Job Description
Job Title: Data Partnerships Lead
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
The Role
We are looking for a Data Partnerships Lead to build and scale our Data Partnerships team, helping companies unlock new revenue opportunities by contributing operational workflow data for AI training and evaluation.
You will define the strategy for sourcing and acquiring partnership opportunities, lead relationships with our most strategic partners, and build the team, processes, and playbooks that enable the function to scale.
What You'll Do
Define and execute the overall strategy for acquiring and growing Data Partnerships.
Build, hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of Data Partnerships Managers.
Establish pipeline generation strategies, outbound motions, and partnership playbooks that can scale across industries.
Personally lead relationships with high-value partner companies and executive stakeholders.
Coach the team on discovery, qualification, negotiation, and consultative partnership development.
Develop repeatable frameworks for evaluating partnership opportunities and prioritizing the highest-impact companies.
Partner with Product, Operations, Legal, and Data teams to improve onboarding and partner experience.
Build reporting, forecasting, and performance metrics to continuously improve acquisition efforts.
Help shape pricing, partnership structures, commercial strategy, and market positioning.
Foster a culture of execution, customer obsession, and continuous improvement within the team.
What We're Looking For
Proven experience leading Business Development, Partnerships, or Enterprise Sales teams in high-growth environments.
Track record of building repeatable partnership or commercial acquisition programs from the ground up.
Demonstrated success hiring, coaching, and developing high-performing customer-facing teams.
Strong executive presence with the ability to build trusted relationships with founders, operators, and senior business leaders.
Exceptional commercial judgment and negotiation skills.
Strong understanding of consultative sales methodologies and complex partnership cycles.
Comfortable discussing AI, data privacy, security, confidentiality, and data ownership with executive stakeholders.
Highly entrepreneurial with a bias toward execution and a willingness to build systems from scratch.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience leading Strategic Partnerships or Business Development organizations in AI, SaaS, data, marketplaces, or technology companies.
Experience in Venture Capital, particularly in investment or platform roles with a strong network across startup ecosystems.
Experience in Private Equity portfolio operations, value creation, or similar roles supporting operational initiatives across portfolio companies.
Familiarity with data licensing, data acquisition, or emerging AI infrastructure markets.
Compensation & Benefits Notice
The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $130,000 –$180,000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
micro1 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to support@micro1.ai.
Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making.
Disclaimer
The information contained in this job posting, including but not limited to role responsibilities, qualifications, compensation, and benefits, is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a binding offer of employment. micro1 reserves the right to amend, modify, or withdraw any portion of this posting at its sole discretion and without prior notice. All employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
About Micro1
Micro1 is building the essential infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence, moving beyond the limitations of static datasets to create a dynamic ecosystem where models truly learn to think and act. At its core, the company understands that the path to frontier intelligence isn't paved with synthetic data alone; it requires the nuance, judgment, and contextual awareness that only expert human guidance can provide. By positioning itself at the intersection of human expertise and advanced reinforcement learning, Micro1 is tackling the hardest problem in AI today: teaching models not just to answer questions, but to reason through complexity and take meaningful actions in unpredictable, real-world environments.
This mission comes to life through Realm, Micro1's flagship training environment. Realm functions as a high-fidelity simulation ground where AI agents are immersed in scenarios that closely mirror the messiness of actual human workflows. Rather than relying on abstract benchmarks, Realm forces models to engage in agentic actions, multi-step decisions, digital navigation, coding, and problem-solving that require genuine comprehension. It is within these realistic sandboxes that world-class human data is generated, creating a continuous feedback loop where expert annotators observe, correct, and guide model behavior. This process does more than just fine-tune outputs; it fundamentally elevates a model's underlying reasoning architecture, ensuring that the intelligence developed in training holds up when deployed into the wild.
But training is only half the equation. Micro1 recognizes that the true test of an AI system lies in its production performance, which is where Cortex enters the picture. Cortex is a contextual evaluation platform designed to move beyond superficial accuracy metrics and provide a granular, real-time view of how agents behave in live settings. It doesn't just flag errors; it surfaces the underlying context behind failures, revealing why an agent struggled with a particular user intent or environmental variable. This insight is invaluable for engineering teams, as it transforms evaluation from a passive checkpoint into an active improvement tool. With Cortex, companies can catch degradation early, understand the nuances of edge cases, and feed those learnings directly back into Realm for retraining, creating a virtuous cycle of continuous advancement.
Ultimately, Micro1 is not merely a data lab or an evaluation tool it is a comprehensive intelligence engine that connects the entire lifecycle of model development. From the expert human feedback that sharpens raw capability, to the realistic RL environments that forge robust agentic behavior, to the contextual oversight that ensures reliability in production, Micro1 provides the integrated foundation that AI labs and enterprises desperately need. As the industry races toward truly autonomous systems, Micro1 stands as the critical bridge between laboratory breakthroughs and dependable, real-world impact, ensuring that frontier models do not just perform well on paper, but deliver genuine value in the complex, dynamic world they are meant to serve.