Veritone
Making AI Work for You
Director, Business Development – Deal Lead, Commercial
Location
United States
Posted
30 days ago
Salary
$140K - $150K / year
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Manage the strategy and execution for Veritone’s most complex, "bespoke" commercial opportunities from inception to close.
• Design non-standard commercial models, including consumption-based pricing, revenue-share frameworks, and strategic joint ventures.
• Act as the "deal quarterback," aligning stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Product, and Engineering to approve and support unique deal requirements.
• Direct the negotiation strategy for large-scale enterprise agreements, ensuring Veritone’s long-term interests and "Source of Truth" principles are protected.
• Distill learnings from "Special Situations" into repeatable frameworks that can eventually be scaled across the broader GTM organization.
• Work closely with the CEO, CRO, and CFO to evaluate the strategic trade-offs of major partnerships.
• Identify emerging market shifts and "special" competitive threats to inform our corporate strategy.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in high-stakes environments such as investment banking, management consulting, corporate development, or "Special Situations" desks at major tech firms.
- A proven track record of closing multi-million dollar deals that required unique structural or legal creativity.
- Experience leading negotiations with C-suite executives at global Fortune 500 companies.
- The ability to model complex financial outcomes while deeply understanding AI technical constraints (e.g., inference costs, data provenance, and tokenization).
- Exceptional ability to synthesize complex information and provide clear, decisive recommendations to leadership.
Benefits
- incentive compensation
- health benefits
- retirement benefits
- life insurance
- paid time off
- parental leave and benefits
- other employee perks and benefits