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What this role is
OpenRouter seeks a strategic partnerships leader to structure and manage high-value deals with AI/ML companies, balancing technical architecture discussions with creative commercial models. This role suits someone with deep experience scaling consumption-based partnerships at infrastructure or developer platforms who can move fluidly between business negotiations and technical conversations with engineering teams.
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years in partnerships and business development
- Track record scaling consumption or usage-based partnership models at API, developer tools, or infrastructure companies with $10M+ in influenced consumption/revenue
- Credibility discussing integration architecture, authentication, and data flows with engineering teams
- Experience negotiating complex agreements covering data governance, SLAs, consumption economics, and technical commitments
Nice to have
- Fluency with API platforms, authentication, and developer tooling
- Comfort as a hands-on individual contributor in a small, fast-moving team