OpenAI· Partnerships· San Francisco
Partner Director, SI Partnerships
Comp$266K – $380K
Classified Tasks (21)
Automate 0%Augment 52%Human-Only 48%
Augment (11)
AI assists, human decides
3. Enable AWS-focused SI teams on OpenAI positioning, solution use cases, technical capabilities, qualification criteria, and customer engagement best practices
communication
5. Accelerate customer adoption through SI-led delivery motions
operational
6. Translate ecosystem strategy into pipeline, partner-attached revenue, and scalable execution
analytical
8. Build repeatable motions that scale across multiple stakeholders and regions
operational
12. Identify, shape, and accelerate qualified opportunities emerging from AWS SI partner ecosystems and joint customer accounts
analytical
13. Help SI partners build repeatable OpenAI offerings, reference architectures, delivery methodologies, and go-to-market motions aligned to AWS infrastructure and services
technical
14. Drive co-sell execution and operational discipline across AWS ACE, Marketplace, pipeline tracking, partner attribution, and deal progression workflows
operational
15. Develop scalable sales plays, enablement materials, field communications, and executive engagement strategies that increase partner independence
communication
16. Aggregate structured feedback from SI partners, AWS stakeholders, and customers and translate insights into recommendations for product, operations, marketing, and GTM leadership teams
analytical
17. Help define the engagement model, prioritization framework, and operating cadence required to scale OpenAI’s AWS SI ecosystem globally
operational
20. Establish and maintain operating rigor and scalable co-sell execution processes
operational
Human-Only (10)
Requires human judgment
1. Lead and scale OpenAI’s relationships with AWS-focused practices within Systems Integrators (SIs)
leadership
2. Serve as a field-facing partnership leader driving co-sell engagement with AWS-focused SI partners
leadership
4. Shape joint solution strategies and account strategies with AWS-focused SI partners
leadership
7. Earn mindshare across partner field and practice leadership teams
leadership
9. Build trusted relationships with AWS practice leaders, alliance managers, cloud sales teams, architects, and delivery leadership across key SIs and consulting partners
leadership
10. Own in-market operating relationships with AWS-focused SI partners across account mapping, joint pipeline development, opportunity coordination, and executive alignment
operational
11. Partner closely with OpenAI Sales, Technical Success, and Product teams to support strategic enterprise opportunities involving SI-led transformation initiatives and AI deployments
operational
18. Collaborate cross-functionally with Partner SAs, Cloud Specialists, Product, Engineering, Partner Marketing, Partner Operations, and executive leadership to unblock deals
operational
19. Collaborate across AWS-focused SI practices, field sellers, cloud architects, delivery leaders, and OpenAI GTM teams to drive joint outcomes
operational
21. Turn strategic partner relationships into measurable customer outcomes and revenue growth
leadership
Job description
Partner Director, SI Partnerships | OpenAI Careers ## Partner Director, SI Partnerships Partnerships - San Francisco Apply now(opens in a new window) ## **About the Team** OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic, global partner ecosystem designed to accelerate customer success, support secure AI adoption, and drive growth in support of OpenAI’s mission toward AGI. We collaborate closely across sales, technical success, product, marketing, operations, and leadership teams to turn strategic partnerships into durable commercial outcomes. Within that team, AWS is one of OpenAI’s most strategic ecosystem partners. Beyond direct alliance engagement with AWS, a critical part of our growth strategy is enabling the Systems Integrator (SI) ecosystem to build, deliver, and scale OpenAI-powered solutions on AWS infrastructure. Success in this space requires deep collaboration across AWS-focused SI practices, field sellers, cloud architects, delivery leaders, and OpenAI GTM teams. It requires strong operating rigor, scalable co-sell execution, and the ability to turn strategic partner relationships into measurable customer outcomes and revenue growth. ## **About the Role** We are hiring a Partner Director, AWS SI Partnerships to lead and scale OpenAI’s relationships with AWS-focused practices within Systems Integrators (SIs). This person will serve as a field-facing partnership leader responsible for driving co-sell engagement, enabling AWS-focused SI teams, shaping joint solution and account strategies, and accelerating customer adoption through SI-led delivery motions. This is a revenue-oriented partnerships role for a high-output operator who can translate ecosystem strategy into pipeline, partner-attached revenue, and scalable execution. The right candidate understands how AWS-focused SI organizations operate, knows how to earn mindshare across partner field and practice leadership teams, and can build repeatable motions that scale across multiple stakeholders and regions. This role is based in NYC or SF. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. ## **In this role, you will:** * Build trusted relationships with AWS practice leaders, alliance managers, cloud sales teams, architects, and delivery leadership across key SIs and consulting partners. * Own the in-market operating relationship with AWS-focused SI partners across account mapping, joint pipeline development, opportunity coordination, and executive alignment. * Drive partner enablement on OpenAI positioning, solution use cases, technical capabilities, qualification criteria, and customer engagement best practices. * Partner closely with OpenAI Sales, Technical Success, and Product teams to support strategic enterprise opportunities involving SI-led transformation initiatives and AI deployments. * Identify, shape, and accelerate qualified opportunities emerging from AWS SI partner ecosystems and joint customer accounts. * Help SI partners build repeatable OpenAI offerings, reference architectures, delivery methodologies, and go-to-market motions aligned to AWS infrastructure and services. * Drive strong co-sell execution and operational discipline across AWS ACE, Marketplace, pipeline tracking, partner attribution, and deal progression workflows. * Develop scalable sales plays, enablement materials, field communications, and executive engagement strategies that help partners operate more independently over time. * Aggregate structured feedback from SI partners, AWS stakeholders, and customers and translate insights into recommendations for product, operations, marketing, and GTM leadership teams. * Help define the engagement model, prioritization framework, and operating cadence required to scale OpenAI’s AWS SI ecosystem globally. * Collaborate cross-functionally with Partner SAs, Cloud Specialists, Product, Engineering, Partner Marketing, Partner Operations, and executive leadership to unblock deal