Director, Private Equity & Strategic Alliances (NAMER & UK)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- New York, NY
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Demonstrated private equity relationship experience is required and considered a non-negotiable qualification.
- 8+ years of business development, strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, consulting, or related experience.
- Proven experience developing strategic relationships that resulted in new business opportunities, partnerships, or market expansion.
- Experience working with multiple private equity firms, portfolio companies, operating partners, or value creation teams.
- Experience building or managing relationships within cloud, AI, technology partner, hyperscaler, or ISV ecosystems.
- Proven success creating alliance-led or partner-driven go-to-market motions.
- Strong understanding of private equity operating models, value creation plans, and portfolio growth strategies.
Full description
About Commit
Commit is a global technology services company founded in 2005, partnering with AWS, Anthropic and OpenAI to accelerate innovation through cloud, software engineering, and AI-driven solutions. With over 1,000 engineers and AWS Premier Tier status, our mission is to combine deep technical expertise with strong business acumen to deliver scalable, secure, and high-impact outcomes for our clients worldwide.
Position Summary
The Director, Private Equity & Strategic Alliances is responsible for building and scaling strategic relationships across private equity firms and key technology ecosystem partners, with a primary focus on Private Equity, AWS, OpenAI, and Anthropic across North America and the United Kingdom.
This role is designed as a strategic market development position that generates qualified pipeline, net-new revenue opportunities, and repeatable go-to-market motions. The Director will align private equity sponsors, portfolio company executives, and strategic alliance partners around transformational initiatives focused on AI adoption, cloud modernization, operational efficiency, and value creation.
Acting as the bridge between investment firms, AWS, OpenAI, and Anthropic, this individual will develop scalable and bi-directional go-to-market programs that create measurable business outcomes across PE-backed organizations.
Private Equity is the primary focus of the role. Strategic alliances serve as a force multiplier to accelerate engagement, credibility, and value creation across portfolio companies.
Key Responsibilities
Private Equity Relationship Management
- Develop and maintain executive relationships with private equity firms, operating partners, portfolio executives, and value creation leaders across North America and the United Kingdom.
- Build strategic engagement plans targeting primarily Tier 2 and emerging middle-market private equity firms.
- Create portfolio-wide technology and transformation initiatives focused on:
- AI transformation
- Cloud modernization
- Application modernization
- Data and analytics
- Operational efficiency
- Technology-enabled growth
- Engage directly with Managing Partners, Operating Partners, and Portfolio CEOs to align technology programs with value creation objectives and EBITDA improvement goals.
- Develop account penetration strategies that drive engagement across multiple portfolio companies.
- Leverage existing relationships to expand coverage across both North American and UK-based sponsor organizations.
Strategic Alliance Leadership
- Build and manage executive relationships with: