Senior Partnerships Manager at Black Forest Labs | Austin, TX, US | Rezi

Senior Partnerships Manager at Black Forest Labs

Senior Partnerships Manager

Black Forest Labs · Austin, TX, US

3 days ago

Senior Partnerships Manager

Black Forest Labs · Austin, TX, US

3 days ago
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About the Role

Architect the commercial layer of a technology that's still being invented, translating research breakthroughs into market opportunities and defining pricing, partnerships, and distribution channels for generative models.

Responsibilities

  • Drive business growth through strategic partnerships and custom deal development, from initial outreach through close
  • Develop pricing strategies for capabilities that may not have existed six months ago
  • Collaborate with Research, Engineering, Finance, and Legal to lead complex product, data, and distribution deals
  • Identify and forge new distribution and monetization channels the market hasn't imagined yet
  • Translate technical capabilities into commercial opportunities, working directly with engineers to understand product requirements and limitations
  • Structure partnership models that serve both API users and enterprises running models on-premise

Requirements

  • Deep technical fluency, with experience in image/video generation or a technical background (solutions architect, engineer, technical product manager)
  • Ability to discuss model architectures, inference optimization, and training pipelines with the research team
  • Proven track record in BD/partnerships in AI, cloud, or technical infrastructure
  • Deep understanding of SaaS business models, API pricing, cloud consulting, and enterprise licensing
  • Ability to hold technical conversations with engineers and translate them into commercial strategy
  • Strong relationship-building with track record of maintaining long-term partnerships
  • Analytical rigor and market research capabilities
  • Experience with diffusion models for image/video generation (nice to have)
  • Early-stage, high-growth startup experience (nice to have)
  • B2B API and model weight licensing sales models (nice to have)
  • Open-source business model experience (nice to have)

Skills

  • Technical fluency
  • Business development
  • Partnerships
  • SaaS business models
  • API pricing
  • Enterprise licensing
  • Relationship-building
  • Analytical rigor
  • Market research

Location

  • San Francisco, USA
  • Remote

Work Type

  • Office-based
  • Remote-first
  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Senior

Salary/Compensations

  • EU €135,000 - €190,000 + variable + equity
  • US $175,000 - $240,000 + variable + equity

Benefits

  • Travel costs covered for in-person requirements

About the Company

  • We’re the team behind Latent Diffusion, Stable Diffusion, and FLUX—foundational technologies that changed how the world creates images and video.
  • We’re creating the generative models that power how people make images and video—tools used by millions of creators, developers, and businesses worldwide.
  • Our FLUX models are among the most advanced in the world, and we’re just getting started.
  • Headquartered in Freiburg, Germany with a growing presence in San Francisco, we’re scaling fast while staying true to what makes us different: research excellence, open science, and building technology that expands human creativity.