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OpenAIOpenAISan Francisco, CA

Program Lead, ISV & Marketplace Partnerships

Build and operate OpenAI’s end-to-end ISV and marketplace partner program, including onboarding, enablement, governance, measurement, and growth. The role requires 8+ years of relevant experience, strong SaaS and API knowledge, and the ability to execute across technical and go-to-market functions.

266k – 370k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEPartnerships

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design and run the end-to-end ISV and marketplace partner program.
  • Define partner eligibility, segmentation, tiers, benefits, requirements, and lifecycle stages.
  • Build repeatable onboarding, technical enablement, validation, listing, launch, and growth journeys.
  • Establish program policies, documentation, service levels, governance, and escalation paths.
  • Create partner communications, education, office hours, playbooks, and self-service resources.
  • Develop program metrics and dashboards covering recruitment, activation, solution quality, adoption, revenue impact, and partner health.
  • Coordinate launches and program changes across product, engineering, GTM, marketing, legal, security, finance, support, and operations.
  • Capture partner feedback and translate it into program, product, and operating improvements.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in partner programs, marketplaces, ecosystem operations, business operations, or program management.
  • Proven experience building or scaling a technology partner, ISV, or marketplace program.
  • Exceptional ability to convert ambiguous goals into clear processes, ownership, service levels, and measurable outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of SaaS, APIs, developer platforms, integrations, and B2B go-to-market motions.
  • Demonstrated cross-functional execution across product, engineering, GTM, marketing, legal, finance, security, support, and operations.
  • Clear, effective communication with the ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong partner orientation and judgment to balance experience, quality, governance, and scale.

Skills

partner programsmarketplace operationsSaaSAPIsdeveloper platformsIntegrationsb2b go-to-marketProgram ManagementPartner Enablementgovernancemetrics dashboardscross-functional execution

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