Mixpanel

Senior Partner Development Manager

Mixpanel$189K — $256K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience, with at least 5 in tech partnerships or corporate development.
  • Proven track record of negotiating structured deals, not just managing partnerships.
  • Fluent in modern data stacks and AI developer ecosystems, including LLMs.
  • Technically proficient enough to engage with senior technical stakeholders.
  • Strong prioritization skills and an innate sense of urgency.
  • Exceptional communication with a knack for creating data-backed deliverables.
  • Hands-on AI experience, ideally with direct development or integration work.

Responsibilities

  • Own strategic partnerships from inception to execution, especially with LLMs and hyperscalers.
  • Conduct thorough market analysis and provide quantitative support for new partnerships.
  • Negotiate deal structures, including terms, revenue shares, and licensing agreements.
  • Elevate Mixpanel's presence among strategic partners, aiming for C-level alignment.
  • Facilitate seamless handoffs with teams for go-to-market execution and co-sell initiatives.
  • Quickly manage inbound partner interests to prevent distractions.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in activating and closing partnerships.
  • Design tailored playbooks with measurable outcomes, avoiding one-size-fits-all approaches.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
  • Mental Wellness Benefit
  • Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K) and Wellness Benefit
Full Job Description
About the Team

The Strategic Alliances team is small, fast, and outcome-oriented - not a program or account mapping factory. We spearhead the identification, investigation, development and execution of initiatives & partnerships aimed at moving the needle for some of Mixpanel's most strategic levers. As Mixpanel continues its evolution, this team is at the forefront of defining our new ecosystem realities and opportunities, particularly within the emerging spaces in, and enabled by, AI. LLM's, Vibecoders and MCP Servers and their adjacencies are our workspace.

About the Role

This is the number two on the Alliances team. You'll own a portfolio of partner opportunities and sourcing of structural deals - embedded distribution, revenue share, API embedding, committed co-sell - with the companies defining how AI-native software gets built and distributed (think Snowflake, Stripe, Anthropic, Google, Glean and Replit) and target new relationships, owning first conversation through execution. You'll also provide due diligence support for in-flight opportunities. You need to be comfortable with ambiguity and have the ability to translate company priorities into a set of actionable and achievable partnerships. You will work closely with stakeholders and senior leadership across Product & Engineering, Marketing, Channel and Sales teams to ensure tight alignment and smooth execution - to be successful, you will need a track record of this collaboration with quantifiable outcomes.

Responsibilities
  • End-to-end ownership of a set of strategic partnerships with LLMs, Hyperscalers, AI developer tools, data platforms and niche providers who can fill product gaps.
  • Market analysis and due diligence, with emphasis on quantitative support for new partnerships and market entries.
  • Deal structuring and negotiation: term sheets, rev share, data licensing, API embedding, pipeline and revenue commitments
  • Expand and elevate Mixpanel exposure within our newest strategic partners; driving alignment up to, and including, C-level relationships
  • Work closely with Channel & Enablement teams seamless handoffs, as needed, around GTM execution: co-sell motions, joint pipeline, co-marketing in service of revenue or branding
  • Inbound partner management - screen fast, route correctly, don't let it become a distraction
  • Own the room with cross-functional stakeholders including Product, Engineering, Sales, and Legal to close and activate partnerships
  • Design and execute unique playbooks with partners with aligned, committed outcomes; not a rinse and repeat of collateral creation, account mapping and team socialization
  • Collaborate with marketing & demand gen teams to launch partnerships and campaigns designed to spread awareness and drive pipeline
  • Define and evangelize the value proposition with partners; what are we doing together, why and who should care; Product Marketing is there for support, but this is yours to own.

We're Looking for Someone with
  • 8+ years of professional experience with minimum of 5+ in strategic technology partnerships, alliances, or corp dev; ideally at a hyperscaler, high-growth SaaS, or with a consulting/banking background before going operator
  • Track record of having closed deals with real structure: you've negotiated terms, not just managed relationships
  • Fluency in the modern data stack (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Supabase) and the AI developer ecosystem (LLM platforms, agentics frameworks, vibe-coding tools, MCP Servers)
  • Technically fluent enough to hold a credible conversation with a CPO or platform team; commercial enough to close; your job is not to set meetings
  • Innate sense of urgency and prioritization; fast qualification, clear POV, no committee thinking
  • Exceptional communication skills; creates executive-level deliverables that are outcome-first, data-backed, decision-ready
  • Hands-on experience with AI; you've moved beyond chat interfaces and built something, shipped something, or broken something trying. You understand what developers actually experience when they evaluate a platform, and you can hold a credible technical conversation because of it, not despite your role.
  • Ability to operate and create structure within ambiguity; our scope of impact is broad and strategic - you need to be able to translate company goals into executable initiatives and be able to clearly articulate that connection; you won't have a quota and systems to execute against
  • Exceptional cross-functional leadership and the ability to command the room and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales/GTM, Legal, and Channel organizations.
  • Strong executive presence, negotiation capability, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Bonus Points For
  • MBA or other advanced business degree, JD or engineering degree.
  • Previous experience in management or strategy consulting.
  • Experience partnering with Snowflake, Databricks or GCP, Anthropic and others across the AI space.
  • Hands-on experience with Mixpanel; able to connect the dots on partner opportunities
  • Sold or partnered in a product-led growth context
  • Built or shipped an integration - you know what it actually takes

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Compensation

The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.

Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions, we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range, your recruiter can share this information.

Mixpanel Compensation Range

$189,500-$256,500 USD

Benefits and Perks
  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
  • Mental Wellness Benefit
  • Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values
  • Make Bold Bets: We choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
  • Innovate with Insight: We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment - combining data, experience and collective wisdom to drive powerful outcomes.
  • One Team: We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone.
  • Candor with Connection: We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations.
  • Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers' needs, ensuring their success is our north star.
  • Powerful Simplicity: We find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is a business analytics service and company that offers a data analytics platform for mobile and web. It tracks user interactions with web and mobile applications and provides tools for targeted communication with them. Mixpanel's mission is to help the world learn from its data. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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