Director, Partnerships Operations

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About the role

  • Director of Partnerships Operations scaling Toptal’s global network of business, design, and technology talent. Building partner lifecycle, marketplace, co-sell, and reporting systems for growth.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute strategic initiatives to grow Toptal’s Services business
  • Develop Toptal’s Partnerships strategy and operating model alongside a Partnerships leader
  • Support new business opportunities and ad-hoc projects with Services Leadership
  • Operationalize partnerships from identification and onboarding through contracting, enablement, marketplace listing, launch, tier progression, and ongoing reviews
  • Own high-volume partner onboarding and administration, including registrations, applications, data collection, documentation, certifications, training requirements, and partner portal management
  • Build and manage operating infrastructure for an expanding ecosystem of hyperscalers, compute providers, model companies, and marketplace partners
  • Coordinate inputs and dependencies across Practice Leaders, GTM/Sales, Legal, Finance, and other internal teams
  • Track partner requirements, certifications, benefits, commitments, and progression through partner tiers
  • Coordinate sales enablement, listings, co-sell processes, and internal adoption across the sales organization
  • Establish and run the partnerships steering committee, tracking pipeline, status, blockers, milestones, owners, and next steps across 40+ partner relationships
  • Develop repeatable workflows, documentation, tracking, and systems to scale partnership operations efficiently
  • Establish a consistent operating model and improve onboarding, administration, certification, enablement, and ongoing partner management
  • Build scalable processes and reporting that reduce manual effort and create accountability
  • Strengthen coordination between Practice Leaders, GTM teams, and cross-functional partners to accelerate launches and activation
  • Serve as the operational owner of the Partnerships program and continuously evolve its operating model

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree is required
  • 8+ years of experience in partnerships operations, business operations, professional services, sales operations, process improvement, or a related role
  • Partnerships strategy and program management experience is required
  • Proven experience managing strategic projects and day-to-day operations in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • High degree of ownership and willingness to operate at strategic and executional levels
  • Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities
  • Proficiency with Salesforce, Tableau, Claude, Gemini, Slack, and Google Suite, including Sheets, Docs, and BigQuery
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle varied challenges, deadlines, and contacts
  • World-class individual contributor who can balance strategy with hands-on execution
  • Resumes and communication must be submitted in English
  • Must work in Canada; Toptal does not offer visa sponsorship or assistance

Benefits

  • Fully remote work environment
  • Support structure encouraging innovation, social interaction, and fun

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

BigQueryTableau

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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