Box Inc

Director, Partner Architect

Box Inc$224K — $280K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10+ years in solution architecture, pre-sales, or related AI roles.
  • Strong expertise in AI, cloud, and SaaS technologies.
  • Proven experience engaging with partners and customers in collaborative settings.
  • Ability to architect and design enterprise-grade AI solutions and integrations.
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills across technical audiences.
  • Creative problem-solving skills with a strategic mindset.
  • Proficiency in connecting customer needs with technical capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Define and prioritize AI opportunities aligned with corporate objectives.
  • Collaborate with partners to develop and validate AI prototypes and solutions.
  • Guide internal teams and customers through scalable AI implementation.
  • Create technical resources to support internal teams and partners.
  • Facilitate pre-sales engagements and technical discovery with partners.
  • Translate technical insights to improve product and go-to-market strategies.
  • Represent Box in external engagements, showcasing product vision and solutions.

Benefits

  • Equity options for long-term financial growth.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Support for diverse employee resource groups and initiatives.
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Define and prioritize data + AI opportunities for solutions with key partners to reinforce Box's go-to-market plays and industry vertical and line-of-business focal areas, product roadmap, and corporate objectives.
  • Collaborate directly with strategic partners to identify, design, develop, and validate AI prototypes, demos, solution accelerators, and proof-of-concept integrations that showcase the combined value of Box and partner platforms.
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor and builder for internal teams, customers, and market-leading AI platforms, hyperscalers, enterprise software partners, and consulting firms, guiding them from initial concept through scalable implementation to provide successful business outcomes.
  • Design and maintain technical playbooks, architecture diagrams, sample applications, demo libraries, deployment patterns, and positioning materials to enable and inspire internal teams, customers, and partners to build and scale solutions on Box's Intelligent Content Management platform.
  • Support internal teams and partners in high-value pre-sales engagements, including technical discovery, custom demos, and workshops, while enabling internal teams on partner solutions that accelerate joint growth by solving business challenges with technical capabilities beyond those of Box.
  • Translate technical insights and patterns from partner engagements to provide structured feedback to product, marketing, and sales teams based on partner and customer insights to continuously influence our solutions, product roadmap, and go-to-market strategy.
  • Represent Box externally through demos, solution design sessions, and clear communication of Box's product vision, helping partners understand and unlock the full value of Box.
Who you are

We are an AI-first company. This means you approach your work with a growth mindset and find ways to leverage AI to help make faster, smarter decisions that will 10X your impact at Box. Key characteristics for success in this role include (but are not limited to):
  • 7-10+ years of experience in solution architecture, partner architecture, pre-sales solutions, sales engineering, technical consulting, product management, developer relations, or related roles in AI, SaaS, software, cloud/AI ecosystem, or consulting.
  • Strong fluency in modern AI, cloud, and SaaS technologies, trends, and integration patterns, with hands-on technical ability to build prototypes, validate designs, and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions.
  • Proven track record of engaging, enabling, and working with partners, customers, channel organizations, or systems integrators, including AI-native and enterprise app developers.
  • Strong solutions and enterprise understanding, combining an ability to map and architect AI solutions across AI, enterprise SaaS, and line-of-business platforms, skill in tactical enablement and deal support responsibilities, and a love of experimentation to turn complex partnership initiatives into actionable momentum.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with comfort in both internal- and external-facing settings and the ability to establish trust across a range of technical and non-technical audiences and levels (from sellers to c-level executives).
  • Excel at connecting customer pain points with partner capabilities to design compelling solution narratives, with a passion for "showing, not just telling" through high-impact presentations, demos, and workshops.
  • Strategic, creative, self-starting mindset with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and thrive in ambiguity.


Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information, check out our benefits and perks.

United States Pay Range

$224,000-$280,000 USD

About Box Inc

Box, Inc. is a cloud content management and file sharing service for businesses. The company provides a platform for managing and collaborating on content across multiple devices and applications. Box serves a wide range of industries, including healthcare, finance, and media. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
Learn more about Box Inc
Size
2,172 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$43.4 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$770.7 million
NASDAQ

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