Exly - Strategic Partnerships Head

About Exly:

Headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed, Exly is a Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online. Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, we are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.

Since the launch of Exly's first version in December 2020 we have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through Exly. We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.

- Listed at 30 startups to watch - Inc42

- Exly: Empowering creators to build businesses - Financial Express

About the role:

As a Strategic Partnerships Head you'll be responsible for forming partnerships with affiliates, brands and agencies to meet customer acquisition goals - whatever it takes for the company to grow 100X.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for forming partnerships with affiliates, brands and agencies

- Formulate partnership deliverables that meet business growth objectives

- Market research to identify most impactful partnerships

- Manage end to end cycle for striking deals with potential partners

- Lead the complete strategic partnership team

The successful applicant will be:

- 5+ yrs of experience at early-stage startups; experience in influencer marketing or brand partnerships.

- Excellent communication skills and negotiation skills and the ability to close deals.

- Strong leadership skills and the ability to hire and grow team members

- Very strong orientation towards meeting targets and looking at data-driven insights.

- Experience in influencer marketing and brand partnerships.

- Likes to connect and actively engage with key influencers and decision-makers inside an organization.

- Interested in working on the business side of a SaaS startup and ready to dig into work and learn all aspects around it.

What we offer:

- Opportunity to work with highly talented, motivated and committed people

- Great learning opportunity in a fast paced ecosystem

- Opportunity to work on products that will shape industry's next generation offerings

- Opportunity to own products and observe impact of your work.

- Flexible yet result oriented work culture

- Ample growth opportunities