Partner Development Manager, AI Ecosystem
About this role
OpenRouter is seeking a Partner Development Manager to oversee inbound provider conversations and drive live integrations remotely within the US. This tactical role is ideal for an early-career professional with strong technical curiosity who wants to build deep experience in the artificial intelligence ecosystem.
Role Overview
In this position, the Partner Development Manager handles the long tail of new and incoming provider interactions, turning them into active platform integrations. The person in this role acts as the primary contact for incoming interest across various channels, qualifying opportunities, and managing hands-on onboarding to ensure promising providers are successfully added to the system.
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About the Company
OpenRouter provides a unified interface for large language models, routing billions of tokens every month to help developers and enterprises access, manage, and optimize their artificial intelligence usage across more than 200 models and providers. The company focuses on preventing lock-in, capacity constraints, downtime, and complex integrations by leveraging a diverse ecosystem of model labs, inference services, and hardware platforms.
How to Apply
Visit the official OpenRouter careers page to submit an application and join the team.
Questions candidates ask
Is this job remote?
Yes, this is a remote-first position based in the United States.
What is the salary range for this role?
The position offers a salary between $160,000 and $200,000 USD per year.
What benefits are included?
OpenRouter provides equity, fully covered health, dental, and vision insurance, unlimited PTO, a WFH budget, and quarterly offsites.
What experience is required?
This is an early-career partnership role where formal prior partnerships experience is not strictly required, though candidates should be plugged into the model ecosystem and technically comfortable with APIs.
What does OpenRouter do?
OpenRouter operates a unified interface for LLMs that helps developers and enterprises access, manage, and optimize AI usage across over 200 models and providers.