Associate Data Partnerships Manager

About the Role

Job Title: Associate Data Partnerships Manager Job Type: Full-time Location: Remote We are looking for a Data Partnerships Manager to identify, engage, and close partnerships with companies that have valuable operational data for AI training and evaluation. Compensation: $50–$70/hour and ~$2K per deal closed. Closing 5–10 deals/month is very achievable.

What You'll Do

• Find companies that have valuable operational data for AI training.
• Reach out to founders, executives, and business owners through outbound prospecting.
• Book and run discovery calls with potential partners.
• Explain how their data can be used for AI training and evaluation.
• Answer questions about privacy, security, data ownership, and anonymization.
• Negotiate partnership terms and close deals.
• Build and manage your pipeline from first outreach through signed agreement.
• Work with internal teams to onboard partners after closing.

Requirements

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable speaking with founders, executives, and business owners.
• Confident running discovery calls and explaining value clearly.
• Comfortable with outbound outreach and building new relationships from scratch.
• Able to clearly explain technical concepts to non-technical people.
• Resourceful, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment.
• Motivated by closing deals and performance-based compensation.

Preferred

• 2+ years of experience in Business Development, Partnerships, B2B Sales, or a similar role.
• Proven experience sourcing, negotiating, and closing B2B deals.
• Experience with outbound prospecting and pipeline development.
• Experience in AI, data, SaaS, or technology partnerships.

Compensation & Logistics

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