--- title: 'Partnerships Associate at Merge' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/partnerships-associate-merge-san-francisco-gh3k7cb418st' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-30' --- # Partnerships Associate at Merge - **Company:** Merge - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/merge/41a6cba9-3f1b-4937-b01b-ff7d1e119856 ## Job description Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Our platform offers two core products: Merge for Product, and Merge for Workforce. Merge for Product enables teams to ship AI features and integrations at massive scale. Merge for Workforce helps engineering teams govern AI access at the company level. Merge's enterprise-grade platform handles the entire integration lifecycle, from authentication and security to monitoring and maintenance. Thousands of companies trust Merge to accelerate product development, unblock sales, reduce customer churn, and save engineering resources—allowing them to focus on their core product. Merge is looking for a driven Partnerships Associate to… - Manage and support a portfolio of existing integration, technology, and API partners - Serve as the primary point of contact for partners after agreements are signed - Drive partner onboarding, enablement, and ongoing coordination - Work cross functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to execute partner initiatives - Support partner launches and go to market efforts including announcements, enablement materials, and campaigns - Identify operational gaps or blockers and help drive resolution across teams What will you be doing? - Support the execution of active partnerships by coordinating timelines, deliverables, and internal owners - Lead partner onboarding workflows including access setup, documentation sharing, and internal readiness - Act as the connective tissue between partners and internal teams to ensure initiatives move forward smoothly - Monitor partner progress and surface risks, dependencies, or delays early - Collect feedback from partners and internal teams to inform improvements to partnership processes - Create and maintain clear internal artifacts such as partner briefs, trackers, and status updates What experience is required? - 1 - 2 years of experience in sales, partnerships, business development, operations, project management, consulting, or a related role in a SaaS or technology company - Strong organizational and project management skills, with high attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple partners and workstreams in parallel - Experience working cross functionally with internal teams and external stakeholders, including coordinating timelines, dependencies, and deliverables - Comfort operating in a fast paced environment with evolving processes and shifting priorities - Interest in APIs, integrations, or developer-focused products ## Compensation - The cash compensation range for this role is $105,000 - $115,000 - Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications. In addition to cash compensation, all employees receive an equity compensation package. ## About Merge ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Merge is a unified API platform that enables B2B companies to add hundreds of integrations to their products and empowers AI agents with secure, governed access to enterprise tools. - **Entity Type**: Private (Total funding $74.5M; last round Series B $55M) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (offices also in New York and Berlin) - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Shensi Ding and Gil Feig ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: API infrastructure, B2B SaaS integrations, AI agent infrastructure - **Target customers**: B2B SaaS companies, Fortune 500 organizations, AI product teams, enterprises needing customer-facing integrations - **Mission**: “Reshaping the way the world integrates” and making secure data access easy ## Products & Services - **Merge Unified**: A single API that gives products access to hundreds of pre-built integrations across HR, payroll, accounting, ticketing, CRM, SCIM, and directory platforms. Handles authentication, security, monitoring, and maintenance. (SaaS / API) - **Merge Agent Handler**: Enables AI agents to take authenticated actions across thousands of enterprise tools with scoped permissions, complete audit logs, and real-time monitoring. Includes model routing, fallback, and cost optimization. (API / Platform) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding $74.5M (Series B $55M) as of latest round; annual revenue not publicly available (estimated at ~$1M by third‑party data, but unverified) - **Notable Investors**: Backed by leading technology investors (names not publicly listed on company pages); recognized as a Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Star and Forbes Next‑Billion‑Dollar Startups 2023 - **Growth Signals**: 104 employees (+14.9% YoY); 21 active job postings (+162.5% YoY); LinkedIn followers 28,176 (+41.9% YoY); product rating 4.8/5 on G2-style reviews; recognized by Forbes ## Competitive Advantages - **Single API replaces dozens of custom integrations**, drastically reducing engineering time and maintenance overhead - **Enterprise‑grade security**: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR certified - **Model routing and fallback**: Automatically routes LLM calls to the best provider based on cost and performance, with automatic failover - **Governed agents**: Scoped permissions and complete audit logs satisfy enterprise compliance needs - **Pre‑built, always‑maintained connectors** across multiple categories (HR, payroll, accounting, ticketing, CRM, etc.) ## Strategic Focus - Deepening agent‑capabilities (Agent Handler) and expanding the integration catalog - Positioning as the infrastructure layer for AI products that need reliable, secure access to real enterprise data - Serving both external product integrations and internal tool automation - Maintaining enterprise‑grade compliance and data protection as core differentiators ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values include “character of excellence”, “own what matters”, “enthusiasm is momentum”, “make it easy”, and “ask anything, say anything”. High employee ratings: overall 4.4/5, culture 4.5/5. - **Work model**: In‑person‑first (offices in San Francisco, New York, Berlin). Small startup environment with close‑knit teams. - **Engineering‑heavy**: 36% of employees in technical roles; top alumni go to OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, Notion. - **Perks & compensation**: Compensation rating 4.2/5; not many perks publicly detailed, but strong growth trajectory and exposure to cutting‑edge AI/integration problems. - **Recent departures**: Head of People Operations left in February 2026 – new leadership is being built out. ## Sources 1. [merge.dev](https://www.merge.dev/) 2. [merge.dev/about](https://www.merge.dev/about) 3. [merge.dev/careers](https://www.merge.dev/careers) 4. [linkedin.com/company/merge-api](https://www.linkedin.com/company/merge-api) 5. 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