Strategic partnerships director creating enterprise deals and new ventures for Serve Robotics’ sidewalk delivery platform. Structuring pilots, funding, and scalable commercial agreements.
Responsibilities
Originate, structure, and close major partnerships and new ventures opening new verticals, business models, and routes to market for Serve and its subsidiaries
Translate Serve's robotics, fleet, operating infrastructure, data, autonomy capabilities, and technology into new revenue, partner-funded development, and strategic growth
Identify, prioritize, and close whitespace opportunities across enterprise partnerships, robotics, data, and other offerings
Build strategic cases that turn undefined needs into fundable propositions and executable internal plans
Design and own end-to-end deal structures, aligning incentives, allocating risk, and securing funding, resources, and scaling commitments
Craft partnership narratives and presentations for VP- and C-level decision-makers
Negotiate and close commercial terms through term sheet and signed agreement
Partner with Finance, Legal, Engineering, Product, Operations, and Commercial to validate economics, technical maturity, delivery requirements, dependencies, and resource commitments
Serve as a senior proxy for the Chief Strategy Officer in major partner discussions and negotiations within agreed authority
Report directly to the Chief Strategy Officer
Build a focused portfolio of credible material opportunities and signed commercial agreements within the first 12 months
Requirements
8+ years of relevant management consulting, business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, new-venture, or comparable experience
Personally selling hard or novel technology and originating, negotiating, and closing complex enterprise agreements
Demonstrated ability to create an opportunity from a blank sheet and drive material signed deal outcomes
Experience modeling and negotiating multiple deal shapes
Exceptional narrative, executive presence, and presentation skills
Financial fluency to build, own, and defend a model without analyst support
Comfort working in ambiguity at a company still writing its category definition
Ability to work well as a remote team member
Willingness to travel for partner meetings, conferences, and time on-site
Experience securing first-of-the-kind deals in novel or new markets
Preferred: Start-up, logistics, last-mile delivery, marketplace, mobility, or robotics experience
Preferred: Experience structuring or negotiating joint ventures, co-investments, white label arrangements, or data licensing agreements
Preferred: Experience building a new business or partnerships motion at an early- or growth-stage company
Preferred: Moving from an initial experiment to a funded commercial offering
Benefits
Equity
Remote work
Willingness to travel for partner meetings, conferences, and time on-site
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