Modulate

Senior Business Development Manager – Strategic & Embedded Partnerships

Modulate

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaMassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Own partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue targets across key sales channels
  • Build and scale embedded API-led partnerships, including design-win development
  • Identify and close strategic platform deals across CCaaS, AI, and security ecosystems
  • Act as the deal lead across complex, multi-party sales cycles (Modulate + partner + enterprise customer)
  • Drive co-sell motions with partners, including hyperscalers, ISVs, and services firms where relevant
  • Expand within partner customer bases by identifying high-value use cases and embed opportunities
  • Lead partner workshops from discovery through prototyping and MVP design for white-label and embedded solutions
  • Structure and negotiate commercial agreements, including usage-based and consumption pricing models
  • Drive adoption through cloud and API marketplaces (where applicable)
  • Build repeatable partner use cases (fraud detection, trust and safety, transcription at scale)
  • Cross functional collaboration working with engineering, product development/marketing, sales and the executive team essential
  • Support partner-driven pipeline development through joint campaigns, events, and targeted GTM efforts

Requirements

  • 12+ years in both PLG and platform led business development, partnerships, or enterprise sales in SaaS, AI, or cloud platforms
  • Technical working knowledge of AI architecture
  • A true hunter mindset, you create and close opportunities within partner ecosystems, not just manage relationships
  • Proven track record of scaling partner revenue from early-stage to a meaningful growth driver, building programs from the ground up
  • Experience building API-first, embedded partnerships that translate into measurable revenue and adoption
  • Deep experience working across partner types, including platforms, ISVs, and cloud ecosystems
  • Strong understanding of co-sell execution and navigating multi-stakeholder deal cycles
  • Experience leading technical and commercial workshops from discovery through MVP
  • Fluency in AI / SaaS, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into clear business value
  • Strong operational discipline around pipeline management, forecasting, and partner tracking
  • Executive presence with the ability to engage both technical teams and senior business leaders
Benefits
  • Competitive salary + equity- Full health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible PTO, with a strong culture of taking it
  • Weekly team lunches with dietary accommodations
  • Hybrid work: core in-office days with flexible remote options
  • Regular leadership and industry learning sessions
  • Support for career development and continued learning Up to 8 weeks work-from-anywhere policy
  • A deeply inclusive, human-centered culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
API developmentAI architectureSaaScloud platformscommercial agreementspipeline managementforecastingpartner trackingembedded partnershipsco-sell execution
Soft Skills
hunter mindsetcross functional collaborationexecutive presencenegotiationleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingrelationship managementworkshop facilitation