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contractSenior Partner Development Manager
Mixpanel · San Francisco, US (Hybrid)
Mixpanel provides a product intelligence and analytics platform that helps companies understand user behavior and guide product decisions. The Senior Partner Development Manager role, based in San Francisco with a hybrid schedule, focuses on building and executing strategic partnerships that expand Mixpanel’s reach in the AI‑native software ecosystem. Day‑to‑day activities include identifying potential partners such as LLMs, hyperscalers, AI developer tools, and data platforms; conducting market analysis and due diligence; negotiating deal structures like revenue share, API embedding, and co‑sell agreements; and working closely with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and legal teams to align on goals and execute go‑to‑market plans. The role also involves managing inbound partner inquiries, creating unique partnership playbooks, and evangelizing the joint value proposition. Ideal candidates have eight or more years of professional experience, with at least five years in strategic technology partnerships, alliances, or corporate development, preferably at a hyperscaler, high‑growth SaaS firm, or with a consulting/banking background. They should be fluent in the modern data stack (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) and the AI developer ecosystem, able to translate company priorities into actionable partnership plans, and have a proven track record of closing structured deals with quantifiable outcomes.
About Mixpanel Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform, trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next. Learn more at mixpanel.com . About the Team The Strategic Alliances team is small, fast, and outcome-oriented - not a program or account mapping factory. We spearhead the identification, investigation, development and execution of initiatives & partnerships aimed at moving the needle for some of Mixpanel’s most strategic levers. As Mixpanel continues its evolution, this team is at the forefront of defining our new ecosystem realities and opportunities, particularly within the emerging spaces in, and enabled by, AI. LLM’s, Vibecoders and MCP Servers and their adjacencies are our workspace. About the Role You'll own a portfolio of partner opportunities and sourcing of structural deals — embedded distribution, revenue share, API embedding, committed co-sell — with the companies defining how AI-native software gets built and distributed (think Snowflake, Stripe, Anthropic, Google, Glean and Replit) and target new relationships, owning first conversation through execution. You’ll also provide due diligence support for in-flight opportunities. You need to be comfortable with ambiguity and have the ability to translate company priorities into a set of actionable and achievable partnerships. You will work closely with stakeholders and senior leadership across Product & Engineering, Marketing, Channel and Sales teams to ensure tight alignment and smooth execution - to be successful, you will need a track record of this collaboration with quantifiable outcomes. Responsibilities End-to-end ownership of a set of strategic partnerships with LLMs, Hyperscalers, AI developer tools, data platforms and niche providers who can fill product gaps. Market analysis and due diligence, with emphasis on quantitative support for new partnerships and market entries. Deal structuring and negotiation: term sheets, rev share, data licensing, API embedding, pipeline and revenue commitments Expand and elevate Mixpanel exposure within our newest strategic partners; driving alignment up to, and including, C-level relationships Work closely with Channel & Enablement teams seamless handoffs, as needed, around GTM execution: co-sell motions, joint pipeline, co-marketing in service of revenue or branding Inbound partner management — screen fast, route correctly, don't let it become a distraction Own the room with cross-functional stakeholders including Product, Engineering, Sales, and Legal to close and activate partnerships Design and execute unique playbooks with partners with aligned, committed outcomes; not a rinse and repeat of collateral creation, account mapping and team socialization Collaborate with marketing & demand gen teams to launch partnerships and campaigns designed to spread awareness and drive pipeline Define and evangelize the value proposition with partners; what are we doing together, why and who should care; Product Marketing is there for support, but this is yours to own. We’re Looking for Someone with 8+ years of professional experience with minimum of 5+ in strategic technology partnerships, alliances, or corp dev; ideally at a hyperscaler, high-growth SaaS, or with a consulting/banking background before going operator Track record of having closed deals with real structure: you've negotiated terms, not just managed relationships Fluency in the modern data stack (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Supabase) and the AI developer ecosystem (LLM platforms, agentics frameworks, vibe-coding tools, MCP Servers) Technically fluent enough to hold a credible conversation with a CPO or platform team; commercial enough to close; your job is not to set meetings Innate sense of urgency and prioritization; fast qualification, clear POV, no committee thinking Exceptional communication skills; creates executive-level deliverables that are outcome-first, data-backed, decision-ready Hands-on experience with AI; you’ve moved beyond chat interfaces and built something, shipped something, or broken something trying. You understand what developers actually experience when they evaluate a platform, and you can hold a credible technical conversation because of it, not despite your role. Ability to operate and create structure within ambiguity; our scope of impact is broad and strategic - you need to be able to translate company goals into executable initiatives and be able to clearly articulate that connection; you won’t have a quota and systems to execute against Exceptional cross-functional leadership and the ability to command the room and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales/GTM, Legal, and Channel organizations. Strong executive presence, negotiation capability, and comfort operating in fast-m
| Role | Senior Partner Development Manager |
|---|---|
| Company | Mixpanel |
| Location | San Francisco, US (Hybrid) |
| Type | contract |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-30 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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