Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager, AI and Agentic Commerce

About the role:

As Forter’s Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager for AI & Agentic Commerce, you will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive business development strategy to accelerate the growth of Forter’s AI-powered products across the globe. You will work closely with cross-functional departments to identify partnership opportunities, cultivate strategic alliances, and build relationships with key stakeholders in the e-commerce, AI, and agentic commerce ecosystem. While New York City or London location is preferred, this role can sit remotely, and it reports to the Director of Forter AI.

What you’ll be doing:

• Strategic Planning: Maintain, execute and continue to build upon a strategic business development plan for the AI & agentic commerce business, aligning with the company’s overall objectives and growth targets.
• Market Analysis: Conduct ongoing market research to identify emerging trends in AI, agentic commerce, and autonomous transaction ecosystems. Use insights to shape the company’s market positioning and product development efforts.
• Partnership Development: Identify, evaluate, and establish strategic alliances, partnerships, and collaborations which extend the company’s reach into AI platform providers, large language model (LLM) developers, agentic commerce enablers, and other relevant players in the AI ecosystem to expand our market presence and reach.
• Sales and Revenue Growth: Lead and mentor the sales and customer success teams to drive revenue growth via the AI product portfolio.
• Negotiations: Oversee negotiations, contract development, and deal structuring. Ensure favorable terms and mutually beneficial agreements with AI and technology partners.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with sales, product, marketing, analytics, and operations teams to ensure alignment and seamless execution of AI-focused business development strategies.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field; MBA preferred.
• Proven track record of at least 5-8 years in the payments, identity, machine learning, or AI space, including experience in the agentic technology space, preferably in e-commerce or commerce-adjacent environments.
• Strong understanding of the AI, large language model (LLM), and agentic commerce industries, market dynamics, and emerging trends. Knowledge of the AI platform and agentic protocol ecosystem is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex deals and partnerships.
• Strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset, able to ideate around new products with potential partners in the AI and agentic commerce space.
• Close collaboration with Product and R&D team members while maintaining a competitive lens around GTM positioning and Business Development strategy.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal abilities. You are a cle