Partnerships Lead

Our Mission

Reflections mission is to build open superintelligence and make it accessible to all.

Were developing open weight models for individuals agents enterprises and even nation states. Our team of AI researchers and company builders come from DeepMind OpenAI Google Brain Meta Anthropic and beyond.

The Role

Were looking for a Partnerships Lead to build and scale Reflections external partnerships from the ground up. This is a senior hands-on role focused on identifying structuring and managing high-impact relationships that advance our mission and growth. Youll design the partnership framework work cross-functionally to execute it and help shape how Reflection engages with the broader ecosystem.

As one of the first hires dedicated to this function youll be both strategic and operational equally comfortable setting long-term partnership priorities and managing the day-to-day work required to make them happen.

What Youll Do

• Develop and execute Reflections partnerships strategy across technical and commercial partnerships.

• Identify and cultivate relationships with organisations that align with our mission and model development goals (ex. Hyperscalers GSIs Technical Partners etc.)

• Establish distribution relationships to serve regulated industries and public sector

• Hire and build a team of partner managers to scale the partnership organization.

• Structure partnership frameworks MOUs and joint initiatives that create mutual value

• Collaborate with internal teams (research engineering operations leadership sales) to support technical collaborations and co-selling GTM.

• Represent Reflection externally at events / conferences / industry forums to strengthen our visibility and network

• Build lightweight internal processes for evaluating tracking and reporting partnership outcomes

What Were Looking For

• 10 years of experience in partnerships business development or strategic relationship management within AI SaaS or Consulting.

• Early stage startup experience

• History of successfully negotiating seven-figure complex deals.

• Exceptional communication and relationship management skills across varied stakeholders

• Ability to navigate ambiguity take initiative and operate independently

• Experience working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams

• A genuine interest in Reflections mission and the evolving AI ecosystem

What We Offer:

We believe that to build superintelligence that is truly open you need to start at the foundation. Joining Reflection means building from the ground up as part of a small talent-dense team. You will help define our future as a company and help define the frontier of open foundational models.

We want you to do the most impactful work of your career with the confidence that you and the people you care about most are supported.

• Top-tier compensation: Salary and equity structured to recognize and retain the best talent globally.

• Health & wellness: Comprehensive medical dental vision life and disability insurance.

• Life & family: Fully paid parental leave for all new parents including adoptive and surrogate journeys. Financial support for family planning.

• Benefits & balance: paid time off when you need it relocation support and more perks that optimize your time.

• Opportunities to connect with teammates: lunch and dinner are provided daily. We have regular off-sites and team celebrations.