Strategic Partnerships, Silicon Ecosystem (AI)

Location: San Francisco, United States; hybrid

Company

hirify.global, spun out of MIT CSAIL, builds general-purpose AI systems optimized for deployment across data-center accelerators and on-device hardware.

What you will do

• Build and execute strategic partnerships with silicon providers, owning assigned relationships and negotiating agreements through signature.
• Run co-design programs and define joint products combining partner hardware with hirify.global models and agents.
• Drive integration, optimization, benchmarking, ecosystem adoption, and distribution through OEMs, system integrators, and partner business groups.
• Develop joint go-to-market programs, including launches, demonstrations, and events such as CES.
• Lead cross-functional execution by establishing milestones, owners, and resolutions for technical, commercial, and organizational blockers.
• Deliver at least one year-one silicon partnership through agreement, joint-product definition, target customers, and ongoing execution.

Requirements

• Proven experience developing and executing strategic partnerships that produce measurable outcomes, including signed agreements, shipped integrations, and customers.
• Experience with silicon vendors, hardware platforms, OEMs, or embedded computing ecosystems.
• Experience leading commercial negotiations and structuring partnerships involving technical integration, distribution, or joint go-to-market.
• Product thinking: ability to define what a joint offering does, who buys it, and why.
• Strong understanding of the AI ecosystem and the roles of AI models, inference software, and hardware platforms.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business organizations.
• Entrepreneurial ownership, sound judgment, fast execution, and curiosity about technical substance.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI inference, machine learning infrastructure, or edge AI.
• Familiarity with CPU, GPU, and NPU architectures and their software ecosystems.
• Background in AI PCs, mobile devices, automotive, IoT, robotics, or embedded systems.
• Existing relationships with major semiconductor companies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work in San Francisco.
• Competitive base salary plus equity, with offers reflecting skills, experience, and location.
• Unlimited PTO, company-wide Refill Days, and long weekends when the company rests together.
• Comprehensive health coverage, with details varying by location.
• Paid leave for pregnancy, parenting, medical needs, and family care.