Manager of Business Development Partnerships, Swayable
$95-110k
+ Equity Options & Commission
Consumer opinion testing
Be an early applicant
Consumer opinion testing
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$95-110k
+ Equity Options & Commission
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate social and economic progress by making scientific insights instantly accessible to decision-makers.
Role
Who you are
- You’ll thrive in this role if you’re equal parts strategist and connector — someone who can spot high-value partnership opportunities, craft win-win deals, and bring them to life through co-marketing, integrations, and sales enablement
- 3–5 years of experience in business development, partnerships, or channel management — ideally in SaaS, martech, or research/insights
- Strong understanding of marketing, advertising, and creative ecosystems
- Proven experience in structuring partnership agreements and managing GTM collaboration
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; a natural connector
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with entrepreneurial energy
- Analytical and results-driven mindset; skilled in CRM and pipeline management tools
What the job involves
- The Manager of Business Development & Partnerships will own Swayable’s partner growth strategy — from identifying and structuring new business relationships to scaling revenue-generating partnerships
- This role blends strategic thinking with executional drive. You’ll work closely with Marketing, Sales, and Product to build an ecosystem of agency, platform, and technology partners that amplify Swayable’s reach and impact
- Identify, prioritize, and negotiate new partnership opportunities (agencies, consultancies, media platforms, data providers, and technology alliances)
- Build and manage a pipeline of partnership opportunities tied to measurable revenue goals
- Develop co-marketing and co-selling initiatives with partner organizations
- Collaborate with Marketing and Sales to create referral and reseller models that scale
- Work cross-functionally to integrate Swayable’s platform with partner ecosystems (e.g., ad tech, research platforms, creative agencies)
- Develop partner onboarding materials, enablement resources, and reporting frameworks
- Represent Swayable externally at industry events and within partner networks
- Track partnership performance, optimize for ROI, and report metrics to senior leadership
Our take
Campaigning, whether for a brand, a charitable cause, or a political office, is getting harder by the year. Siloed demographics, patchy data, and bad market research means many messages aren’t getting through - something that Swayable is looking to change.
The company essentially runs randomized A/B testing on campaign videos to see which is the most persuasive for their clients. Swayable pulls demographic audiences from sites like Facebook, Amazon Mechanical Turk, and Fiverr, and returns analysed performance results to its customers within 12-24 hours.
This kind of rapid-turnaround market insight is crucial for organizatinos looking to fine-tune their messaging. It won the company itself good business, too - Swayable began with Y-Combinator, and has gone on to score a remarkable slate of clients including the Biden Harris campaign, Amazon, Airbnb, and Paramount.
Swayable’s express commitment to truth-telling and fighting misinformation is a smart play in today’s climate. With an impressive team of physicists and founders at the helm, Swayable is in a strong position to continue winning big business.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2018
$0.2m
SEED
Feb 2018
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.3m
Company benefits
- Commission structure
- Equity options
- Full healthcare coverage with no employee contribution required
- Generous PTO and parental leave
- 401K
- Opportunity to support some of the most important storytelling and social change campaigns in the world
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
James Slezak
(CEO & Co-Founder)Has founding experience with Win Back Respect, Purpose, Peers.org, and New Economy Lab. Along the way has also worked as a McKinsey project lead, and spent time in various director roles at The New York Times.
Valerie Coffman
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previously an NIST physicist, before moving on to found Feastie, and then taking up a CTO/Chief Science Officer role at Xometry.
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