Partnerships Associate (AI/Robotics)

Location: Boston (Somerville), United States; onsite

Company

hirify.global develops embodied foundation models for the physical world, combining large-scale AI, robotics, data, models, and hardware with a focus on dexterity.

What you will do

• Build and manage relationships with prospective partners, communicate hirify.global’s technology and vision, and identify partnership opportunities.
• Develop deep fluency in hirify.global’s models and technology, demonstrate capabilities, explain complex concepts, and identify compelling use cases.
• Qualify and prioritize partnership opportunities, understand partner needs and value, and move promising relationships toward concrete next steps.
• Own partner initiatives end-to-end by defining workplans, owners, milestones, and timelines.
• Coordinate with ML/engineering, product, GTM, and leadership to align partner needs and ensure follow-through.
• Represent hirify.global with partners and at relevant industry events and conferences as needed.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of professional experience in a demanding, high-ownership environment such as a technology company, startup, management consulting, or similar, with a record of delivering high-quality work on tight timelines.
• Ability to own and drive multiple cross-functional initiatives simultaneously, create clarity from ambiguity, and execute end-to-end with minimal oversight.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills, including managing parallel conversations and workstreams while tracking details, owners, timelines, and follow-up.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including explaining complex technical concepts clearly and compellingly to different audiences.
• Strong technical curiosity and ability to quickly develop fluency in complex products or technologies.
• High energy, responsiveness, interpersonal skills, and enthusiasm for meeting people, building relationships, and representing technology with external partners.
• Strong judgment, ability to assess and prioritize opportunities, and ability to drive conversations toward clear next steps.
• High integrity, reliability, consistent follow-through, and comfort working in a fast-changing environment with evolving priorities, processes, and responsibilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in AI/ML, robotics, developer platforms, or another complex technical environment.
• Experience owning partner or customer engagements from initial conversation through execution and ongoing success.
• Experience in partnerships, business development, product or program management, strategy and operations, or a role combining external relationships with operational execution.
• Ability to craft clear external narratives and concise internal decision memos for high-visibility workstreams.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, onsite work in Boston (Somerville).
• Work alongside researchers, roboticists, and company builders with experience at frontier AI and robotics organizations.
• Collaborate across ML/engineering, product, go-to-market, and leadership functions.
• Equal opportunity employment without discrimination based on legally protected characteristics.