Technical Partner Manager – OpenSea
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OpenSea (51-200 Employees, 664% 2 Yr Employee Growth Rate)
355% 1-Year Employee Growth Rate | 664% 2-Year Employee Growth Rate | LinkedIn | $427.2M Venture Funding
What Is Employee Growth Rate & Why Is It Important?
OpenSea is the first and largest peer-to-peer marketplace for cryptogoods (like an eBay for crypto assets), which include collectibles, gaming items, and other virtual goods backed by a blockchain. On OpenSea, anyone can buy or sell these items through a smart contract. The OpenSea team has backgrounds from Stanford, Palantir, and Google, and is funded by YCombinator, Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, 1Confirmation, and Blockchain Capital.
Job Description
OpenSea is the first and largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Applications for NFTs include collectibles, gaming items, domain names, digital art, and many other items backed by a blockchain. OpenSea is an open, inclusive web3 platform, where individuals can come to explore NFTs and connect with each other to purchase and sell NFTs. At OpenSea, we’re excited about building a platform that supports a brand new economy based on true digital ownership and are proud to be recognized as Y Combinator’s #4 ranked top private company.When hiring candidates, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in our culture, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, grow rapidly, and love our work. We also know how critical it is to celebrate and support our differences. Employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences and opinions enables our employees, our product and our community to flourish. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. To help facilitate this, we support remote, hybrid or onsite work at either New York City, San Francisco or the Silicon Valley for the majority of our opportunities.We are looking for a Technical Partner Manager to help us launch major NFT drops and product integrations as well as provide white glove support for top partners. You will play a critical role in managing key partner relationships, driving cross-functional execution, and leading key processes to help drive efficiency within the team. The ideal candidate will have experience building strong relationships and a breadth of knowledge about developing Web3 projects, including addressing questions and decisions regarding the technical elements of NFTs without constant product support. You will thrive in this role if you have a bias to action, are extremely organized and love working in a fast-paced environment.
What You’ll Do
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- Drive the launch of NFT drops with a variety of partners, as well as major product partnerships, especially those projects with more technically complex implementations
- Manage both the big picture and the important details—stay on top of deadlines to ensure nothing gets missed while and crafting ways to add to existing partnerships
- Lead cross-functional efforts supporting key partners with Marketing, Product, Engineering,Community and Legal peers
- Grow relationships with existing partners and provide best-in-class support to help them best leverage the OpenSea platform
- Build and maintain processes to help efficiently manage partner launches, measure performance, and ensure top partners feel supported
If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we’re looking for someone who is excited to join the team.
Desired Skills
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- Have 5+ years of Partner Management experience in a tech
- Have a deep understanding of Web3 or NFTs, including more technical elements associated with NFTs
- Leverage creative thinking to help with partnerships go-to-market and solve problems during the implementation process
- Ability to engage and influence both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong organizational skills and an eye for detail
- Demonstrated skills utilizing data to provide actionable insights and ensure we’re driving toward the best possible outcome for OpenSea and our partners
- Have outstanding interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence (EQ), and ability to persuade/drive alignment among differing perspectives
- Passionate about Web3 and the future of NFTs