
Partnerships Manager – Rental Industry, Car Rental, Fleet Management
Aspire Software
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Canada
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About the role
- Identify, qualify, and onboard partners across rental software providers, fleet management systems, dealership platforms, travel marketplaces, lead generation networks, and adjacent technology ecosystems.
- Develop and execute a partner sourcing strategy that aligns with Carla AI’s expansion roadmap, starting with car rental and extending into broader rental and services verticals.
- Build repeatable partner onboarding playbooks, including qualification criteria, integration scoping, and launch readiness checklists.
- Collaborate with partners on referral programs, reseller opportunities, co marketing initiatives, and joint go to market campaigns.
- Track partner sourced pipeline, revenue contribution, and performance metrics to ensure partnerships translate into measurable business outcomes.
- Support partner sales enablement: equip partners with the positioning, materials, and training to effectively sell and recommend Carla AI.
- Work with Product and Engineering to scope, prioritize, and manage integration timelines, from initial partner requirements through testing and launch.
- Serve as the connective tissue between external partners and internal teams, ensuring integration work stays on track and partners have a consistent experience.
- Own ongoing partner relationships: regular check ins, QBRs, performance reviews, and escalation management.
- Maintain partner CRM records, documentation, and internal playbooks.
- Share structured market and partner feedback with Product and leadership to inform roadmap and go to market decisions.
Requirements
- 2 to 5 years of experience in partnerships, business development, or channel sales within B2B SaaS.
- Demonstrated ability to source, negotiate, and close partnership agreements.
- Strong project coordination skills, comfortable managing multiple integration workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Builder mindset: you can create and refine partner programs, playbooks, and processes from scratch.
- Clear, confident communicator with strong relationship building skills across technical and business audiences.
- Familiarity with SaaS products and API based integrations.
- Self motivated, detail oriented, and comfortable working in a fast paced, evolving environment.
- Experience in the rental industry (car rental, equipment rental, fleet management) or adjacent verticals such as automotive, travel tech, or mobility is a strong plus.
- Experience working with marketplace or platform ecosystems where integrations drive distribution.
- Familiarity with modern CRM and partner management tooling (HubSpot or similar).
- Experience in a high growth or early stage SaaS environment where you had to build the motion, not just run it.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
partner sourcing strategypartner onboarding playbooksintegration scopingperformance metricssales enablementAPI based integrationsproject coordinationnegotiationbusiness developmentchannel sales
Soft Skills
relationship buildingclear communicationself motivateddetail orientedbuilder mindsetcomfortable in fast paced environmentscollaborationstakeholder managementproblem solvingadaptability