto the solutions that hyperscalers, ISVs, and system integrators recommend and build for their customers.

Location:Tysons Corner, VA (HQ, in-person preferred). Highly qualified remote candidates in the Central or Eastern U.S. will be considered.

Your Focus:

Google agentic attach— establish Mosaic as the recommended semantic/data layer within Google Cloud's agentic AI architecture (Gemini, Vertex AI, and agent-builder patterns), so that Google field, specialist, and PSO teams position Mosaic by default when designing agentic and data-grounding solutions. ISV attach through industry-focused SIs— attach Mosaic to leading data-platform ISVs (Databricks, Snowflake, and similar) by partnering withindustry-focused system integratorswho already run those practices and own marketplace packaging, embedding Mosaic into their repeatable, vertical solution offers. ISV co-packaging & reference architectures— co-package Mosaic with complementary ISVs and drivejoint reference architecturesthat position the semantic layer as essential infrastructure for AI-ready data, taking those validated solutions to market.

Success is measured bypartner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline and revenue, the number of reference architectures and packaged solutions in which Mosaic is a designed-in component, and Mosaic's standing in partner- and hyperscaler-recommended architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture influence & technical evangelism

• Get Mosaic written intoGoogle Cloud's recommended agentic AI reference architectures, working with Google Cloud architecture, specialist, PSO, and partner teams to make the semantic layer a default element of Gemini/Vertex agentic data-grounding patterns.
• Develop and evangelizejoint reference architecturesthat position Mosaic as the semantic/data layer alongside Databricks, Snowflake, and other ISVs, in partnership with Product Management, Sales Engineering, and Solution Architecture.
• Build the technical and business narrative that makes Mosaic the obvious "design-in" choice for AI-ready, governed data.

ISV attach & SI orchestration

• Identify and engageindustry-focused system integratorswith established Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud data practices; co-build vertical solution offers with Mosaic embedded.
• Drivemarketplace packagingof joint solutions (Google Cloud Marketplace and partner offers), working with SIs and ISVs on listing, packaging, and routing.
• Develop joint value propositions and packaged offers with strategic ISVs that attach Mosaic to their platforms and motions.

Go-to-market & revenue

• Develop annual strategic plans and performance goals for the partnerships and ecosystem motions under management.
• Drive joint sell-with and partner-led activities through go-to-market plays in collaboration with Product Management, Marketing, Sales Engineering, and Field Sales.
• Generatenet-new logos through partner-sourced pipelinevia attach, co-sell, joint marketing, and account-planning sessions.
• Support Strategy's field sales organization through partner engagement for partner-influenced opportunities.
• Drive joint engagement through partner-led and industry events in collaboration with Field Marketing and Sales.

Operations & enablement

• Track all opportunities, pipeline, and bookings; provide forecasts and funnel-management reporting focused onpartner-sourced revenue.
• Provide content for partner training curriculum, reference-architecture enablement, and sales enablement.
• Serve as an escalation point for pre-sales and post-sales issues.
• Build and maintain relationships, including stakeholder mapping, across Google, ISV, and SI partner personnel to strengthen Strategy's standing and visibility.

Qualifications

• BA/BS required; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years in partner/alliance management, ISV alliances, ecosystem development, sales leadership, or solutions/pre-sales leadership.
• Demonstrated experience drivingpartner-sourced or partner-influenced revenuethrough attach, co-sell, or ecosystem motions.
• Proven ability to get a product or platformdesigned into partner or hyperscaler reference architectures(i.e., influence without authority across external ecosystems).
• Direct experience withdata-platform ISVssuch as Databricks, Snowflake, or comparable, and the ecosystems around them.
• Strong technical credibility — able to lead architecture-level conversations with partner architects, specialists, and customer technical leadership.
• Experience workingthrough system integratorsto embed or attach a product into repeatable, vertical solution offers.
• Strong relationship-management and executive-influence skills across partner and customer stakeholders.

Strongly preferred

• Working knowledge ofGoogle Cloud's AI/agentic stack(Gemini, Vertex AI, agent-builder patterns) and where a semantic/data layer fits in agentic and RAG/data-grounding architectures.
• Experience withcloud marketplace packaging and listing(Google Cloud Marketplace, Microsoft commercial marketplace) — private offers, packaging, and partner routing.
• Familiarity with thesemantic layer / enterprise BI & analyticscategory and the AI-data-readiness landscape.
• Experience building or co-buildingpackaged ISV solutionsand joint go-to-market offers.

Attributes

• High energy, grit, proactivity, and commitment to personal and company goals.
• Strong business acumen; able to interpret market and ecosystem trends and advise leadership.
• Exceptional planning, attention to detail, and execution.
• Able to excel in a virtual, matrixed environment and manage multiple disciplines under time pressure.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $129,900to $233,700andrepresentsa good faith estimate of the range at the time of posting.Strategymaintainsbroad salary ranges to account for differences in skills, experience, qualifications, internal peer equity, market conditions, and business needs.

Candidates are typically placed within the range based on these factors, and it is not common for individuals to be hired at or near the top of the range. The posted range reflects base salary only. Eligible employees may also participate in bonus programs, sales incentives, equity awards, and comprehensive benefits, as applicable.

Additional Information

Strategy is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other legally-protected basis.

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