UK remote
Partnerships Development Lead
About this role
ABOUT US Sierra is the leading platform for customer-facing AI agents, working with many of the world's biggest brands — including The GAP, Rocket Mortgage, SoFi, Sutter Health, and SoftBank — to transform how they serve customers and grow their businesses. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and a commitment to balancing Family along the way.
These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do. Our co-founders are Bret Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/ and Clay Bavor https://www.linkedin.com/in/claybavor/. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps.
Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace. WHAT YOU’LL DO As a Partnerships Development Lead, you’ll play a critical role in building and nurturing a robust ecosystem of partners and stakeholders around Sierra, amplifying our reach and market impact.
- Industry Partnerships: Develop and grow partnerships with key industry players and technology platforms - Strategic Customer Channels: Explore and cultivate alternative customer acquisition channels beyond traditional sales, leveraging Sierra’s ecosystem of investors, partners, and industry influencers to drive inbound interest and adoption - GTM Strategy & Collaboration: Align partnership efforts with Sierra’s broader GTM approach, collaborating closely with Sales and Marketing - Investor & VC/PE Engagement: Build and deepen relationships with VCs and PE firms to position Sierra as a strategic AI partner across their portfolios.
Proactively identify opportunities to introduce Sierra to portfolio companies that would benefit from our agents - Industry & Market Expansion: Gather market intelligence, share insights to inform product development, and explore opportunities for potential growth across new market segments and geographies WHAT YOU’LL BRING - 8+ years in business development, strategic partnerships, or related roles in tech - Strong understanding of the VC/PE landscape and experience working with investors - Proven track record of structuring and closing high-value partnerships with senior stakeholders - Ability to engage and maintain relationships with C-level executives, investors, and key decision-makers - Analytical mindset to evaluate partnership opportunities and align them with Sierra’s long-term vision - Ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-moving startup environment EVEN BETTER… - Prior experience at a high-growth AI or enterprise SaaS startup - Deep expertise in a few of our key industries: financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, media, travel, transportation and hospitality, retain and consumer goods, and/or technology - Experience structuring and managing ecosystem partnerships OUR VALUES - Trust: We build trust with our customers with our accountability, empathy, quality, and responsiveness.