AI Partnerships Manager
Impact: Revenue growth and market expansion through expert AI partnership development
Build and manage strategic partnerships with AI technology companies, system integrators, and channel partners to expand market reach and accelerate revenue growth. Identify partnership opportunities, negotiate agreements, develop joint go-to-market programmes, and manage partner relationships to drive mutual success.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 15 to 25% for partner meetings and industry events
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40 to 55 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $175,000
- Entry-level
- $100,000 - $135,000
- Senior
- $290,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 20% (faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 65
Soft skills
- 35
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 2 to 4 years
- Years to senior
- 5 to 8 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Business Development Manager > Partnerships Manager > AI Partnerships Manager > Head of AI Partnerships > VP of Partnerships
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% low risk as partnerships management requires human relationship management
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High