Partner Marketing Manager

Partner Marketing Manager (AWS Ecosystem) – 6-Month Contract w/ possible extension 

Location: Hybrid (2 days/week onsite in San Francisco, CA  OR Seattle, WA) 

Our client is a world-renowned, frontier AI research and safety company dedicated to building reliable, interpretable, and beneficial AI systems. Known for developing one of the world’s most advanced and widely used AI assistants, this organization operates at the absolute cutting edge of the generative AI boom. If you are passionate about enabling teams to do their best work in service of developing safe AI, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join their fast-growing partnerships team.

They are seeking an experienced Cloud Partner Marketing Manager Contractor to scale partner initiatives and manage complex programs alongside leading cloud providers. You will be joining a team and a company that is experiencing significant growth. Your primary focus will be on the company’s largest, longest-standing, and most strategic partner: AWS.

You will coordinate joint go-to-market activities, streamline operations, and build scalable processes to meet rapidly rising market demand. You will operate independently in a highly dynamic space, directly contributing to the commercial success of the organization’s enterprise AI offerings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Joint Marketing Execution: Coordinate and execute joint marketing activities with cloud partners, including webinars, events, content creation, and demand-generation campaigns.

• AWS Ecosystem Management: Serve as the primary marketing driver for the AWS relationship, ensuring deep alignment and maximizing go-to-market success.

• MDF Management: Manage Marketing Development Funds (MDF) submissions, reviews, and reporting using existing internal tools (historically ~10% of the role).

• Partner Enablement: Support enablement initiatives by creating high-quality training materials and coordinating educational sessions for partner audiences.

• Systems & Operations: Manage marketing tools and systems including Salesforce CRM and Google Workspace, maintain accurate partner data, and process partner-related payments through Zip.

• Performance Tracking: Track and analyze partner marketing metrics and KPIs to measure program effectiveness, optimize insights, and demonstrate clear ROI.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in partner marketing, channel marketing, or alliance marketing.

• AWS Expertise: Direct, hands-on marketing experience within the AWS channel partner ecosystem is strictly required.

• Marketing Tech Stack: Proficiency with Salesforce CRM, marketing automation platforms, and analytics tools.

• Program Management: Highly organized with a proven track record of managing multiple programs, cross-functional stakeholders (sales, product, partnerships), and complex logistics simultaneously.

Ideal Candidate & Culture Fit:

• “AI-Pilled”: You actively use AI and automation in your day-to-day workflow to improve how work gets done and scale your own output.

• Proactive Process-Improver: You have a mindset of continuous improvement, constantly looking for ways to make recurring tasks easier and more efficient each time you do them.

• Thrives in Ambiguity: You are comfortable working with minimal direction in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, and you possess the ability to pivot rapidly when priorities shift.

• Exceptional Communicator: You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a specific talent for translating complex technical AI/ML concepts to partner audiences.

• Team Mindset: You bring a high-trust, low-ego approach to your work and remain highly committed to the broader mission.

  Hirewell and its client are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.