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Trust In SODA · 1 week ago

VP Strategic Partnerships and Commercial Development

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$300K/yr - $400K/yr

Trust In SODA is a frontier AI company building systems that operate in the physical world. They are seeking a VP of Strategic Partnerships & Commercial Development to establish high-impact external relationships and drive commercial strategy as the company transitions from technical breakthroughs to real-world deployment.

DevOpsEmploymentRecruitingSoftwareStaffing Agency

Growth Opportunities

Hiring Manager

Jacques Dondoua

Responsibilities

Initiate and own strategic partnerships across industrial, technical, and regulated environments

Develop partner and customer programs from early exploration through execution

Work closely with founders and leadership on commercial strategy and capital alignment

Support investor and institutional relationships as needed

Build early commercial and operational processes that enable deployment and revenue

Operate cross-functionally with technical, legal, finance, and operations teams

Contribute broadly as an early senior leader in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment

Qualification

Strategic partnershipsCommercial strategyCustomer developmentDeep tech experienceOperational readinessHigh-stakes discussionsLeadershipCross-functional collaboration

Required

Proven experience leading strategic partnerships or commercial initiatives in deep tech, frontier tech, hardware, robotics, advanced manufacturing, or similar environments

Strong track record of working directly with senior executives at large enterprises or institutions

Experience operating in ambiguity, including pre-product or pre-revenue settings

Comfortable partnering closely with highly technical founders and research-led teams

Able to represent a company independently in high-stakes external discussions

Operators with real ownership, not advisory-only or logo-driven profiles

Benefits

Bonus: Performance-based

Equity: Meaningful, VP-level ownership

Company

Trust In SODA

Trust In Soda offers recruitment and staffing services for data, design, product management, DevOps and software engineering sectors.

Founded in 2013

London, England, GBR

11-50 employees

https://www.trustinsoda.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Leadership Team

David Young

Co Founder

Recent News

Trust In SODA on LinkedIn: #sodasquad #trustourpeople #trustinsoda

2024-04-07

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