Head of Partner Growth | $100K-$120K + Bonus + Equity + Remote | Award Winning AI Marketing SaaS Company

Company Description

This role is fully remote within North America or hybrid in Austin, TX.

ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE HOW CREATORS, PARTNERS, AND BRANDS WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD THE MOST POWERFUL PARTNER ECOSYSTEM IN THE INDUSTRY?

Our client’s award winning AI platform scales affiliate & influencer marketing with automated real-time personalized funnels to help brands, affiliates, and marketing agencies drive partner revenue faster and more efficiently. 

Trusted by fast-growing brands across consumer, health, and ecommerce verticals, their platform is setting the new standard for measurable partnership outcomes. Our client’s platform was recently named “Most Innovative Tech” at the 2025 US Partnership Awards and was also named a finalist among platforms used by billion-dollar brands.

Why Join

This is a rare opportunity to own one of the most important growth levers in the company. You will have full ownership over a partner ecosystem that directly impacts revenue. Your work will be highly visible, deeply impactful, and tightly connected to the company’s growth trajectory. You will work alongside a high-execution leadership team that values speed, ownership, and continuous improvement, while giving you the autonomy to build something iconic.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus and equity.
• Flexible work environment (Austin hybrid or remote within North America).
• High ownership and autonomy.
• Opportunity to build and lead a category-defining partner ecosystem.
• Professional development focused on partnerships, growth, and leadership.
• Collaborative, fast-paced startup environment with real influence.
   

Job Description

As Head of Partner Growth, you will own and scale our client’s partner ecosystem end-to-end. You will own the strategy, execution, and outcomes of a curated partner network designed to drive real revenue for hundreds of brands. This includes recruiting, onboarding, activating, engaging, and optimizing a curated network of high-quality partners that drive measurable results for brands on the platform.

You will be responsible for turning relationships into revenue, building systems that scale, and creating a partner community that becomes a long-term competitive advantage. This role owns the activation and expansion of a curated ecosystem of affiliates, creators, influencers, publishers, and strategic partners, turning partnerships into a repeatable, revenue-driving engine for brands on the platform.
 

Responsibilities

• Own and scale the partner ecosystem across strategy, recruitment, onboarding, activation, engagement, and performance.
• Curate and grow a vetted network of affiliates, creators, influencers, and strategic partners.
• Drive rapid partner activation, with a focus on getting partners live within days, not weeks.
• Develop recruitment and engagement strategies that lead to partners promoting multiple brands.
• Build community through ecosystem events, partner programs, and high-touch accelerators.
• Collaborate with brand growth teams on offers, campaigns, and activation strategy
• Partner with product and operations to identify automation opportunities and system improvements.
• Establish scalable systems and workflows to grow from dozens to hundreds of top-performing partners.
• Act as the external face of the partner ecosystem.
• Continuously optimize partner experience, performance, and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6-9+ years of experience owning partner-led growth end to end, including recruitment, activation, performance optimization, and scaling affiliate or creator programs.
• Strong existing network across the affiliate and creator ecosystem.
• Background in high-growth DTC, creator economy, affiliate networks, or partner-led SaaS.
• Demonstrated ability to move fast, solve problems, and create repeatable growth systems.
• Experience driving partner activation and performance, not just relationships.
• Strong communication and persuasion skills with the ability to recruit top partners.
• Ability to translate business goals into scalable partner workflows and systems.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize, multitask, perform well under pressure, meet deadlines, and wear multiple hats.
• Excited to work in a startup environment; you have a track record of being adaptable to changing priorities in a fluid, high-growth environment.

Additional Information

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