Partnerships Lead (AI)

TL;DR

Partnerships Lead (AI): Identifying and closing strategic partnerships and driving them from idea to launch with an accent on product, creative teams, and AI ecosystem. Focus on negotiating technical partnerships, managing cloud or GPU providers, and defining launch plans.

Location: On-site in San Francisco, USA

Salary: Competitive compensation (75th percentile of market) with meaningful equity.

Company

Krea is building next-generation AI creative tools, making AI intuitive and controllable for creatives.

What you will do

• Lead negotiations with GPU and cloud providers, managing credits, capacity, pricing, and SLAs.
• Stay on top of the creative AI landscape—tools, models, platforms, and emerging players.
• Own partnerships end-to-end: from strategy and deal structure to product integration and launch.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to scope, prioritize, and ship partnership-related work.
• Coordinate with creative teams to ensure all assets for product integrations and launches are ready.
• Build long-term partner relationships and act as the internal owner of those partnerships.

Requirements

• Experience working at the intersection of product and partnerships.
• Strong product instincts and comfort working closely with engineering and product teams.
• Experience negotiating and managing technical partnerships, including cloud, GPU, or API-based providers.
• Familiarity with creative products or the creative AI ecosystem.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• High ownership, autonomy, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Openness to sponsoring international candidates (e.g., STEM OPT, OPT, H-1B, O-1, E-3).
• Work alongside a world-class team building the future of AI creative tooling.
• Significant scope and company-wide impact.
• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity.