partnerships

Job description

turbopuffer is looking for someone to build our partner program from scratch — the strategy, the integrations, and the first real revenue through it. **what you'll do:** - decide which partnerships are worth it — which CSPs, peers, SIs, and labs to pursue, and which to ignore - own the relationship with cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure) and drive our marketplace listings from setup to real pipeline - turn partnerships into a repeatable sales motion: co-selling, marketplace transactions, joint accounts - get turbopuffer into the implementations that systems integrators are already running - structure the deals and co-sell motions, and negotiate them with partner alliance teams - work closely with engineering to fold partner needs back into the product **must have:** - technical — you're comfortable discussing APIs and cloud infra - outcome-driven — you know a partnership only matters if it drives revenue, and you build toward that from day one - owner — you can set partner strategy and structure deals, not just execute someone else's plan - marketplace-minded — you understand CSP marketplaces as a sales channel, not just a listing - independent — meetings aren't the goal. you navigate a large partner org, find the right people, and drive things to signed integrations and real revenue — no spec, no warm intro required - typist — you can write well and explain complex ideas simply - human — you build trust across companies and know when you're in over your head **nice to have:** - experience standing up technical partnerships, cloud alliances, or marketplace GTM at an infrastructure or developer-tool company - hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure marketplaces (private offers, metering, co-sell programs) - vector search, full-text search, or data infrastructure background - comfort building demos, integrations, or lightweight tooling yourself - you've closed co-sell deals without becoming the person who blames the partner when they slip **tpuf is hardcore & whimsical. we value:** - overstep > understep - show > tell - complexity is earned - showing up as part of our customer's team - making stuff easy to react to