Strategic Partnerships Manager

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25+ days of paid time off

Comprehensive home office stipends

Pension/401(k) programs

Life insurance

Premium healthcare

Competitive base salary

Lucrative bonus programs

Job summary

Asymmetric Research is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our business development team in New York City. You’ll build a pipeline by outbound outreach, in-person relationship-building, conferences, and other channels.

You will run full-cycle deals, sizing engagements with our team and closing, while making a persuasive case for why security should be a priority for crypto/AI builders.

Qualifications

• 1–2+ years of closing complex, larger deals in enterprise sales.
• Able to persuasively present to sophisticated buyers and change minds.
• Strong market instincts to know where to be and when to engage.
• NYC-based in-market with willingness to travel 20–40%.
• Self-directed in a flat, small-team environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize prospects across protocols, exchanges, L1/L2 teams, fintechs, and AI firms.
• Attend conferences, meetups, and events to build relationships in person.
• Run full-cycle deals: outreach, scoping engagements, sizing, and closing.
• Make a compelling case for security as a priority for buyers.
• Leverage market signals to reach teams before they seek a security partner.

Skills

Enterprise sales

Persuasion

Market intuition

In-person presence

Travel 20-40%

Self-directed

Job description

Asymmetric Research:

Asymmetric Research is a specialized security firm focused on long-term, integrated partnerships with L1/L2 blockchains and DeFi protocols. We help teams build resilient systems, strengthen security posture, and proactively address emerging threats.

About the role:

We're looking for someone to serve as a strategic partnerships manager to join our business development team. Your work would involve getting in front of crypto/AI builders and positioning us as the security and infrastructure partner of choice. You'll be building a pipeline through a mix of outbound outreach, in-person relationship-building, conferences, and other channels.

What you'd actually be doing:

• Identifying and prioritizing prospects (established protocols, exchanges, L1/L2 teams, fintechs, and AI companies)
• Being out in the market, attending conferences, meetups, dinners, wherever the people who make these decisions actually are
• Running full-cycle deals: outreach, scoping conversations, working with our team to size engagements, and closing
• Making a compelling, persuasive case for why security should be a priority.
• Using market signals (who's raising, shipping, or upgrading) to reach teams before they go looking for a security partner.

What we're looking for:

• Strong enterprise sales experience: 1-2+ years closing complex, larger deals. This matters more than web3, AI, or security background, which we expect you can pick up.
• Genuinely persuasive: comfortable making a case to skeptical, sophisticated buyers and changing their mind
• Strong market instincts: you read a market and know where to be, not just who to call
• NYC-based and in-market: you live in the NYC area and work the ground game in person, including meetings, events, and dinners. You'll work occasionally from our office at 1 World Trade Center to meet with the team and clients in person. You will travel up to 20-40% whenever a deal or event calls for it.
• Self-directed: we're a 50+ person team with a flat hierarchy, so you'll get trust and room to define the role, not a heavily scripted playbook

Good to have, not required:

• Existing relationships with funds, exchanges, or protocol teams
• Prior exposure to crypto, artificial intelligence, security, or technical sales is a plus

Benefits:

• 25+ days of paid time off
• Comprehensive stipends for home office, wellbeing, professional development, and more
• Pension/401(k) programs
• Life insurance
• Premium healthcare
• Competitive base salary
• Lucrative bonus programs