Founding U.S. GTM & Partnerships Lead (Mini-Dramas)

Location: New York, New York, United States; Remote

Annual base pay: $175,000–$205,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a content intelligence platform with more than 40 million monthly active users, powered by AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

What you will do

• Build and prioritize the U.S. ecosystem of mini-drama producers, app developers, directors, creative talent, production partners, and strategic players.
• Recruit, sign, and activate high-quality producers and content partners for consistent publishing aimed at U.S. audiences.
• Design and run a founding-partner program with producer incentives, revenue share, promotional traffic, ad credits, and referral rewards.
• Close app-growth, distribution, monetization, and advertising partnerships.
• Connect U.S. creative talent with Chinese production partners and AI-studio capacity to create scalable content.
• Own the U.S. GTM engine, including segmentation, outreach, events, community building, PR, sales materials, CRM, forecasting, and product feedback.

Requirements

• Deep experience and an established network in the mini-drama or short-drama industry.
• Senior experience in GTM, business development, partnerships, producer relations, or content acquisition.
• Track record in U.S.-China cross-border business.
• Fluent English and Mandarin Chinese, with cultural fluency in both markets.
• Proven ability to source, negotiate, close, and activate partnerships and producers.
• Experience building ecosystems or communities, including events, market mapping, pipeline management, and CRM discipline.

Nice to have

• Experience in content acquisition, distribution, app growth, or user acquisition.
• Creator or talent partnerships, or a film, television, or talent network in Los Angeles or New York.
• Networks of Chinese production houses or AI studios and experience with AI-content production.
• Consumer app or short-video platform experience.
• Product and creative judgment with the ability to bridge creative, commercial, and technical teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on 0-to-1 ecosystem-building role in a startup setting.
• Close collaboration with senior leadership, product, engineering, and ad sales.
• Opportunity to work across U.S. and Chinese markets and influence product and GTM priorities.
• Full-time position with potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus and options.