Sr. Stakeholder Relations Manager (Contractor)

Identity Digital; Bellevue (WA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Known is seeking a Sr. Stakeholder Relations Manager to cultivate our advisor network, ecosystem partnerships, and related marketing initiatives. This contract-to-hire role focuses on building infrastructure for senior advisor and investor relationships and engaging Fortune 100 C-Suite leaders to advance the DNSid standard.

The role reports to the Sr. Director of Business Development and requires cross-functional collaboration with the commercial team, marketing, and executive leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ecosystem, platform, or community building in enterprise tech or VC environments.
• Proven success mapping critical relationships with senior leaders.
• Highly responsive and detail-oriented, connecting diverse relationships to position the company.

Responsibilities

• Nurture and scale the advisory council and build a bench of advisors.
• Develop and execute programming and events to engage advisor network and supporters.
• Manage the Global Agent Accountability Initiative and signatory relationships.
• Ensure timely follow-up on leads from advisory council, Ethos partners, and design partners.

Skills

Ecosystem building

Community building

Relationship mapping

Executive stakeholder engagement

Strategic AI-native operator

Operational execution

Technical fluency with executives

Job description

Project Overview:

Known is building DNSid, the foundational identity and accountability layer for the agentic internet. As AI agents become autonomous participants across enterprises, clouds and the public internet, DNSid gives every agent a persistent identity that can be verified wherever the agent operates.

Known is an independent company spun out of Identity Digital. While you may see both company names during the hiring process, this position is with Known.

https://knownsystems.ai/

We are looking for a Sr. Stakeholder Relations Manager to help cultivate our advisor network, ecosystem partnerships and related marketing initiatives.

This critical team member will build Known's needed infrastructure to optimize senior advisor and investor relationships, and will build community among Fortune 100 C-Suite leaders to advance the DNSid standard and position Known for commercial success.

The role requires a candidate who can operate cross functionally across the commercial team, marketing, communications, and the executive leadership team. This candidate will be experienced in managing relationships with senior leaders and can engage credibly with executive stakeholders.

This role reports to our Sr. Director of Business Development.

This is a contract to hire opportunity

Scope of Responsibilities:

• Nurture and scale the Known advisory council. Build a process for a bench of advisors who may join the advisory council
• Develop and execute programming and events (both in person and online) to build and engage our advisor network and supporters of Known
• Manage the Global Agent Accountability Initiative, include engaging signatories over time, and mapping relationships between signatories
• Develop process and infrastructure to ensure that all open leads from the advisory council, Ethos partners relationships, and referrals from existing design partners and/or GAAI signatories are addressed in a timely manner
• Partner with the CTO and Head of Standards to ensure continuity across relationships

What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months:

• Established process for engaging advisory council members, Ethos partners, friendly supporters, and GAAI signatories
• Facilitated 6 in-person or virtual events

Who You Are / What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in ecosystem, platform, or community building in an enterprise technology or venture capital environment
• Demonstrated success mapping critical relationships
• A high level of responsiveness that serves as a model across the company
• A detail-oriented thinker who can connect the dots across relationships and position the company accordingly
• Technical fluency to engage credibly with and senior leaders and executive stakeholders
• Strong judgment and discretion
• Strategic, AI-native operator with a bias toward execution, measurable outcomes and comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment

Compliance & Authorization

• Legal: The Contractor must be legally authorized to work in the US and have all permits, licenses, and authorizations necessary to function as a contractor
• Ethics: Services must be performed in alignment with all applicable anti-discrimination and equal opportunity laws, as well as Identity Digital's Equal Opportunity and non-discrimination policies and training

Location:

• Remote within the US (preference for the following states: AZ, CA, CO, DE, MD, MA, MO, NJ, NV, NY, NC, OR, OK, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, and WA)

Compensation:

• This role is intended to begin as an independent contractor engagement, compensated through an agreed-upon monthly retainer, with the potential to convert to full-time employment after an initial engagement period. The anticipated annual base salary range upon conversion is $125,000-$150,000

A few things to know about us

Identity Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities, and termination.