Codecademy has helped over 45 million people learn to code. Join one of the most exciting technology companies in New York as we change the way people learn.

Millennials are highly-educated, tech-literate, and mission-driven. Yet seven years after the great recession ended, nearly half of young university grads are underemployed, meaning they aren’t working jobs that require a degree. And the situation has only recently begun to improve. This year US students will graduate with $37,000 in debt, only to accept unpaid internships and part-time jobs.

Meanwhile, software is eating the world, disrupting first media, publishing, and entertainment, and now food, transportation, and travel, creating millions of new technology jobs that companies are eager to fill. By 2020 there will be a shortage of 1 million more tech jobs than computer science grads.

We can be the bridge. We can help this generation gain the skill to fill these jobs and enjoy happier, more fulfilling careers. Join us.

Codecademy’s mission is to provide people with the skills they need to upgrade their careers, while offering them a personalized learning experience that caters to each individual’s goals. The Partnerships team is responsible for seeking and exploring new business & product opportunities with external potential partners. Your knowledge of relevant verticals and relationships with key industry players will help shape our learning applications and content for millions of learners.

We’re looking for a talented Head of Strategic Partnership and Business Development to develop and own business relationships with key partners and prospects to develop areas of collaboration and new lines of business. You will identify, execute, and launch new partnerships to bring Codecademy’s product offerings to market. You should possess strong product sense, relationship-building skills, and have the ability to see opportunities for our partners that best represent our users, products and programs.

What You'll Being Doing:

• Identify/prioritize partner targets and design/execute go to market plans for Codecademy’s product offerings
• Lead end-to-end partnerships that result in growth of Codecademy product offerings or additional benefits.
• Engage with internal partners & team to create new product features & prototypes, agreement structures, and growth opportunities for our partners.
• Communicate goals and achievements, and influence product roadmap by providing market and industry insights.
• Develop and execute partnerships strategies for new product launches to achieve business and product goals set by company

You will be successful if you:

• Are comfortable with ambiguity and excited to define the v1 partnership vision on a platform that reaches 45M+ users around the world
• Have a “Founder” mentality - are passionate, resourceful, proactive, and success-oriented
• Are highly analytical and metrics driven, and can communicate effectively across different disciplines - marketing, product, engineering, etc.
• Have proven strong ability to work with product & engineering teams in prototyping features & products.

What You Need (Minimum Requirements):

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of relevant experience in the tech, sales, and/or SaaS industry.

Would Be Excellent if You Had (Preferred Qualifications):

• 3-5 years of business development, developer relations, strategic partnership, or relevant experience
• Extensive experience dealing with strategic partners, analyzing and structuring complex agreement structures with a consistent track record of negotiating and closing deals.
• Previous Experience in SaaS, education, consumer businesses.
• Proven success leading teams in a highly agile and ambiguous environment
• Previous startup founding experience or early-stage startup experience a plus.

At Codecademy, we are committed to teaching people the skills they need to upgrade their careers. Codecademy aims to educate a richly diverse demographic of users with our product and in order to accomplish this, we believe our team should reflect that rich diversity. Our company celebrates diversity in all of its forms-- race, gender, color, national origin, marital status, sexuality, religion, veteran status, age, ability, disability status-- and works to create an inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds and beliefs are empowered to better their futures.