# VP, Strategic Partnerships at Profound

- Company: Profound
- What the company does: Profound is the AI marketing platform built for the agentic era. See what your customers ask AI, deploy agents to act on it, and measure the results in a collaborative workbench. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://tryprofound.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/profound/816c2ab6-7398-4cd8-b1b5-695d4673b476
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/profound-vp-strategic-partnerships/

## About the role

Define and execute Profound's global partnership strategy across product, channel, agency, and data partnerships — with direct accountability for partnership-sourced pipeline and revenue Build and scale a Global Systems Integrator (GSI) program, establishing and deepening relationships with the likes of Accenture, Deloitte, Bain, Cap Gemini etc.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years in strategic partnerships, business development, or alliances in high-growth technology or SaaS, with a demonstrated track record of building programs that drive significant revenue and product value
- Deep experience running a GSI program
- Proven experience navigating the Agency ecosystem — you understand how holding companies and independent agencies make technology decisions and how to position a platform as essential to their client work
- Hands-on experience driving co-sell and marketplace programs through AWS, GCP, or Azure at scale, including marketplace listings, co-sell activation, and cloud-committed revenue motions
- Deep fluency in the AI landscape — including LLM providers, AI platforms, search technologies, and the broader application layer — and a clear point of view on where it's heading
- Executive-level communicator and relationship builder with a track record of closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals involving commercial terms, data licensing, technical integrations, and joint go-to-market commitments

Tags: Partnerships