Founding AI Training Partnerships Manager

Location: Remote within the United States, with the ability to work primarily within U.S. time zones.

Company

hirify.global helps organizations improve customer experiences through human insight, participant networks, AI-powered analysis, expert services, and integrations.

What you will do

• Build and manage a strategic opportunity pipeline across frontier AI organizations, AI training and data companies, AI-native businesses, and consulting partners.
• Work with prospective customers to understand complex AI training challenges and develop commercial solutions using the contributor network.
• Own opportunities from outreach and discovery through solution development, negotiation, and close.
• Partner with the Strategic Projects Lead to assess feasibility, align expectations, and support successful delivery.
• Develop repeatable AI ecosystem partnerships and expand high-value customer relationships.
• Improve pipeline management, account prioritization, forecasting, pricing insights, sales processes, and broader AI Training strategy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in business development, partnerships, enterprise sales, strategic accounts, or another customer-facing commercial role in fast-paced or emerging technology markets.
• Experience selling services, data, marketplaces, expert networks, talent solutions, or other offerings requiring operational delivery and customer collaboration.
• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to navigate ambiguity, evaluate complex opportunities, prioritize effectively, and create solutions for evolving customer needs.
• Excellent relationship-building, negotiation, and communication skills with technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Must be located in the United States and able to work primarily within U.S. time zones.

Nice to have

• Experience working with AI companies, AI infrastructure providers, AI training organizations, or businesses supporting model development.
• Existing relationships within the AI ecosystem.
• Familiarity with post-training, evaluations, expert data, reinforcement learning environments, quality assurance, or related AI training workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to help incubate and shape a new AI Training business.
• Inclusive and accessible candidate experience with accommodations available during the hiring process.
• Commitment to diverse perspectives and equal employment opportunity.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview.
• Hiring manager interview and panel interview.
• Final interview, if applicable, followed by the offer stage.