Director, AI Ecosystem Partnerships

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Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Computer Science or related field
  • 8+ years in technology partnerships business development or solutions alliances
  • Strong understanding of the AI/ML ecosystem including LLM platforms agentic AI frameworks vector databases RAG architectures and cloud-native infrastructure
  • Proven experience driving product-level or solution-level integrations with measurable business outcomes
  • Ability to engage technically and commercially with engineers product managers and C-suite stakeholders
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across BD Product Engineering and Marketing
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills
  • Experience with distributed databases cloud platforms AI infrastructure developer ecosystems or open-source communities is a strong plus

Day to day

  • Own and lead TiDB's AI ecosystem partnership strategy in the fast-moving AI era.
  • Build and deepen product and solution integrations with AI platforms infrastructure providers and technology companies across North America.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Engineering Marketing and Sales to position TiDB as the data infrastructure backbone for agentic AI and GenAI applications.