Figma is a company focused on making design accessible to all, and they are seeking a Product Partner Manager to enhance product experiences and drive user and revenue growth. The role involves developing partnership strategies, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing relationships with partners to ensure the success of Figma's product suite.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and own the partnership strategy for key Figma products including Weave, CMS, Slides, and FigJam
- Work closely with product, research, marketing, and leadership teams to identify ecosystem needs, evaluate opportunities, and secure cross-functional alignment on investments
- Source, evaluate, and build relationships with new partners that help Figma reach new personas, particularly marketers, and unlock new workflows and product value
- Negotiate contracts, align internal stakeholders on terms, and manage the day-to-day health of partner relationships
- Collaborate with product, engineering and partner technical teams to scope and coordinate integrations or extensibility features needed to bring partnerships to life
- Define, track, and report success metrics for partner workstreams, ensuring measurable impact on company goals
- Lead go-to-market motions for new integrations or partnerships in collaboration with partner marketing, sales enablement, comms, and product
- Prepare and facilitate executive briefings, internal updates, and external partner meetings while owning key partner relationships and workstreams to ensure alignment, maintain momentum, and drive continued growth and impact
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in business development, ecosystem partnerships, or strategic partner management with a track record of setting strategy and driving complex partnerships forward
- A history of leading end-to-end deals with partners including terms alignment and negotiation
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate both business and technical concepts clearly
- Strong analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills; ability to manage multiple sophisticated projects at once
- Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, research, operations, legal, and other internal partners to move initiatives from concept to launch
- Experience in the marketing technology ecosystem or with tools used by marketers (automation platforms, analytics, CMS, form tools, social, DAMs, etc.)
- Experience owning a category or partner segment and building strategy in collaboration with product leadership