AI Partnerships Manager

AI Partnerships Manager

Base Pay Range: $/yr - $/yr

Hoboken (HQ), NJ, USA

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Wiley’s AI Growth team is seeking a Manager, AI Partnerships to support its rapidly growing AI business. The AI Growth team is forging strategic partnerships to accelerate the pace of research, drive sustainable AI revenue, scale distribution, enhance capabilities, and strengthen Wiley’s brand, influence, and competitive position in the AI ecosystem.

• Support the Director of AI Market Strategy to define partnership strategic directions, understand the AI partnership landscape, structure partnership framework and define GTM and commercial models for the partnership
• Serve as the day‑to‑day relationship manager with partners, maintaining regular engagement, ensuring that partnership priorities and needs flow effectively between Wiley and partners
• Establish and run governance and regular meeting cadences with partners and internal stakeholders, including periodic joint workshops to surface new opportunities. Manage the day‑to‑day operations of the partnerships and proactively escalate and resolve issues.
• Project manage the set‑up and implementation of new partnerships across Wiley’s matrixed functions, and build a scalable playbook for repeatable execution.
• Work closely with partners, Sales, and Marketing to identify, prioritize and drive joint lead generation opportunities and go‑to‑market initiatives.
• Tracking performance against business objectives and KPIs and recommending improvements to expand and strengthen the partnerships over time.

• Significant experience in partnership implementation, management/governance, project management and stakeholder management
• Strategic analysis, market analysis and some financial modeling/forecasting skills
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, particularly through Microsoft Power Point
• Structured thinking and structured problem‑solving skills
• Strong commercial and business acumen, including an understanding of business models
• Understanding of AI technologies, market development and trends, and key players in the AI landscape are desirable
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, think‑cell, Power BI, Salesforce
• Team coordination, strong collaboration skills and experience working in a matrixed team
• Operational problem‑solving and decision‑making

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field
• 3–5 years of experience in Management consulting and/or corporate strategy with further experience in a commercial role desirable
• Research publishing or adjacent industries experience is a plus
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Business Development and Sales

Book and Periodical Publishing

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