Partner Manager, Cloud & AI Partnerships

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · New York, NY · Go To Market (GTM)

This role focuses on managing partnerships with cloud and AI platform providers to drive co-sell motions, maintain marketplace presence, and support go-to-market strategies for an AI-native legal tech company. The individual will be responsible for executing partnership playbooks, building field-level relationships, and optimizing partner performance to accelerate deal cycles and gather market insights.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage Partner Relationships: Serve as the primary point of contact for key cloud and AI platform partners, building strong working relationships with their alliance, co-sell, and field teams.
  2. Execute the Co-Sell Motion: Run day-to-day co-sell activities, including account mapping with cloud field reps, joint pipeline tracking, and delivering enablement to partner sales teams.
  3. Maintain Marketplace Presence: Oversee Legora's marketplace listings and transactable presence, ensuring our solutions are discoverable, up-to-date, and easy to buy.
  4. Support Go-To-Market Plans: Implement joint GTM plans with partners, coordinates demand generation programs, and facilitate field engagement activities.
  5. Enable the Sales Team: Partner closely with Legora's sales reps to bring cloud partnerships into active deals where partner involvement can accelerate the sales cycle.

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in cloud alliances, hyperscaler partnerships, or partner account management at an enterprise SaaS or AI company
  • Proven execution in co-selling: A track record of actively participating in co-sell motions that successfully generated pipeline and closed deals.
  • Solid understanding of hyperscalers: Familiarity with how cloud and AI platforms operate, including their basic partner programs, co-sell mechanics, and marketplace transactional flows.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Experience working effectively with internal Sales, Product, and Marketing teams to support shared commercial goals.
  • Strong communication skills: Ability to build credibility and maintain positive relationships with partner-facing stakeholders and field reps.
  • Adaptability: Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where you can take a foundational goal and run with the day-to-day execution.

Nice to have

  • Experience in legal tech or working with software sold into professional services.
  • Prior experience working directly at a major cloud or AI platform.
  • Hands-on experience navigating marketplace backend portals and co-sell incentive tracking tools.

What the JD emphasized

  • primary driver executing the playbook
  • building field-level relationships
  • optimizing what a high-performing cloud partnership looks like
  • 4+ years of experience in cloud alliances, hyperscaler partnerships, or partner account management at an enterprise SaaS or AI company
  • Proven execution in co-selling
  • Solid understanding of hyperscalers
  • Experience in legal tech or working with software sold into professional services
  • Prior experience working directly at a major cloud or AI platform
  • Hands-on experience navigating marketplace backend portals and co-sell incentive tracking tools