Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
Director Technology Partnerships
Remote, United States
Chainguard is building the trusted foundation for software supply chain security. The Technology Partnerships team is responsible for establishing and developing deep, long term alliances with important technology companies across the security and developer ecosystem. We are hiring a Director, Technology Partnerships to own a portfolio of strategic partners and drive growth through partner strategy, business economics, and joint go to market execution. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Finance to develop and optimize partnerships that create measurable customer value and revenue impact.
What you will do
- Build a technology partner ecosystem with widely adopted integrations that increase Chainguard’s product adoption and expands market reach
- Identify and prioritize high impact partners that complement Chainguard’s platform direction and deliver meaningful value to shared customers
- Develop deep relationships with partner decision makers and build alignment on business objectives for win win outcomes
- Build the partnership business case, including clear success metrics, investment requirements, and commercial economics, and use data driven and qualitative insights to drive internal decisions
- Partner with internal stakeholders including Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Finance to launch, scale, and measure joint offerings
- Influence product and engineering priorities by bringing market data, partner insights, and customer needs that support partnership opportunities
- Create repeatable co sell motions with partners, including account mapping, field engagement, and joint pipeline plans
- Develop enablement and playbooks so sales teams and partner teams know how to position, package, and win together
- Track and report performance across adoption, pipeline influence, and partner sourced opportunities, then iterate based on what is working
What we are looking for
- 8 plus years in strategic partnerships, technology partnerships, product partnerships, alliances, or ecosystem roles in security, cloud, infrastructure, or developer tooling
- Proven ability to source and close strategic partnerships and scale them through repeatable programs
- Strong business and financial judgment, comfortable building a partnership business case and aligning stakeholders on economics and tradeoffs
- Technical fluency to lead product and integration conversations, ask the right questions, and translate technical constraints into clear partner plans, without needing to be the technical owner
- Strong cross functional leadership and executive presence, you can drive outcomes through influence and clarity
- Creative operator mindset, you run experiments, build new plays, and learn fast
- Team player energy, you build trust, share context early, and make the broader team better
Nice to have
- Experience in software supply chain security, container security, vulnerability management, SBOM, or adjacent ecosystems
- Experience partnering with major security platforms, DevOps tooling providers, or cloud marketplaces
- Experience in a high growth startup environment
We live and breathe our company values:
- We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
- We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
- We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
- We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard's Global Candidate Privacy Notice.
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What We Do
Chainguard is the secure foundation for building with open source software. The company's portfolio of secure, minimal container images helps organizations embrace a new culture of software development where starting left with security, not shifting left, is the reality. Chainguard was founded by the industry's leading experts on software supply chain security, open source, software, and cloud-native development. We aren't a traditional security vendor. It's container images provide secure-by-default infrastructure that introduces zero friction to developer workflows. That's why developers love and CISOS trust Chainguard. Its customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading technology and security companies, including Anduril, Canva, Domino Data Lab, Checkmarx, HPE, GitLab, Snowflake, and Wiz. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Spark Capital.
Why Work With Us
Security is our mission, but having fun is our mantra. Since our founding, we've increased +1M memes, sung 900+ hours of Kubernetes-themed karaoke, and created 774+ whacky Slack emojis. Beyond this, Chainguard's innovation and leadership in open source and software supply chain security has been recognized by industry leaders.
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