VP​/Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Who We Are

Newfold Digital is a leading web technology company serving millions of customers globally through a portfolio of iconic brands, including Bluehost, Host Gator, , Network Solutions, , and

We help entrepreneurs and small businesses build, manage, and grow their digital presence. As AI reshapes how businesses build, discover, operate, and engage with customers, we are evolving our platforms and partnerships to help define the next generation of technology for SMBs.

We are looking for a senior strategic leader to build and drive Newfold’s ecosystem of technology, product, and strategic partnerships.

The Vice President / Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships will identify emerging technologies, platforms, and companies that can meaningfully expand Newfold’s products, capabilities, channels, and customer value.

This leader will engage with founders, CEOs, product executives, and technology leaders across cloud, AI, infrastructure, developer platforms, commerce, security, and the broader SMB technology ecosystem. They will work closely with Newfold’s Product, Engineering, Strategy, Marketing, and executive teams to turn strategic relationships into integrated products, new customer experiences, differentiated capabilities, and new growth opportunities.

The role works closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, helping shape strategic opportunities across the business, and requires a unique combination of technology curiosity, a product and solution mindset, strategic business development, executive relationship building, and commercial judgment.

• Define and execute a multi-year strategic partnerships and business development strategy aligned with Newfold’s product and growth priorities.
• Identify emerging companies, technologies, and ecosystem shifts that could create strategic advantage for Newfold and its customers.
• Build relationships and a strong external network with founders, CEOs, product leaders, investors, and technology executives at leading and emerging companies across AI, infrastructure, cloud, developer platforms, commerce, security, identity, productivity, and SMB technology.
• Continuously assess where Newfold should build, partner, integrate, white-label, distribute, or invest.

• Work closely with Product and Engineering leaders to identify partnership opportunities that accelerate the product roadmap or introduce differentiated customer capabilities.
• Develop strategic partnerships that create meaningful integrations, embedded experiences, platform capabilities, and new customer value.
• Translate emerging technologies and ecosystem developments into practical solutions and opportunities for Newfold’s millions of SMB customers.
• Partner with R&D teams to move quickly from strategic concept to proof of concept, integration, and scaled customer experience.
• Build joint product roadmaps with strategic technology partners where appropriate.
• Help Newfold become the preferred infrastructure, distribution, and growth partner for emerging AI and technology companies serving SMBs.

• Act as a bridge between external innovation and Newfold’s internal teams.
• Ensure strategic partnerships move beyond announcements and contracts into real products, customer experiences, and measurable business impact.

• Identify new business models, distribution opportunities, platform partnerships, and ecosystem plays that expand Newfold’s addressable market.
• Develop partnerships that create new products, customer acquisition channels, embedded distribution, or differentiated platform…