Partner Manager - Consulting Firms (USA)

Cognition

$150K — $180K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, sales, or consulting.
  • Proven track record with strategy consulting firms such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and Kearney.
  • Exceptional technical knowledge of AI and related products.
  • Strong adaptability to deal with the dynamic nature of early-stage company growth.
  • Ability to rapidly learn and understand market dynamics related to consulting firms.

Responsibilities

  • Build Cognition's consulting partner ecosystem from scratch.
  • Source, recruit, enable, and activate major consulting firms to generate revenue.
  • Establish and grow partner relationships at all levels within firms.
  • Collaborate with sales, engineering, product, and marketing for strategic alignment.
  • Define strategy and operationalize programs to support consulting partnerships.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape partnerships with top-tier consulting firms.
  • Be part of a fast-paced, innovative environment that values agility.
  • Collaborate with a diverse team of professionals across multiple disciplines.
  • Gain insights into the dynamics of technology consulting and alliance building.
  • Contribute to the growth and success of a cutting-edge software platform.
Full Job Description
We\'re looking for a talented Partner Director to join us on our mission to build the future of software engineering with focus on building our partnerships with the largest Consulting Firms in the world - McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Kearney, and their peers.
WHAT YOU\'LL DO
  • As Consulting Partnerships Director, you will be responsible for building Cognition\'s strategy consulting partner ecosystem from the ground up - sourcing, recruiting, enabling, and activating firms like McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and Kearney to drive meaningful revenue for Cognition\'s platform.
  • You will build these partnerships from the ground up and turn them into partner-initiated business. This is not a maintenance role but rather a hunter/farmer role. You will define the strategy, build the program, support deals, and help close new business alongside our consulting partners.
  • You\'ll build relationships across each firm, from senior partners to their tech and AI practices (e.g., McKinsey Digital/QuantumBlack, BCG X, Bain Vector), and develop joint offerings that embed Devin into their client transformation work, so the firms proactively bring Devin into the enterprises they advise.
  • You\'ll work closely with sales, but also engineering, product, and marketing to build a high-leverage partner engine that accelerates Cognition\'s growth and expands Devin\'s reach into the world\'s most ambitious technology organizations.
  • Successful candidates will have 8+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, sales, or consulting, a proven track record working with strategy consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Kearney), and the drive and grit required to build a revenue channel in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.
WHAT YOU\'LL BRING
  • Insanely high adaptability and a deep passion for the (somewhat chaotic) early stages of company building.
  • Relentless drive - Hunger to dream up, plan, and execute a winning strategy for your territory.
  • Deep fluency in how strategy consulting firms operate - economics and incentives, practice structures, and what it takes to get a firm to invest in a technology alliance.
  • Boundless curiosity and ability to learn quickly - the market dynamics in this space change daily!
  • Deep customer empathy, we\'re building long-term relationships and that requires always putting our partners and their clients first.
  • The exceptional technical expertise required to become a master of our products and a trusted advisor on your partners\' AI strategy.
  • Team player - We win and lose with our incredible Product, Engineering, and GTM peers.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
  • Cognition has active alliances with the world\'s top strategy consulting firms, each with executive sponsorship and a measurable business plan.
  • The firms proactively bring Devin into their client transformation work, generating partner-initiated pipeline that converts into closed business.
  • Joint plays become repeatable rather than bespoke, and the channel delivers measurable year-over-year revenue growth.

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