Sr. Director, AI & Analytics Partnerships; Remote

Position: Sr. Director, AI & Analytics Partnerships (Remote)

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Loft Orbital Solutions is seeking a Sr. Director, AI & Analytics Partnerships to lead the development of a strategic partner ecosystem around AI and data analytics. This role involves defining and executing partnership strategies, evaluating and structuring partnerships, and collaborating with various teams to enhance Loft’s platform.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute Loft’s partnership strategy across the AI/ML landscape to support mission operations, customer data processing, and next-gen autonomy.

• Identify, evaluate, and structure partnerships with companies and institutions in the AI, ML, cloud, edge computing, and analytics domains—ranging from enterprise to early-stage innovators.

• Work closely with product, mission systems, and software teams to scope partner integrations that enhance Loft’s platform—such as ML-based scheduling, onboard inference, anomaly detection, and data analytics pipelines.

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and customer success to launch joint offerings with partners and bring AI-powered capabilities to customers across commercial and government verticals.

• Engage with government and enterprise stakeholders to position Loft as a leader in AI-enabled space infrastructure.

• Lead negotiations of partnership agreements, strategic alliances, licensing models, and collaborative research programs.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 10–15+ years of experience in strategic partnerships and business development, ideally at the intersection of artificial intelligence, and space, aerospace, or defense technology

• Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies, data pipelines, and analytics infrastructure—with the ability to evaluate technical fit and integration opportunities.

• Understanding of how to build partnership programs to facilitate on-boarding to Loft’s technology & certification of partners’ capability on our infrastructure.

• Track record of closing and scaling strategic partnerships with enterprise tech and commercial analytics providers

• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills; able to work cross-functionally across technical, commercial, and government-facing teams.

• Experience navigating regulated industries (e.g. defense, dual-use tech, space) and understanding of data sovereignty, compliance, and export control considerations.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or business.

Preferred:

• Master’s, MBA, or technical graduate degree preferred.

• Experience driving strategic partnerships with onboard processing or compute providers, across the space or defense sectors

Company:

Loft Orbital leases space on satellites for any organization to collect information about the Earth, from space. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage. Loft Orbital has a track record of offering H1B sponsor ships.

Seniority level

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

Job function

• Industries Software Development

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