VP, Technology & Data Partnerships

San Francisco, CA

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Our Mission:</strong></p> <p>6sense's mission is to multiply what matters: growth, retention, and efficiency.  We envision a future where companies, teams and people reach their full potential.</p> <p><strong>Our People:</strong></p> <p>People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Win as One Team, Stay Curious, Do The Right Thing, Own the Outcome, and Create Belonging.  Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry-leading technology.  6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves, take risks, act with integrity, and measure success by the value we create for our customers.  We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career. </p></div><div> <div> <h3>VP, Tech & Data Partnerships</h3> <h4>The Opportunity</h4> <ul> <li>This is an enterprise-level leadership role responsible for defining and leading the company’s technology, data, and AI partnership strategy.</li> <li>

The role reports directly to the Chief Product & Technology Officer and will serve as the executive owner of the broader technology and data partnership ecosystem.</li> <li>This is not a traditional channel or alliances sales role. The focus is on partnerships that shape the product, strengthen the company’s data advantage, and extend the reach of the platform.</li> <li>The leader will help determine where the company should build, buy, partner, or potentially acquire capabilities.</li> </ul> <h4>What the Leader Will Own</h4> <ul> <li>Set the company-wide strategy for technology, data, platform, integration, and AI partnerships.</li> <li>Identify a focused portfolio of high-impact partnership opportunities that can improve product differentiation, innovation, distribution, and growth.</li> <li>Build trusted C-suite relationships with priority technology platforms, data providers, cloud companies, and emerging AI ecosystems.</li> <li>Originate and negotiate complex, multi-year agreements covering product scope, data rights, intellectual property, economics, investment, exclusivity, and governance.</li> <li>Shape the external data strategy, including data coverage, quality, identity, signals, licensing, and differentiated data products.</li> <li>Influence product and platform strategy by bringing an external ecosystem and market perspective into company investment decisions.</li> <li>Partner closely with Product and Engineering to ensure strategic agreements translate into funded roadmaps, clear ownership, successful launches, and measurable customer adoption.</li> <li>Establish portfolio governance, performance measures, and an operating model that allows the partnership capability to scale.</li> <li>Build and develop a senior, globally effective organization over time.</li> </ul> <h4>Why

the Role Matters</h4> <ul> <li>The company’s advantage depends on connecting high-quality data, identity, and signals with the platforms, data environments, and AI ecosystems where customers already work.</li> <li>These partnerships are viewed as a company-level lever for product innovation, differentiation, distribution, and growth, rather than simply a source of partner-sourced revenue.</li> <li>The successful leader will have significant influence over product direction, ecosystem positioning, investment choices, and how the company creates long-term strategic advantage.</li> </ul> <h4>What Success Looks Like</h4> <ul> <li>In the first 60 days, assess the existing portfolio, market landscape, strategic gaps, team capabilities, active commitments, and role boundaries.</li> <li>By 90 days, develop an executive-ready technology, data, and AI ecosystem strategy with a concentrated set of priority bets, investment choices, executive sponsors, and Product and R&D commitments.</li> <li>Within six months, demonstrate visible progress on consequential partnerships, including signed or late-stage agreements with funded productization paths and clear measures of impact.</li> <li>Within 12 months, establish a focused portfolio producing measurable adoption, distribution, differentiation, and commercial impact, supported by trusted C-suite relationships and a scalable team and operating model.</li> </ul> <h4>The Profile That Will Be Successful</h4> <ul> <li>An executive who has built or materially scaled a technology, platform, product, or data partnership capability.</li> <li>Someone who combines ecosystem strategy with enough technical fluency to engage credibly on architecture, APIs, data rights, identity, security, privacy, and AI.</li> <li>A sophisticated negotiator who understands partnership structures, economics, data licensing, commercialization, and joint product delivery.</li> <li>A strong cross-functional leader who can align senior Product, Engineering, commercial, legal, finance, and executive stakeholders around difficult investment and roadmap choices.</li> <li>Someone with a practical understanding of how AI, agents, and MCP are changing enterprise software ecosystems.</li> <li>A builder who can create the strategy, operating model, governance, metrics, and leadership team required for the capability to scale.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>Base Salary Range: $258,165.00 - $340,642.00. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including but not limited to work location and experience. The base salary is one component of 6sense’s total

compensation package for this position. Other

compensation may include a

bonus program or commission plan, and stock options if approved by 6sense’s board. In addition, 6sense provides a variety of

benefits, including generous health insurance coverage, life, and disability insurance, a 401K employer matching program, paid holidays, self-care days, and paid time off (PTO). <span style="color: #ffffff;">#Li-remote</span></p> <p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span data-contrast="auto"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; display: inline !important; float: none;">Notice of Collection and Use of Personal Information for California Residents: </span><a style="border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://6sense.com/california-recruitment-privacy-notice/" target="_blank" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">California Recruitment Privacy Notice and Policy</a></span></span></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Our

Benefits:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Full-time employees can take advantage of health coverage, paid parental leave, generous paid time-off and holidays, quarterly self-care days off, and stock options. We’ll make sure you have the equipment and support you need to work and connect with your teams, at home or in one of our offices. </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">We have a growth mindset culture that is represented in all that we do, from onboarding through to numerous learning and development initiatives including access to our LinkedIn Learning platform. Employee well-being is also top of mind for us. We host quarterly wellness education sessions to encourage self care and personal growth. From wellness days to ERG-hosted events, we celebrate and energize all 6sense employees and their backgrounds.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Equal Opportunity Employer:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">6sense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to </span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><a href="mailto:[email protected]">.</a></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><em><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"><span class="TextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">We are aware of recruiting impersonation </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">attempts</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0"> that are not affiliated with 6sense in any way. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">A</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">ll email communications from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">6sense</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0"> will originate from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">the @6sense.com domain</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">We will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">not initially contact you via text message and will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">never request payments</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0">If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official 6sense employee, reach out to </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW160271132 BCX0" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"><span class="FieldRange SCXW160271132 BCX0"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW160271132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW160271132 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">jobs@</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW160271132 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">6sense.com</span></span></span></a><span class="EOP SCXW160271132 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":279}"> </span></span></em></p></div>

About 6sense

6sense reinvents the way organizations create, manage, and convert pipelines to revenue. 6sense Revenue AI captures anonymous buying signals, targets the right accounts, and recommends the channels and messages to boost revenue performance. Removing guesswork, friction, and wasted sales effort, 6sense empowers sales, marketing, and customer success teams to significantly improve pipeline quality, accelerate sales velocity, increase conversion rates, and grow revenue predictably.

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Salary

$258,165 - $340,642

Location

San Francisco, CA

Company

Name6sense
IndustryAnalytics
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$426M

Last stage

Series E

Investors

BBlue Owl
MMSD Partners
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Insight Partners
DD1 Capital Partners

Founders

VB

Viral Bajaria

Co-Founder & Chief Innovation and Ecosystem Officer

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Premal Shah

Premal Shah

Co-Founder & SVP of Engineering and Infrastructure

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Amanda Kahlow

Amanda Kahlow

Founder & Former CEO / Executive Chairman

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01

Confirm the fit

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02

I pitch you to the company

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03

A meeting lands on your calendar

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