8+ years in partnerships, business development, or strategic alliances. 3-5 years in a leadership role building partnership programs from scratch. Experience managing strategic partnerships with leading technology providers. Proven track record scaling consumption-based or usage-based partnership models. Strong commercial and legal acumen with experience negotiating complex agreements. Technical background or deep fluency with API platforms, developer tooling, and cloud infrastructure. Strategic thinker comfortable with ambiguity and building from zero to one.