Smartcar is on a mission to make it easy for everyone to use the apps and services they love with their car. We build developer-friendly APIs, making it easy for businesses to integrate their products with vehicles of any brand using a single integration.

Founded in 2015, Smartcar has raised $36M from Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, and Energize Capital. We are the leading developer platform for mobility businesses across North America and Europe, serving amazing customers, including brands like Uber, Turo, and more.

Innovative mobility businesses use our API platform to verify mileage, issue digital car keys, manage EV charging schedules, monitor fleets, and much more.

As Smartcar’s VP of Partnerships, you will have the opportunity to build and lead the partnership function at Smartcar: building, negotiating, and establishing partnerships with OEMs.

This role is available to both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and lead Smartcar’s automotive OEM partnerships strategy and function.
  • Establish relationships with the top global OEMs.
  • Attend telematics and automotive conferences.
  • Help educate OEM executives about the value of Smartcar’s platform.
  • Sign integration agreements with OEMs partners.
  • Run regular QBRs with OEM partners to provide updates on our partnerships.
  • Find ways to strengthen partnerships with richer integrations, new types of vehicles, and new geographies.
  • Create materials in collaboration with Smartcar’s marketing team.
  • Manage relationships in Salesforce to keep track of all partnerships.
  • Help relay the telematics needs from our customers to our OEM partners.

Who You Are

  • 10+ years of experience in business development or partnerships.
  • Has a deep understanding of the automotive industry.
  • Maintains a strong grasp of technology trends within the telematics and automotive industry.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to bridge the gap between the automotive industry and software developers.
  • Ability to travel as necessary to respective global OEM headquarters.
  • Ability to organize and present technical solutions to potential partners
  • Bachelors, Masters, or equivalent experiences.

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Your Team

Compensation and Benefits Package

  • Base salary determined by years of experience: $170,000 – $250,000 base.
  • OTE: $204,000 – $300,000 (Including a variable of 20%).
  • Remote work.
  • Health, Dental and Vision covered at 90% for all plans and 80% coverage for dependents, which amounts to approximately 11 thousand dollars annually.
  • 401K matching at 4%.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Wellness stipend of $50 a month.
  • Cell phone and Internet stipend of $50 a month.
  • $300 yearly learning and development stipend.
  • $350 work-from-home stipend.
  • 8 weeks of 100% paid parental leave with a 1-week half day ramp back time and a 5 week Freshly subscription.
  • 10 days of paid bereavement leave.
  • These details are accurate for the United States. A separate compensation and benefits package and job posting will be posted for U.K.

Sponsorship

  • We do not currently support any new sponsorship opportunities or sponsorship transfers for this role.

Recruiter For This Role

Smartcar is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to reach out, in confidence, to [email protected] with how we can help make your interview process as comfortable as possible and how we can provide reasonable accommodations.