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Private Equity Partnerships Manager

Glean· Sales
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$250k - $300kfull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Glean is seeking a Private Equity Partnerships Manager to build and scale our ecosystem with leading private equity and investment firms. You will own relationships with top sponsors, drive adoption across portfolios, structure and manage portfolio-wide commercial frameworks, oversee deployment motions across PortCos, and ensure measurable EBITDA and enterprise value impact for PE-backed businesses. This is a manager-level, quota-carrying role collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success.

Responsibilities

  • - Drive PE partnership strategy & deal management - Structure, negotiate, and execute PE partnership agreements (preferred pricing, portfolio-wide frameworks, lighthouse PortCo plays). - Draft reusable cross-portfolio pricing and partnership agreements with Legal, Finance, and RevOps. - Coordinate internal approvals and external sign-off with GP leadership, operating partners, and PortCo executives. - Maintain standardized pricing and commercial constructs so AEs have clear guidance on using PE frameworks in deals. - Sponsor relationship management - Serve as Glean’s primary day-to-day contact for multiple PE sponsors. - Build deep relationships with operating partners, portfolio ops, deal teams, and technology/data leaders. - Run recurring cadences (QBRs, portfolio and pipeline reviews, exec check-ins) to surface and advance opportunities. - Maintain current views of key contacts, portfolios, and in-flight initiatives per sponsor. - Portfolio activation & deployment oversight - Drive PortCo activation by identifying high-value AI use cases (e.g., GTM, finance, engineering, support/back-office). - Support scoping and oversee evaluation, pilot, and rollout cycles with AEs, AI Outcomes/CS, Solutions, and SIs. - Coordinate with Product, Engineering, and partners to meet quality, security, and timeline expectations. - Track and communicate deployment metrics (adoption, usage, revenue/cost/EBITDA impact) to sponsors and management teams. - Revenue, pipeline & program performance - Own pipeline development and revenue targets for assigned sponsors. - Maintain a rolling forecast of opportunities across portfolios (sourced and influenced). - Work with AEs to map portfolios, track activity, and prioritize accounts by sponsor focus, AI readiness, and value potential. - Ensure clean partner/opportunity data in CRM and build dashboards for PE-sourced/influenced pipeline, ARR, coverage, and velocity. - Surface insights and recommendations to improve motions, offers, and enablement. - Enablement & cross-functional coordination - Build and update concise enablement assets (one-pagers, decks, FAQs, playbooks) for sponsors and PortCos. - Develop case studies and portfolio-level proof points; run enablement sessions and workshops to drive adoption. - Design and execute programmatic engagement (fireside chats, webinars, roundtables, dinners) with PE and PortCo execs. - Partner with Sales and Enablement on portfolio-wide sessions and briefings. - Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, Legal, Security, RevOps, and Customer Success to move deals forward and feed learnings into the roadmap. - Coordinate with SI / implementation partners on joint delivery, ensuring aligned messaging and execution.

Qualifications

  • - 5–10+ years in enterprise SaaS and/or fintech across partnerships, BD, sales, PE-backed operating roles, or management consulting serving PE clients. - Direct experience with technology partnerships with PE sponsors or multi-entity/portfolio structures strongly preferred. - Proven track record working with sales to drive pipeline and revenue (co-sell, partner-sourced deals, complex accounts). - Strong program/project management skills: multiple concurrent workstreams, stakeholders, and deadlines with high attention to detail. - Able to operate as both strategist and executor across cross-portfolio deployments. - Strong familiarity with fund structures, GP/carry economics, value-creation playbooks, and sponsor–PortCo dynamics. - Comfortable with commercial discussions (pricing, discounts, basic economics) and iterating on term sheets within guardrails. - Fluent in AI and agentic AI concepts; can credibly discuss Glean with technical teams and PE investors. - Able to translate AI capabilities into portfolio-level value creation narratives (EBITDA, efficiency, growth, multiple expansion). - Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable with C-suite decks and crisp internal updates. - Proven ability to build trust and alignment across internal and external stakeholders in fast-moving environments. - Scrappy, curious, and excited to help define and scale Glean’s PE partnership motion. - Thrive in ambiguity and shifting priorities. - Passionate about AI’s potential to transform the economy and aligned with Glean’s mission.

Skills

Required:PE partnership strategyDeal negotiationRelationship management with PE sponsorsPortfolio activation & deploymentRevenue, pipeline & analytics

Benefits

  • - Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage - Generous time-off policy - 401k plan with company support - Home office improvement stipend - Annual education and wellness stipends - Regular events and healthy lunches - Inclusive and diverse workplace policies
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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