Partnerships Manager

About Taidou

Taidou is a private management consulting firm built around a simple idea: real, measurable results for our clients, not reports that gather dust. Our consulting practice brings eight service lines — AI & Engineering, Assurance, Finance, Global Services, Human Capital, Project Management, Regulatory, Risk & Forensic, and Transformation Consulting — to organizations in complex, regulated sectors across aerospace & defense, consumer, education, energy, financial services, government & public services, health care, insurance, sports, technology, media & telecom, and utilities & renewables.

We are senior-led and built flat: the people in the first conversation are the people doing the work, every engagement starts with a written list of what we are deliberately not doing, and we hand over only once the change is running — to named owners inside the client. We take no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions from any vendor, which is what lets us tell a client the answer is not to buy anything.

The Role

The Partnerships Manager builds and runs Taidou's relationships with the organizations we work alongside — specialist firms, co-delivery partners, industry associations, academic institutions and ecosystem groups. Because we take no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions from vendors, our partnerships are built on doing better work for clients, not on product revenue. You make them productive, well-governed and easy to work with.

What You'll Do

• Identify, evaluate and sign partners that extend our service lines and industries — specialist and boutique firms, co-delivery partners and industry bodies.
• Build joint go-to-market plans: events, content, introductions and co-delivered engagements.
• Set up partnership agreements and governance with the partners and legal, including our independence rules.
• Coordinate joint opportunities with our sales team and partners, and track them in the Taidou CRM.
• Measure partnership performance and prune what doesn't work.
• Manage relationships with industry associations, universities and community organizations.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years in partnerships, alliances, business development or channel roles, ideally in professional services.
• Experience structuring and managing partner agreements.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Commercially minded and highly organized.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Preferred (nice to have, not required)

• Existing network among consulting, advisory or specialist firms.
• Experience with co-delivery or teaming arrangements.
• Familiarity with our industries.

How We Work

• Senior-led delivery — no bench, no handoff between the team that wins the work and the team that runs it.
• Named scope and named exclusions, agreed before work starts.
• Handover after adoption, to named owners, with a follow-up review we schedule ourselves.
• Independence from vendors: no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions.

We know great people don't always check every box. If you're excited about this role and believe you can do the work, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't line up perfectly.

Engagement & Compensation

This role is contract-to-hire. You join Taidou as an independent contractor for an initial onboarding period (typically 90 days), during which we agree your goals together. Once the conversion criteria set out in your offer are met, you convert to a full-time position with benefits.

Compensation is competitive and set according to experience and scope, and includes commission on the business you originate or grow. Full details are confirmed in your offer letter.