Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Intern...

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution ...

Available Locations: Austin Texas, New York, San Francisco

Identify, evaluate, and structure strategic partnerships (technology integrations, ecosystem plays, and go-to-market alliances) across Cloudflare's product areas, prioritizing based on where the business needs it most.
Partner directly with Product and Engineering leaders to assess technical fit, integration approach, and roadmap alignment for prospective partnerships.
Build the business case for each partnership: sizing the opportunity, validating the underlying use case, and making a clear, evidence-based recommendation on whether to pursue it.
Lead negotiation and execution end-to-end, from initial scoping through signed agreement and launch.
Act as the connective tissue between partner organizations and internal stakeholders (Product, Engineering, Legal, Marketing, Sales) to ensure both organizations deliver outcomes. 
Move fluidly across product areas and partner types as priorities shift, ramping up on new technical domains quickly and independently.
Demonstrate deep technical fluency. You must be able to independently evaluate technical documentation and engage credibly with engineers, rather than relying on others to translate how a partner’s technology works. 

8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, product management, strategy or consulting; ideally within a technology or cybersecurity organization. 
Prior exposure to cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, networking, developer platforms, or AI markets.
Technical fluency: able to understand product architecture and engineering trade-offs well enough to independently evaluate partnership and integration opportunities, not just relay them.
Proven ability to navigate unstructured, open-ended problems with an attention to detail to close and launch complex deals. 
A track record of aligning senior stakeholders across product, engineering, legal, GTM and partner organizations around competing priorities, keeping teams accountable, and pushing projects across the finish line. 
Experience structuring, negotiating, and closing non-standard commercial and technical agreements. 
Ability to pick up new technical domains quickly and shift focus as business priorities evolve. 
Executive-level written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence cross-functionally without formal authority.
Bachelor's degree required.
MBA or equivalent advanced degree.