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# Strategic Partnerships Manager at Profound

- **Company:** [Profound](https://feeny.ai/companies/profound)
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $140k–$200k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-01-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Profound/d8f0b759-dc7c-4352-bcd6-d2061f3b74f0/application

**Skills:** Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Product Partnerships, AI Landscape Knowledge, LLM Providers, AI Platforms, Search Technologies, Deal Negotiation, Data Licensing, Technical Integrations, Go-to-Market Strategy, SEO, Content Marketing, Brand Management, Analytics, Marketing Technology, SaaS Platforms, Enterprise Customer Servicing

> The Strategic Partnerships Manager builds and scales strategic relationships within the AI ecosystem to accelerate Profound’s position as the definitive platform for AI search optimization. This role involves identifying, negotiating, and activating partnerships across AI platforms, B2B tools, and complementary busi...

## Job description

Profound is the marketing platform for the age of AI search. The way brands reach people is being rewritten — AI models like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode are now the answer layer between companies and their customers. We built the platform marketers use to understand, measure, and win in that world: the analytics, intelligence, and agent automation that turn AI search from a threat into a competitive advantage.

We went from 0 to a $1B valuation in 18 months. Revenue grew 100x last year. Our customers include 15% of the Fortune 500 like Walmart, Wayfair and U.S. Bank, and innovators like Ramp, MongoDB, and Figma. We are backed by Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, LSVP, and Khosla Ventures — and we are moving fast enough that the people joining now are building the playbook everyone who comes after them will run.

As our Strategic Partnerships Manager, you will build and scale strategic relationships that accelerate Profound’s position as the definitive platform for AI search optimization. You will identify, negotiate, and activate partnerships across the AI ecosystem and complementary B2B tools that enhance our product capabilities and expand our market reach.

This role sits at the intersection of product and business development. You will own the full partnership lifecycle while working cross-functionally to ensure deep integrations and joint go-to-market initiatives deliver measurable value for Profound and our partners.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Identify, prioritize, and execute strategic partnerships across product partnerships with AI platforms and marketing technology or B2B software companies
- Build channel and ecosystem partnerships including international resellers, co-sellers, and VC or PE networks
- Develop data partnerships with platforms providing high-value proprietary datasets, ensuring alignment with Profound’s product roadmap and growth objectives
- Perform outreach, evaluation, negotiation, and closing of partnership agreements
- Structure win-win deals that balance commercial terms, technical integration requirements, and strategic value creation
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Marketing, and Sales to drive partnerships and integrations from concept through launch
- Bridge technical gaps, resolve data conflicts, and ensure smooth execution against partnership commitments
- Serve as the point of contact for strategic partners, run regular QBRs, track partnership performance metrics, and proactively identify expansion opportunities
- Collaborate with stakeholders on joint marketing initiatives, co-selling motions, and customer enablement programs
- Partner internally on partnership announcements, case studies, and thought leadership content
- Build and maintain landscape maps of the AI ecosystem and stay ahead of platform changes, emerging technologies, and competitive dynamics

## WHO YOU ARE

- Experience with strategic partnerships, business development, or product partnerships in technology or SaaS, with demonstrated success driving revenue and product value through strategic relationships
- Deep understanding of the AI landscape, including experience with LLM providers, AI platforms, search technologies, and the broader AI application layer
- Independent, original thinker with high standards, a bias for action, and the ability to collaborate effectively within organizational constraints
- Proven deal-making skills with a track record of negotiating complex partnership agreements involving commercial terms, data licensing, technical integrations, and joint go-to-market commitments
- Exceptional communicator who can build executive-level relationships, lead strategic discussions with C-suite stakeholders, and represent Profound credibly in the AI ecosystem
- Existing relationships within AI platform companies, search engines, or data providers
- Experience in analytics, marketing technology, or SaaS platforms serving enterprise customers
- Background in a high-growth startup environment
- Understanding of SEO, content marketing, or brand management

## LOCATION

This is an on-site role based in our Union Square, NYC office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $140,000 to $200,000. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.

Note: All official communication from Profound will come from a @tryprofound.com email address. If you're contacted by anyone using a different domain, please disregard and report it as spam.

## About Profound

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Profound is the full-stack marketing platform that helps brands understand, analyze, and optimize their visibility across AI-driven answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, Unicorn)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (also offices in San Francisco, London, and Buenos Aires)
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: James Cadwallader (CEO) and Dylan Babbs (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: AI marketing intelligence, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), brand visibility analytics
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise marketing teams (e.g., Target, Walmart, Figma, MongoDB, Charlotte Tilbury, US Bank)
- **Mission**: “To build the best technology so businesses can understand and control how they appear in AI answers.”

## Products & Services
- **Answer Engine Insights**: Dashboard providing real-time visibility into how brands are mentioned and rated across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and other AI platforms.
- **Agent Analytics**: Tracks how a brand’s website is crawled and interpreted by major AI models.
- **Prompt Volumes**: Shows what millions of people are asking AI, enabling demand alignment.
- **Profound Agents**: Autonomous AI workers that execute marketing functions (content creation, PR, brand sentiment, SEO/AEO) directly within the platform.
- **Profound Ecosystem**: Includes training, certification, an agency marketplace, and Profound University for marketers.
- **Integrations**: HubSpot, Google Workspace, Gamma, Parallel AI, Vercel (with more being added continuously).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1 billion (unicorn as of Series C, February 2026)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised $154.5 million across four rounds; $96M Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Feb 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Evantic, Saga Ventures, South Park Commons
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 1B+ prompts analyzed daily, 30B+ citations analyzed daily
  - 1800+ customers worldwide
  - 169 employees (monthly headcount growth of +15.1%)
  - 88 open positions
  - Global footprint in 6 countries (US, UK, Argentina, India, Canada, Brazil)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover advantage** in the AI visibility / AEO category, with proprietary data on how AI models crawl and represent brands.
- **Integrated platform** that moves from insight (analytics) to execution (Agents) in one system, replacing fragmented toolchains.
- **Strong talent pool**: early hires from Yext, 6sense, Amazon, Attentive, and consulting firms.
- **Rapid scaling**: raised from Seed to Series C and reached unicorn status in 18 months.

## Strategic Focus
- **Platform expansion**: Building out the Profound Ecosystem (training, certification, agency marketplace) to create a new category of “Marketing Engineer.”
- **Global reach**: Growing engineering and go-to-market teams across NYC, SF, London, and Buenos Aires.
- **Product depth**: Enhancing Agents with deeper automation while keeping humans in control of strategy.
- **Partnerships & integrations**: Deepening ties with major marketing and productivity tools.

## Why Work Here
- **Compensation**: Strong base salary plus significant equity in a well-funded unicorn.
- **Culture**: High-context, direct communication with a bias for action; “merit-driven, not tenure-driven” career acceleration.
- **Work model**: In-office presence required in NYC, SF, London, or Buenos Aires; daily catered meals, late-night Uber reimbursement, fitness stipend, and flexible time off.
- **Engineering focus**: Key roles include Agent Engineer, AI/ML Engineer, Design Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer – competing for AI talent against companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
- **Growth**: Rapid scaling environment with visible impact; opportunity to define a new category.

## Sources
1. [tryprofound.com](https://www.tryprofound.com/)
2. [tryprofound.com/careers](https://www.tryprofound.com/careers)
3. [LinkedIn / Profound](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryprofound)
4. [Fortune – Exclusive: Profound raises $96M](https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/exclusive-as-ai-threatens-search-profound-raises-96-million-to-help-brands-stay-visible/)
5. [tryprofound.com/blog – Series C announcement](https://www.tryprofound.com/blog/profound-raises-96m-series-c)

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