Strategic Partnerships Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead qualification of newly sourced healthcare data partners and determine engagement depth
• Run partner discovery and due diligence calls to assess dataset quality and commercial potential
• Coordinate NDA execution, sample intake, and handoff to Data Lab for evaluation
• Recommend partner tiering based on dataset quality, uniqueness, and strategic value
• Support deal structuring, strategic pricing, and coordination of SOWs
• Drive transition planning into Healthcare Operations and Solutions for smooth onboarding
• Manage lower-tier partners to ensure they remain commercially ready
• Develop creative partnership structures and internal proposals for strategic opportunities
• Systemize workflows for partner documentation and engagement cadences

Requirements

• Experience in strategic partnerships, partner management, or deal execution in fast-moving environments
• Proven ability to move external relationships from early interest into structured execution
• Strong judgment in qualification, prioritization, and stakeholder management
• Ability to translate ambiguous information into concrete action plans
• Experience with healthcare data partnerships, AI data ecosystems, or data licensing strongly preferred

About the Company

Protege is building a platform to solve the critical need for high-quality AI training data, facilitating the secure, efficient, and privacy-centric exchange of data to power the next generation of AI.