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Senior Manager, Product Partnerships

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Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
28 Jul 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

The Senior Manager, Product Partnerships at OpenRouter is a remote position based in the US that oversees end-to-end strategic deals and complex partnership workstreams. This role suits an experienced business development professional with a strong technical background who thrives in a fast-moving, hands-on environment at the intersection of engineering and commerce.

Key Responsibilities

Analyze the artificial intelligence and machine learning ecosystem to pinpoint priority partners, emerging opportunities, and competitive dynamics.
Represent OpenRouter with prospective partners to understand goals, business models, and integration opportunities.
Lead technical discussions covering APIs, integration architecture, account models, and implementation plans.
Design commercial structures such as usage-based billing, revenue share, and per-seat models.
Partner with internal product and engineering teams to translate partner ecosystem feedback into product feature specifications.
Create repeatable playbooks, templates, and packages to scale the partnership engine efficiently.
Negotiate intricate partnership contracts encompassing data privacy, technical integrations, go-to-market commitments, and commercial terms.
Collaborate across departments including legal, marketing, sales, product, and engineering to prioritize integrations and co-marketing initiatives.

Requirements

Eight or more years of professional experience in business development and partnerships.
Demonstrated history of scaling consumption-based or usage-based partnership models within infrastructure, developer tools, or API platforms.
Track record of generating measurable impact exceeding ten million dollars in influenced revenue or consumption.
Technical fluency with cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and API platforms to engage credibly with engineering teams.
Strong legal and commercial acumen regarding data governance, service level agreements, and consumption economics.
Strategic thinking capability to balance long-term ecosystem development with immediate execution under conditions of ambiguity.

Skills and Tools

APIs and integration architecture
Authentication patterns and data flows
Key management and provisioning
Usage-based and consumption-based billing models
Legal and commercial negotiation
Cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, and sales

About the Company

OpenRouter operates as an open artificial intelligence routing and infrastructure layer. The organization enables enterprises to access, manage, and optimize leading large language models across multiple providers without suffering from capacity constraints, unnecessary costs, or vendor lock-in. Serving advanced AI teams globally, OpenRouter facilitates rapid scaling, flexibility, and future-proofing as foundational models continue to evolve.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official OpenRouter careers page to submit an application for this remote position.

Questions candidates ask

What is the location requirement for this role?

This position is fully remote within the United States.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have eight or more years of experience in partnerships and business development.

What type of business models will this role manage?

The role involves structuring commercial agreements across usage-based billing, revenue share, and per-seat models.

Is technical knowledge necessary for this position?

Yes, fluency with API platforms, developer tooling, authentication patterns, and cloud infrastructure is required to lead technical scoping conversations with partners.

Who will the Senior Manager work closely with?

The role works directly with the VP of Partnerships, alongside cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and legal teams.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official OpenRouter careers page.

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