Research & Outreach Specialist – B2B Partnerships, PR

• Conduct in-depth research on companies, industries, competitors, AI trends, publications, communities, influencers, analysts, and technology ecosystems
• Identify partnership, collaboration, sponsorship, and business development opportunities
• Build and maintain prospect databases using CRM and research tools
• Monitor competitor activities, emerging technologies, and market trends
• Research speaking opportunities, conferences, webinars, podcasts, and industry events
• Execute personalized email, LinkedIn, and multi-channel outreach campaigns
• Build and nurture relationships with founders, executives, partners, influencers, journalists, editors, analysts, customers, and community leaders
• Manage outreach campaigns from prospecting through follow-ups and relationship development
• Coordinate meetings, partnership discussions, and follow-up activities
• Maintain accurate CRM records and outreach documentation
• Research and identify relevant B2B publications, technology blogs, AI websites, newsletters, podcasts, and media outlets across the US
• Build relationships with editors, journalists, contributors, publishers, and media partners
• Pitch guest articles, thought leadership content, executive interviews, case studies, press releases, and company announcements
• Coordinate outreach, follow-ups, content submission, approvals, and publication tracking
• Identify opportunities for podcast appearances, webinars, panel discussions, awards, and speaking engagements
• Track media coverage, publication performance, and earned media opportunities
• Identify and develop partnerships with AI communities, developer communities, SaaS platforms, industry associations, and technology organizations
• Research opportunities to list company products, tools, SDKs, APIs, and services on directories, marketplaces, review platforms, and industry websites
• Build relationships with newsletter publishers, community managers, influencers, and ecosystem partners
• Support co-marketing initiatives, strategic partnerships, and collaborative campaigns
• Engage with relevant online communities across LinkedIn, Reddit, Slack, Discord, GitHub, Hacker News, Product Hunt, and other professional platforms
• Track outreach KPIs, including response rates, meetings booked, partnerships initiated, publication placements, and engagement metrics
• Maintain dashboards and reports on outreach performance and partnership activities
• Optimize outreach strategies through testing and data-driven insights

• Experience, education, certifications, language requirements, and work authorization requirements are not specified in the posting