Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partner Ecosystem

Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partner Ecosystem

Renting should be faster, fairer, and less stressful than it is. We're the infrastructure that makes that happen. Four million users. 300+ real estate company and MLS partnerships. Ten years of consistent growth. From applications and screening to payments and lease management, the full rental journey runs on Rent Spree.

Recognized by Forbes as a Best Startup Employer and by Built In Seattle as a Best Place to Work.

We're hiring a Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partner Ecosystem to own two things that feed each other: how partner integrations get delivered, and the CEO-sponsored strategic initiatives that expand Rent Spree's place in the rental technology ecosystem.

When a new MLS, brokerage, or platform partner signs, you own the launch from signed agreement to go-live, and you're the partner's single point of accountability the whole way. As you run launches, you build the system that scales past you (runbooks, playbooks, AI-driven workflows, and trained teammates) so that over time the launches run without you.

The leverage you create goes to strategic initiatives. Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll take on the company's most ambiguous, highest-impact opportunities, from ecosystem partnerships to syndication and distribution strategy to cross-functional projects spanning Product, GTM, Engineering, and Operations, and carry them from concept to measurable outcome.

You'll thrive here if you create clarity where others see complexity; if you measure your success by the team's speed rather than your own indispensability; and if you want a role where you'll be challenged to conceive and execute solutions cross-functionally for the company's most compelling initiatives.

Own partner integrations end to end

• Quarterback each new partner launch: kickoffs, requirements, dependencies across the
  partner and internal teams, target dates, and launch velocity
• Serve as the partner's primary point of accountability throughout implementation,
  working closely with the technical owners who design the integration
• Own launch velocity as a program: spot slipping launches early and pull in the right
  owner before a slip becomes a miss
• Build working fluency in the MLS technology ecosystem, deep enough to run the room
  and know when an answer doesn't add up

Build the system that scales past you

• Turn how integrations get delivered into a repeatable, documented, increasingly
  automated system, so standard launches no longer depend on any one person
• Equip customer-facing teammates to run standard launches themselves, building their
  fluency and the playbooks they run from
• Use AI to eliminate the repetitive work in the integration process, and keep the operating
  model scalable as partner volume grows

Lead CEO-sponsored strategic initiatives

• Drive strategic initiatives from concept to measurable outcome, owning the plan, the
  milestones, the cross-functional dependencies, and the results, across Product,
  Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and external partners
• Manage a portfolio of concurrent initiatives at different stages, sequencing against CEO
  priorities and reallocating focus as the business shifts, including knowing which bets to
  stop
• Take ownership of highly ambiguous opportunities, creating the structure, accountability,
  and operating rhythm that turn a vague mandate into shipped work with named owners
  and dates
• Build executive-level business cases and implementation plans, define the success
  metrics, and report progress and results to leadership on a regular cadence
• Own initiatives that expand Rent Spree's marketplace ecosystem: driving adoption of
  embedded application workflows across MLSs and listing platforms, improving rental
  listing syndication, and advancing strategic technology partnerships from first
  conversation to live outcome

Our job descriptions evolve with our business needs and priorities. Your role may include other tasks, projects, and team support.

• 10+ years leading cross-functional programs, business operations, enablement, or
  strategic…