Strategic AI Partnerships Lead

Canva; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Health benefits plans

401(k) contribution

Parental leave policy

Annual wellbeing allowance

Flexible leave options

Job summary

Canva is seeking a product partnerships lead to define and guide Canva’s strategy with AI platforms and platform partners, including Anthropic, Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Meta, AWS, and Notion, among others.

You’ll own senior relationships, set long-term partner strategy, and work with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, Legal, Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Operations to launch integrations and drive adoption and joint GTM success.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience leading strategic, product-led partnerships in AI, SaaS, or developer ecosystems.
• Exceptional relationship-building and presentation skills from C-suite to teams.
• Ability to influence across product, engineering, marketing, and GTM teams.
• Product sense and commercial acumen with product management experience a plus.
• Highly organized and analytical, data-driven Decision maker.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Canva’s AI technology partnership strategy with long-term vision and near-term impact.
• Lead end-to-end partner engagements from strategy through launch and scale.
• Foster win-win partnerships delivering value for Canva users and partners.
• Maintain active relationships with partners, resolving business and technical challenges.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to launch and scale partnerships and drive adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Partnership

Influence

Product and GTM

Organizational

Hands on

GSD mindset

Job description

Canva is seeking a product partnerships lead to define and guide Canva’s strategy with AI platforms and platform partners, including Anthropic, Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Meta, AWS, and Notion, among others.

You’ll own senior relationships, set long-term partner strategy, and work with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, Legal, Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Operations to launch integrations and drive adoption and joint GTM success.