VP, Partnerships & Alliances

Clera; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. is seeking a senior partnerships leader to build a global growth engine beyond direct sales. You will turn partner relationships into a steady enterprise pipeline, PoCs, and revenue.

This role leads a distributed team across SI, hyperscalers, and channel partners, partners with Sales, Product, and Revenue Ops, and travels 30-40% for meetings. Remote or hybrid work is supported with frequent travel to partner and customer locations in the United States.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in partnerships, business development, or indirect go-to-market roles within enterprise software.
• Proven track record of generating pipeline and revenue through partner-led and partner-influenced deals in complex enterprise sales.
• Experience across systems integrator, hyperscaler, or channel ecosystems and repeatable co-sell motions.
• Global leadership experience building and scaling distributed teams.
• Experience creating partnership programs from the ground up in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Ability to position complex technical products to CIOs, CTOs, and data and AI stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and activate a global partnership strategy across systems integrators, hyperscalers, and channel partners.
• Develop partner-sourced pipeline through co-selling, joint accounts, and targeted enterprise use cases.
• Identify and close strategic partnerships that generate measurable pipeline and revenue.
• Create repeatable partner-specific plays aligned with high-impact use cases and technical stakeholder needs.
• Hire, lead, and scale a distributed partnerships team, setting its structure, metrics, and performance standards.
• Work with Sales, Product, and Revenue Operations to align on pipeline, proof-of-concept opportunities, and partner attribution.
• Represent the company in partner and customer meetings and at industry events, with 30% to 40% travel.

Skills

Partnership leadership

Business development

Indirect go-to-market

Global strategy

Enterprise software

Co-selling

Channel partnerships

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the Role

Lead the partnerships ecosystem at an AI company, building a global growth engine beyond direct sales. You will turn partner relationships into a consistent source of enterprise pipeline, proof-of-concept opportunities, and revenue.

What You'll Do

• Build and activate a global partnership strategy across systems integrators, hyperscalers, and channel partners.

• Develop partner-sourced pipeline through co-selling, joint accounts, and targeted enterprise use cases.

• Identify and close strategic partnerships that generate measurable pipeline and revenue.

• Create repeatable partner-specific plays aligned with high-impact use cases and technical stakeholder needs.

• Hire, lead, and scale a distributed partnerships team, setting its structure, metrics, and performance standards.

• Work with Sales, Product, and Revenue Operations to align on pipeline, proof-of-concept opportunities, and partner attribution.

• Represent the company in partner and customer meetings and at industry events, with 30% to 40% travel.

What We're Looking For

• At least 10 years of experience in partnerships, business development, or indirect go-to-market roles within enterprise software.

• A track record of generating pipeline and revenue through partner-led and partner-influenced deals in complex enterprise sales environments.

• Experience working across systems integrator, hyperscaler, or channel ecosystems and building repeatable co-sell motions.

• Global leadership experience building and scaling high-performing, distributed teams.

• Experience creating partnership programs from the ground up in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

• Ability to position complex technical products to CIOs, CTOs, and data and AI stakeholders.

Location

Remote or hybrid, with frequent travel to partner and customer locations. Primary location: United States.