cuspai - Foundry Partnerships Manager
Requirements
• You have a genuine, explicit interest in how frontier AI can revolutionise materials science and a passion for bringing sustainable, impactful technologies to humanity. • You possess a proven track record in ecosystem management, strategic alliances, or technical community building, ideally within a high-growth startup or fast-paced deep-tech environment, alongside substantial experience communicating and building relationships with executive-level stakeholders. • You have experience independently creating and managing events and conferences, owning them end to end, from concept through delivery. Including initiatives run alongside or on behalf of Fortune 100 companies. • You demonstrate extensive global cross-cultural experience, with a proven ability to engage and build trust with senior stakeholders across international borders (e.g. Europe, USA, APAC). • You are a confident, charismatic communicator with direct experience hosting, moderating, and organising both virtual webinars and premium in-person events for a technical audience. • You have a solid foundational understanding of or proximity to the semiconductor ecosystem, hardware roadmaps, or advanced materials development. • Direct professional background working within a semiconductor foundry, design firm, or electronics materials supplier. • Native or professional fluency in a second language relevant to our global hubs (e.g. Japanese, Korean, German). • An academic background or deep personal literacy in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or Electrical Engineering. • Experience managing joint ecosystem programs alongside major hardware tech giants like NVIDIA or Meta. • ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS • This role would ideally be based in our Cambridge or London offices, but we could consider Amsterdam or Berlin for the right candidate. There would be an expectation around you being in the office three days per week depending on which projects you’re working on at the time. Additionally, there may be regular travel required to partner sites and/or other locations for collaboration and project work.
Responsibilities
• Ecosystem Cultivation & Community Activation • Act as the primary operational bridge for tech partners, enterprise clients, and elite research institutions across Europe, the USA, and APAC. • Design, coordinate, and host a comprehensive global engagement strategy. • Build scalable partner frameworks. • Cross-Cultural Operations & Project Management • Manage day-to-day engagement with global stakeholders. • Coordinate cross-functional timelines between external partner teams and CuspAI leadership. • Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Partner closely with our Head of Partnerships and Chief Strategy Officer to align ecosystem activities with our overarching roadmap. • Collaborate with our AI Research, Computational Chemistry, and Product teams to channel partner feedback directly into the development priorities of our agentic platform. • Work alongside marketing and PR functions to spotlight partner success stories, such as dramatic speedups in simulation workloads and novel applications in advanced materials research.
Benefits
• A competitive salary: We value and reward impact and growth • Equity in CuspAI: You have a stake in the success of the company • Time off to stay fresh: 28 days holiday (DE, NL, UK) or 21 days holiday (JP, SG, US), in addition to local public holidays • ‘Gold Standard’ parental leave: 26 weeks (primary caregiver) and 12 weeks (secondary caregiver) at full pay - we look after you and your family while we work on the most important materials discovery problems together • Professional development budget: We invest in your career development so you can stay up to date with the latest industry knowledge or add to your skills to increase impact and growth • Solve meaningful problems: See how your work has a direct impact on advancing materials science and solving sustainability and climate-related problems through the creation and application of bleeding-edge SOTA technology and revolutionary techniques • True interdisciplinary teamwork: Be part of a deeply collaborative environment bridging AI research, computational chemistry, and experimental science - work with world-class researchers and engineers who enjoy sharing knowledge and supporting each other • CuspAI is an equal opportunities employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. • We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and value the unique perspectives and contributions that diversity brings to our team. • Please let us know if you require any specific adjustments during or after the interview process. We will do everything we can within reason to accommodate.
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