Partner Manager - Core Product

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Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 340,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com. 

Meet Your Future Neighbors

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. Nextdoor fosters a warm and inclusive workplace that values and supports its employees. We believe in a flexible work environment and have adopted a hybrid model that combines both in-office and remote work. This approach allows our team members to benefit from the collaboration and connection of an office setting while also enjoying the flexibility and autonomy of working from home. We believe this balance creates a positive and productive work experience that meets the diverse needs of our team. 

The Impact You’ll Make

As a critical member of our Business Development & Partnerships team, you will be focused on core product partnerships with an emphasis on Publisher Partnerships, and will play a key role in defining and executing on our ambitious plans to welcome and deliver value to millions of additional neighbors on the Nextdoor platform. Day to day you will help shape partnership strategy, as well as onboard and grow strategic partnerships that help increase growth and engagement on Nextdoor.  You will work closely with our leadership, product, marketing and engineering teams to create a vibrant ecosystem of partners and developers who leverage our platform to bring new and delightful user experiences to life.  If you have experience building consumer tech product partnerships that drive growth and engagement, and identify with Nextdoor’s mission and core values,  please apply. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Onboard, manage, and grow a portfolio of strategic product partnerships, focusing on integrations that enhance platform capabilities and user experience
• Serve as the primary point of contact for partners, driving day-to-day collaboration, alignment on product roadmaps, and joint initiatives
• Coordinate closely with product, engineering, and design teams to support integration planning, technical onboarding, and successful implementation
• Advocate for partner needs internally, ensuring their feedback influences product development and platform improvements
• Monitor partnership performance and adoption metrics, providing regular updates and insights to internal stakeholders
• Identify new partnership opportunities by tracking market trends, ecosystem gaps, and evolving customer needs
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and business operations teams to execute partnership agreements and manage ongoing governance

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• 6+ years of demonstrated success as a partnerships and business development professional at large-scale platforms, preferably in social networks, media, or marketplace platforms
• Experience managing partnerships with digital publishers, media companies, or content networks, with a strong understanding of their business models and operational needs
• Demonstrated track record of driving partner success through onboarding, integration, and ongoing relationship management, ensuring mutual value and alignment with business objectives
• Strong understanding of digital publishing tools, CMS platforms, content distribution networks, and SEO best practices
• Expertise in platform networks that drive discoverability, user growth, and engagement
• Ability to analyze publisher performance metrics, such as engagement, reach, and retention, and translate insights into actionable recommendations
• Understanding of the digital media ecosystem, including SEO, monetization strategies, content strategy, and trends in content consumption
• You act like an owner, you experiment & learn quickly, and you think big 
• Ability to navigate the partnership process both externally and internally - ability to work cross functionally to promote partnership ideas, and get things done  

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. Compensation may also vary by geography.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $170,000 to $195,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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