Head of Partnerships
Cracken
Head of Partnerships
Cracken
Agentic AI copilot for adversarial testing
Cracken is an applied AI lab building world’s first full kill chain proactive cyber platform. Built by cyber warfare-experienced operators and AI researchers Cracken keeps digital infrastructure resilient so businesses and societies operate.
Cracken is entering a scaling phase. Our technology is proven. Our credibility is earned. What we need now is someone to convert that position into a global partnership engine.
As Head of Partnerships, you will own the strategy and execution of Cracken's partner ecosystem: channel partners, systems integrators, and technology alliances. You will decide which partnerships matter, negotiate them, land them, and build the team that scales them.
This is a builder's role. You will inherit early momentum, not a finished playbook. You will report to the CEO and work directly with the Head of Sales.
Define and own Cracken's global partnership strategy across enterprise, security services, and technology segments
Identify, negotiate, and close strategic partnerships that open new markets and revenue channels
Build and manage the channel and co-delivery program: resellers, MSSPs, security consultancies, and systems integrators
Develop relationships with enterprise buyers, cyber insurance carriers, and institutional commercial partners across global markets
Structure technology alliances with platform and infrastructure partners where integration creates joint value
Drive partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue with clear attribution and accountability
Work cross-functionally with product, engineering, research, legal, and operations to make partnerships deliverable, not just signed
Manage key partner relationships personally at the executive level
Recruit, lead, and develop a high-performing partnerships team as the function scales
Represent Cracken at industry events, briefings, and partner forum
5+ years in strategic partnerships, business development, or alliances
Existing relationships across the security services ecosystem: MSSPs, red team consultancies, systems integrators
Deep experience in cybersecurity domain
Track record of sourcing, negotiating, and closing complex multi-party deals with measurable revenue outcomes
Fluency with long-cycle institutional sales and complex enterprise procurement
Experience building partner programs from an early stage, not just running mature ones
Strong commercial judgment: you know which deals to walk away from
Exceptional written and verbal communication; comfort presenting to boards, executives, and CISOs alike
Willingness to travel internationally
Must have hands-on experience with AI-assisted, vibe coding tools
Relationships in the cyber insurance and specialty markets ecosystem
Background working with or selling offensive security, penetration testing, or exposure management technology
Experience at a high-growth startup during a scaling phase
Familiarity with agentic AI systems and the emerging AI security market
You are a closer who thinks like a strategist. You have carried a number and built a function. You are comfortable operating without a playbook and disciplined enough to write one as you go. You understand that in enterprise security, trust is the product, and you know how to earn it. You want your work to matter beyond the quarter.
Why Cracken?
Real-world impact
Our technology is validated in high-stakes, real-world environments and grounded in hands-on internal research.
Team with a mission
Ukrainian-heavy international team of PhDs, professors, and senior industry engineers, driven by intrinsic motivation and real-world adversity.
Adaptive roles
We shape roles around exceptional talent - your ownership and drive will define your path.
Perfect timing
Operating at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems, Cracken is uniquely positioned to build resilient security products.
Ownership over a core cybersecurity product
Direct collaboration with founders and senior engineers
High autonomy and real impact on product direction
Fully remote & flexible work setup
Competitive compensation
CrackenAGI provides an agentic AI copilot for security teams to automate adversarial testing and exposure validation. Its platform simulates attacker behavior across cloud, endpoint, and hybrid environments by blending exposure, asset, and attack surface data with an AI trained on nation-state cyber playbooks, enabling realistic attack path testing. It includes a human-in-the-loop that makes every AI action transparent, auditable, and reversible, offering speed with strong oversight. The goal is to give large enterprises in banking, telecom, critical infrastructure, and government actionable, exploitable risk insights to proactively detect and mitigate threats and improve cyber resilience.
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