Research Partnerships Manager

Role Overview

• Own the go-to-market motion for the Open Benchmarks Grants program: program design, launch planning, grant cycle execution, collaborator coordination, and release moments.
• Build the program calendar and keep a steady cadence of collaborations and releases moving from concept to launch.
• Experiment with new formats for how benchmarks, grants, and research collaborations reach and resonate with the research community.
• Spearhead and write technical content and campaigns for Snorkel on collaborations.
• Work alongside research leadership to drive OBG strategy, shaping how the program comes to market and how GTM feedback informs the direction of Snorkel's data offerings.
• Bring an external and market lens to program priorities: which collaborations and releases will land hardest with researchers, frontier labs, and enterprise audiences.
• Stay embedded in external research conversations, at conferences, in research communities, and through lab relationships, to surface and suggest new collaboration opportunities.
• Serve as a front door for inbound collaboration interest and a scout for high-value outbound partnerships.
• Translate every collaboration and benchmark release into compelling external moments: launch campaigns, point-of-view content, emails, blogs citations, social proof, and conference activations.
• Partner with product marketing and content to package research output for both technical and business audiences.
• Connect program output to broader go-to-market goals, feeding demand and reinforcing Snorkel's presence in the field.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience across developer relations, program management, partnerships, research operations, or technical marketing, including time owning programs end to end.
• ML/AI literacy sufficient to hold credible conversations with researchers and recognize a collaboration worth pursuing.
• A builder who thrives running the program and shaping the strategy behind it, equally comfortable designing a launch and coordinating the details that make it happen.
• Strong relationship instincts and cultural fluency in AI research communities.
• A creative, experimental approach to program design and a track record of building something from the ground up.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Professional development
• Paid time off