Head of AI Automation, Partnerize
AI Automation, Hands-On IC
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Partnership management software
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Partnership management software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To turn partnerships into a profit center.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience building and scaling agentic AI systems in production
- Deep experience with GCP and Vertex AI (including Pipelines, Model Registry, Feature Store)
- Strong Python engineering background and hands-on DevOps understanding
- Expertise in LLMs, embeddings, RAG optimisation, evaluation metrics, and vector DBs (Redis preferred)
- Experience acting as a senior IC (Principal/Staff/Architect) with ownership of major initiatives
- Ability to make fast, confident decisions in ambiguous environments
- Strong mentorship instincts with the ability to simplify complexity clearly
What the job involves
- Own and build Partnerize’s AI automation platform from the ground up
- Partnerize is developing a next-generation Agentic AI system to power intelligent automation across our global performance marketing ecosystem. Our platform processes billions of events daily — and we are building AI capabilities that match this scale
- We are seeking a Head of AI Automation (Hands-On IC) to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of our agentic AI framework. This role is the senior-most technical authority on AI automation at Partnerize — a deeply hands-on builder role with light leadership responsibilities
- This is the role for someone who wants autonomy, ownership, and the chance to build foundational systems that last
- Own the technical strategy and execution for Partnerize’s enterprise-wide agentic AI platform
- Lead the internalisation of all knowledge from external consultant partners
- Act as the internal subject-matter expert and final decision-maker for AI automation strategy
- Mentor AI Automation Engineers and shape a high-performance engineering culture
- Architect and build scalable agentic systems using LangGraph, Vertex AI, Redis, and Gemini
- Lead the design of RAG pipelines, agent orchestration, tool-use flows, semantic memory layers, and evaluation frameworks
- Build and maintain the internal “Agent Blueprint” to standardise agent design at scale
- Ship reliable, well-architected, production-ready systems
- Partner with Product to define feasibility, complexity, and prioritisation
- Work with Architecture and Data Science leadership to align technical strategy with company objectives
- Communicate decisions crisply and succinctly across engineering and non-engineering partners
- Total ownership of our AI automation platform
- High autonomy and direct impact on company-wide AI strategy
- Build systems that operate at global scale (billions of events/day)
- Set foundations for a team that will grow under your leadership
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Partnerize is a SaaS company offering a Partner Management Platform that helps businesses form, manage, analyze, and predict the outcomes of their partner marketing programs. Leveraging the power of AI, it streamlines the entire process, making it easier for companies to maximize their partner relationships.
As the world of partnerships evolves, Partnerize has positioned itself at the forefront of this dynamic field. With a growing range of sectors such as channel partnerships, influencer collaborations, loyalty programs, referral networks, and brand-to-brand alliances, the company has adapted to meet the complex needs of modern partner marketing, in addition to traditional affiliate marketing.
Partnerize is focused on providing its clients with an edge over the competition by automating as much of the partnership management process as possible. This commitment to efficiency, combined with its ability to leverage economies of scale, enables the company to address some of the industry's toughest challenges, including payments, ensuring that clients remain loyal to its platform.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2020
$50m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2018
$9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $87.5m
Company benefits
- Incentives
- Generous wellness benefits and paid time off
- Robust parental leave
- Competitive retirement savings benefits
- Employee learning & development opportunities
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Matt Gilbert
(CEO)Previously the CEO of Pepperjam and Kinetic Social. They also spent time as the Senior VP & GM at Merkle, and as the COO at 500Friends.
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