Senior Partner Manager

Vercel Vercel · Enterprise · Austin, TX +2 · Partnerships

This role is for a Senior Partner Manager at Vercel, focusing on building and managing strategic alliances with technology partners in the AI and agentic ecosystems. The goal is to drive mutual success, revenue growth, and joint customer adoption of Vercel's platform. The role requires a strong understanding of the AI agent ecosystem and the ability to foster executive relationships and drive go-to-market strategies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own Strategic Partner Relationships: Lead Vercel’s global alliance with key strategic partners and their broader channel ecosystems. Drive long-term success through strong executive and multi-level stakeholder engagement.
  2. Develop & Execute Strategic Plans: Define and implement annual partner strategies with clear goals, timelines, and milestones. Align cross-functional teams to ensure the partnership is progressing efficiently and harmoniously.
  3. Building Solutions & Sales Plays: Craft joint go-to-market motions that leverage market trends, product synergies, and whitespace opportunities within partner ecosystems to drive revenue growth.
  4. Deeply Understand Partner Solutions & GTM Models: Maintain a strong grasp of partner business models, offerings, and strategic objectives to develop compelling joint value propositions and maximize mutual impact.
  5. Foster Executive Relationships: Build and sustain trusted executive-level relationships between Vercel and its partners, acting as a strategic advisor and connector across organizations.

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in Sales, Partnerships, or Business Development, preferably in the SaaS or developer tooling space.
  • Strong understanding of the developer, modern web, and AI agent ecosystem.
  • High technical acumen; capable of speaking fluently with both business and technical stakeholders.
  • A proven relationship-builder with the ability to navigate complex organizations and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
  • Strategic thinker who can connect vision to execution and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves to get things done.
  • Skilled negotiator with experience owning end-to-end partner deal processes.
  • Clear, confident communicator with strong executive presence.
  • Results-driven with a knack for uncovering opportunities and driving value for both Vercel and its partners.

Nice to have

  • Competitive compensation package, including equity.
  • Inclusive Healthcare Package.
  • Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
  • Flexible Time Off.
  • We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed

What the JD emphasized

  • AI and agentic ecosystems
  • joint customer success