Senior Business Development Lead – Product Enablement Partnerships

Maleda Tech

Senior Business Development Lead focused on product enablement partnerships. Driving strategies to secure crucial external partnerships that align with the product roadmap.

Posted 6/10/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $75 - $95 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and own the business development strategy for product enablement. Working closely with Product Marketing and Engineering to build a deep understanding of the product roadmap and identify where third-party partnerships can unlock, accelerate, or improve planned products.
Build a proactive pipeline of partner opportunities and contribute to the broader platform partnerships strategy over time.
Act as the primary business development liaison to the Product Marketing organization, developing trusted relationships with product leads and maintaining ongoing visibility into the roadmap.
Lead the end-to-end deal process for priority partnerships, from initial outreach and scoping through negotiation, term sheet, and contract execution.
Develop and refine commercial frameworks across a range of deal types, structuring deals that reduce cost and vendor dependency while protecting strategic flexibility.
Work cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Product, and Engineering to align on partner profiles, model costs and revenue opportunities, define success metrics, and develop contracting frameworks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or a related field, with a track record of independently owning and closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals
Experience partnering closely with product and engineering organizations to identify and execute technology or data partnerships that directly enable product development
Familiarity with data licensing, API agreements, and technology vendor negotiations, with comfort evaluating build versus buy versus partner tradeoffs
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute partnership strategy proactively, not just manage inbound opportunities
Strong commercial instincts and experience structuring deals across a range of partner types and commercial models
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where product priorities can shift quickly, with the ability to maintain focus and momentum across a diverse portfolio
Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Legal to align on strategy and move deals forward
Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to synthesize complex product and technical context into a compelling external narrative and bring senior stakeholders along internally
Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Define and own the business development strategy for product enablement. Working closely with Product Marketing and Engineering to build a deep understanding of the product roadmap and identify where third-party partnerships can unlock, accelerate, or improve planned products.
Build a proactive pipeline of partner opportunities and contribute to the broader platform partnerships strategy over time.
Act as the primary business development liaison to the Product Marketing organization, developing trusted relationships with product leads and maintaining ongoing visibility into the roadmap.
Lead the end-to-end deal process for priority partnerships, from initial outreach and scoping through negotiation, term sheet, and contract execution.
Develop and refine commercial frameworks across a range of deal types, structuring deals that reduce cost and vendor dependency while protecting strategic flexibility.
Work cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Product, and Engineering to align on partner profiles, model costs and revenue opportunities, define success metrics, and develop contracting frameworks. 🎯 Requirements
10+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or a related field, with a track record of independently owning and closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals
Experience partnering closely with product and engineering organizations to identify and execute technology or data partnerships that directly enable product development
Familiarity with data licensing, API agreements, and technology vendor negotiations, with comfort evaluating build versus buy versus partner tradeoffs
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute partnership strategy proactively, not just manage inbound opportunities
Strong commercial instincts and experience structuring deals across a range of partner types and commercial models
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where product priorities can shift quickly, with the ability to maintain focus and momentum across a diverse portfolio
Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Legal to align on strategy and move deals forward
Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to synthesize complex product and technical context into a compelling external narrative and bring senior stakeholders along internally
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Hard Skills & Tools

business developmentstrategic partnershipsdeal negotiationcommercial frameworksdata licensingAPI agreementsvendor negotiationspartnership strategycost modelingsuccess metrics

Soft Skills

communication skillsinfluence skillsrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingadaptabilityfocusmomentum managementcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingproactive execution

Certifications

Bachelor's degree