Strategic Partnerships, Silicon Ecosystem

The role

You will build and execute strategic silicon partnerships and define joint products. You will work with partners to drive ecosystem adoption and lead cross-functional execution.

What you will do

• Build and execute strategic silicon partnerships
• Own relationships with assigned partners
• Run co-design programs between partner product groups and Liquid teams
• Negotiate agreements through to signature
• Define joint products with partners
• Drive integration, optimization and benchmarking with engineering teams
• Drive ecosystem adoption and distribution to partner business groups, OEMs and system integrators
• Develop joint go-to-market and lead joint launches, demonstrations and events
• Turn partnership commitments into plans with clear milestones and owners
• Resolve technical, commercial and organizational blockers

Required qualifications

• Proven track record of developing and executing strategic partnerships that drive measurable outcomes
• Experience working with silicon vendors, hardware platforms, OEMs, or embedded computing ecosystems
• Experience leading commercial negotiations and structuring partnerships involving technical integration, distribution, or joint go-to-market
• Product thinking
• Strong understanding of the AI ecosystem and the evolving roles of AI models, inference software, and hardware platforms
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business organizations

Nice to have

• Experience with AI inference, machine learning infrastructure, or edge AI
• Familiarity with CPU, GPU, and NPU architectures and their software ecosystems
• Background in AI PCs, mobile devices, automotive, IoT, robotics, or embedded systems
• Existing relationships with major semiconductor companies

Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Company-wide Refill Days
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Paid leave for pregnancy, parenting, medical needs, and caring for family

About the company

Spun out of MIT CSAIL, Liquid AI builds general-purpose AI systems that run efficiently across deployment targets. They partner with enterprises across consumer electronics, automotive, life sciences, and financial services.