# Agency Development Manager at xAI

- Company: xAI
- What the company does: SpaceXAI builds Grok — frontier AI models for reasoning, voice, image generation, and more. Build with the Grok API. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://x.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Austin, TX; New York, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $127K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/5231352007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xai-agency-development-manager/

## About the role

As the Head of Independent Agencies at X, you will own our independent and performance agency portfolio and third-party partnerships. You will drive revenue growth through strategic relationships, education, and ideation directly with agencies — and own a focused set of partner relationships that help agencies and sellers evaluate and scale X.

## What they're looking for

- 8–12+ years experience in an agency, media sales, agency development, or adjacent commercial partnership role — with meaningful exposure to independent and/or performance agencies
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically about agencies, social/digital platforms, and/or measurement
- Deep expertise in social media platforms and how agencies plan, buy, and measure brand + performance media
- Strong client-facing, sales, and commercial skills
- Familiarity with the indy/performance agency landscape and (ideally) relationships across it
- Experience owning or scaling strategic partner relationships (measurement, technology, media, or adjacent)

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