Partner Director - US

cognition; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognition is seeking a talented Partner Director to lead and scale our partnerships with the world’s largest consulting firms, driving revenue for Devin and Cognition’s platform. You will source, recruit, enable, and activate partners, turning new alliances into tangible business outcomes while working closely with sales, engineering, product, and marketing.

The role requires 6+ years in partnerships or related fields, with a proven track record of creating and closing revenue through strategic

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in partnerships, channel, business development, sales, or strategic alliances.
• Strong understanding of the partner landscape and how to build revenue channels from zero.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.

Responsibilities

• Build Cognition’s partner ecosystem from the ground up—sourcing, recruiting, enabling, and activating partners.
• Create partnerships from standing start and drive partner-initiated business.
• Define strategy, build the program, support deals, and help close new business with partners.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, product, and marketing to accelerate growth and expand Devin’s reach.

Skills

Partnerships

Channel sales

Business development

Strategic alliances

Job description

We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.

We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.

Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.

Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.

We're looking for a talented Partner Director to join us on our mission to build the future of software engineering with focus on building our partnerships with the largest Consulting Firms in the world — McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Kearney, and their peers.

ABOUT US

Cognition is the team behind Devin, the world's first AI software engineer.

Today, the two primary forms of AI coding tools are IDEs and agents. Engineers naturally want both: the IDE for when you want to make each decision yourself, with AI-assisted speedups, and agents to delegate complete tasks asynchronously. Our product suite is uniquely capable of tackling the pair.

Our maniacal focus on serving the world's most innovative companies and largest enterprises has led Gartner to name us a "Leader" in the Magic Quadrant. Customers like Goldman Sachs, Mercedes Benz, NuBank, Ramp, Citi, Dell, Cisco, Palantir, and ServiceNow trust us to help them transform their businesses.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cognition $48B fundraise and continued growth

• Goldman Sachs Devin Case Study

• Scott Wu The Wu Tapes Colossus Deep Dive

• Russell Kaplan and Scott Wu on American Optimist

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• As a Channel Director, you will be responsible for building Cognition’s partner ecosystem from the ground up — sourcing, recruiting, enabling, and activating partners that drive meaningful revenue for Cognition’s platform.

• You will create partnerships from a standing start and turn them into partner-initiated business. This is not a maintenance role but rather a hunter/farmer role. You will define the strategy, build the program, support deals, and help close new business alongside our partners.

• You’ll work closely with sales, but also engineering, product, and marketing to build a high-leverage partner engine that accelerates Cognition’s growth and expands Devin’s reach into the world’s most ambitious technology organizations.

• Successful candidates will have 6+ years of experience in partnerships, channel, business development, sales, or strategic alliances, a strong understanding of the partner landscape, and the drive and grit required to build a revenue channel from zero in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Insanely high adaptability and a deep passion for the (somewhat chaotic) early stages of company building.

• Relentless drive – Hunger to dream up, plan, and execute a winning strategy for your territory.

• Boundless curiosity and ability to learn quickly - the market dynamics in this space change daily!

• Deep customer empathy, we’re building long‑term relationships and that requires always putting our customers first.

• The exceptional technical expertise required to become a master of our products and a trusted advisor on your customers' AI strategy.

• Team player – We win and lose with our incredible Product, Engineering, and GTM peers.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Only a small handful of companies have built career-defining sales teams. We’re on a mission to build the next one. That starts with setting the bar for talent extremely high.

Even the best sales reps are never a finished product. World‑class enablement is key to a world‑class sales organisation and a competitive advantage. We have hired one of the best teams in the industry to ensure everyone continues to get better.

Equal Opportunity

Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any.