Director – Media & Entertainment Partnerships (AI)

Location: Los Angeles, CA preferred; candidates may be based onsite at the San Mateo, CA office. Approximately 70% travel is required.

Base salary: $221,000–$250,000 USD annually for California and New York offices, plus potential variable bonus or sales incentive and, depending on the position, RSUs.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-powered intelligent shopping and connected-TV platform operated by hirify.global InMobi, combining personalized commerce, entertainment, advertising, and content discovery across mobile and television.

What you will do

• Build and execute hirify.global TV’s partnership strategy across OTT platforms, streaming services, broadcasters, studios, production houses, media networks, and content owners.
• Originate, negotiate, and close strategic partnerships involving advertising, content discovery, product integrations, commerce, audience engagement, and joint go-to-market programs.
• Structure complex revenue-sharing, licensing, advertising, and strategic alliance agreements.
• Develop commercial propositions combining hirify.global TV’s AI capabilities, audience reach, content, advertising, and commerce.
• Work with Product, Engineering, Advertising, Content, Marketing, Legal, and Finance to launch and scale partnerships.
• Own pipeline development, commercial forecasting, deal economics, partnership performance, and approximately 70% travel for industry events and executive meetings.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, media, entertainment, OTT, streaming, advertising, or related industries.
• Proven experience independently sourcing, negotiating, and closing multi-million-dollar deals or partnerships with significant commercial or strategic value.
• Strong executive-level relationships across the U.S. media and entertainment ecosystem, particularly with OTT platforms, streaming services, broadcasters, studios, and content owners.
• Strong understanding of CTV advertising, content distribution, digital video, audience monetization, and emerging commerce opportunities.
• Experience structuring complex partnerships involving multiple commercial, product, technology, and legal stakeholders.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication, commercial judgment, and relationship-management skills.
• Entrepreneurial, self-driven approach with the ability to operate independently and deliver results in a fast-moving environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial environment focused on rapid execution, ownership, autonomy, accountability, and solving high-impact problems.
• Support for lifelong learning, feedback, smart risk-taking, and professional growth.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including a company-matched HSA, plus a 401(k) company match.
• Vacation time, sick days, special occasion time, company-wide holidays, maternity and paternity leave, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible working hours, wellness stipend, daily office lunch, pet-friendly offices, and pet insurance.
• Potential annual or quarterly variable bonus, sales incentive, and RSU grant depending on company policy and position.