Technical Partnerships Lead

Instawork•San Francisco, CA

20h•$160,000 - $240,000•Onsite

About The Position

Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AI-powered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works. Instawork’s on-demand labor marketplace is uniquely valuable for robotics and physical AI. We’re working with leading frontier labs to create the highest-quality, highest-diversity datasets for training robotics foundation models. Instawork Robotics is the human advantage in the robotics revolution. The Instawork Robotics Tech Partnerships Lead will be responsible for all aspects of the relationship with our partners in the robotics space. Who You Are: A mid-career leader , with at least 5 years of professional experience in partnerships, product management, strategy and planning, or account management, excluding internships. A technologist , who is equally comfortable discussing best practices with robotics researchers and negotiating timelines and deliverables with purchasing executives. A robotics geek who enjoys tracking the latest in VLA research and robot learning approaches, and wants to advance the frontier of physical AI. An communicator who will translate client needs into plans and requirements for Instawork, and who will compellingly articulate to partners the services and selling points that make us unique. A problem-solver who enjoys building new-to-world systems, taking projects from zero to one, and applying creativity and grit to create value for our robotics partners.

Requirements

A mid-career leader , with at least 5 years of professional experience in partnerships, product management, strategy and planning, or account management, excluding internships.
A technologist , who is equally comfortable discussing best practices with robotics researchers and negotiating timelines and deliverables with purchasing executives.
A robotics geek who enjoys tracking the latest in VLA research and robot learning approaches, and wants to advance the frontier of physical AI.
An communicator who will translate client needs into plans and requirements for Instawork, and who will compellingly articulate to partners the services and selling points that make us unique.
A problem-solver who enjoys building new-to-world systems, taking projects from zero to one, and applying creativity and grit to create value for our robotics partners.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in data ops or account management for large AI labs and/or robotics labs, or experience selling and servicing those labs
Experience at an early-stage or mid-stage startup
A strong network in the robotics industry
Comfort building with AI tools like Cursor and Claude

Responsibilities

responsible for all aspects of the relationship with our partners in the robotics space
translate client needs into plans and requirements for Instawork
compellingly articulate to partners the services and selling points that make us unique
building new-to-world systems, taking projects from zero to one, and applying creativity and grit to create value for our robotics partners

Benefits

This position is eligible for equity in the form of stock options
This position is eligible for Instawork benefits, including:
A variety of medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage beginning on the date of hire
Flexible paid time off
At least 8 paid company holidays annually
Phone stipend
Commuter stipend
Supplemental pay on qualified leaves
Employee health savings accounts (HSA) contribution
Flexible spending plans
401K plan
Perkspot - discount program through Lumity