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Senior Manager, Solutions Partners

Vapi · San Francisco · Remote

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About Vapi

Build, test, and deploy advanced voice AI agents in minutes with Vapi. The platform for developers creating conversational voice AI. Backed by Bessemer, Peak XV and Y Combinator.

About the role

Go deep on Vapi’s product, platform, and enterprise motion; meet Sales, Solutions Engineering, Marketing, and leadership to understand where partners fit Map the solutions partner landscape - global and boutique SIs, AI-native consultancies, and CX specialists - and build a prioritized target list

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years in partnerships, channel sales, or business development at a B2B software company, with 3+ years recruiting and launching new partners (SIs, consultancies, or agencies)
  • You’ve built partner-sourced pipeline from zero or near-zero - founding work, not managing a mature book
  • Commercially sharp: comfortable negotiating partnership agreements, structuring incentives, and holding partners accountable to revenue outcomes
  • Technical enough to credibly discuss APIs, LLMs, and contact center/telephony ecosystems
  • A self-directed operator who thrives in ambiguity - you build the playbook, then run it
  • Fluent in enterprise co-sell - you know how to make a partner deal land inside a direct sales org, from account mapping to rules of engagement
More about this role

Voice AI that resolves, not transfers

Powering 1 billion calls for companies like Amazon Ring, Intuit, ServiceTitan, and New York Life

Trusted by 1 million developers building the future of voice agents

Backed by Peak XV, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins, M12, Y Combinator, and more with $72M raised

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Enterprises increasingly deploy voice AI through solutions partners - systems integrators, AI consultancies, and CX agencies - and we’re building that ecosystem from the ground up

We need a founding senior IC to recruit, sign, and activate net-new solutions partners and turn them into a repeatable pipeline channel

Partners extend our reach into enterprise accounts we couldn’t win alone - they bring the client relationships, industry depth, and delivery capacity to take Vapi into complex and regulated environments

This role owns partner-sourced pipeline - the channel that will define how enterprises adopt Vapi at scale

You’ll have a direct line to leadership and the rare chance to define the playbook, program, and economics of a channel from day one

30 Day : Learn and map

Go deep on Vapi’s product, platform, and enterprise motion; meet Sales, Solutions Engineering,...

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