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Partnership Development Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field. Employers file the Labor Condition Application before your start date, certifying prevailing wage compliance. Positions at technology, SaaS, and enterprise services companies generate the most consistent H-1B filing activity.
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Get Access To All JobsLocation: United States, Georgia, Atlanta
Marketing & Prod Dev
14-Sep-2026
Ref #: 33879
How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)
As a Senior Partnerships Lead, you will independently manage and grow Delta Sync’s most strategic commercial partnerships. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact, proactively driving partner success, leading cross-functional initiatives, and helping to shape the future of our partner ecosystem. This role requires a high degree of autonomy, strategic thinking, and cross-functional leadership, while still reporting to the Manager of Delta Sync Partnerships.
Key Responsibilities:
- Independently lead and manage top-tier commercial partners, owning the full lifecycle of the relationship and ensuring alignment with Delta Sync’s strategic goals.
- Proactively anticipate partner needs, identifying opportunities and challenges early and driving timely, effective solutions.
- Develop and execute strategic account plans that drive engagement, performance, and long-term growth in partnership with key cross-functional partners – content/retailing, data and analytics, CX/product and technology, partner marketing, PR/communications, and business development leads.
- Lead internal cross-functional meetings to align on partner priorities, coordinate deliverables, and ensure seamless execution across teams.
- Strategically lead external partner engagements, including QBRs, Joint Partner Planning, roadmap planning sessions, and executive briefings working collaboratively with cross-functional team leads.
- Partner with partner marketing team to ensure activations and initiatives align with partner KPIs and Delta Sync goals—driving engagement, acquisition, and conversion.
- Assist with special client requests, including entertainment experiences or custom activations that strengthen relationship value and loyalty.
- Support issue resolution, facilitating cross-functional troubleshooting and ensuring a positive, timely outcome for the partner.
- Ensure adherence to contractual obligations, monitoring deliverables and timelines to maintain compliance and trust.
- Monitor and analyze partner performance, surfacing insights and making data-driven recommendations to optimize impact and value.
- Champion partner needs internally, influencing product, content, and operational decisions to better serve partner goals.
- Support broader partner management operations, including weekly reporting and executive updates on partner activities and milestones.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the evolution of partner success strategies and best practices when opportunities arise.
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way.
Why You'll Love Delta
- Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
- Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
- World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
- Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
- Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
- Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)
- 5-10 Years experience in Partner Management, Business Development, Distribution, Corporate Strategy, Consulting
- In good standing within current position
- Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
- Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
- Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action and a proven track record of balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution to deliver measurable business impact.
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Experience within entertainment marketing
Location: United States, Georgia, Atlanta
Marketing & Prod Dev
14-Sep-2026
Ref #: 33879
How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)
As a Senior Partnerships Lead, you will independently manage and grow Delta Sync’s most strategic commercial partnerships. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact, proactively driving partner success, leading cross-functional initiatives, and helping to shape the future of our partner ecosystem. This role requires a high degree of autonomy, strategic thinking, and cross-functional leadership, while still reporting to the Manager of Delta Sync Partnerships.
Key Responsibilities:
- Independently lead and manage top-tier commercial partners, owning the full lifecycle of the relationship and ensuring alignment with Delta Sync’s strategic goals.
- Proactively anticipate partner needs, identifying opportunities and challenges early and driving timely, effective solutions.
- Develop and execute strategic account plans that drive engagement, performance, and long-term growth in partnership with key cross-functional partners – content/retailing, data and analytics, CX/product and technology, partner marketing, PR/communications, and business development leads.
- Lead internal cross-functional meetings to align on partner priorities, coordinate deliverables, and ensure seamless execution across teams.
- Strategically lead external partner engagements, including QBRs, Joint Partner Planning, roadmap planning sessions, and executive briefings working collaboratively with cross-functional team leads.
- Partner with partner marketing team to ensure activations and initiatives align with partner KPIs and Delta Sync goals—driving engagement, acquisition, and conversion.
- Assist with special client requests, including entertainment experiences or custom activations that strengthen relationship value and loyalty.
- Support issue resolution, facilitating cross-functional troubleshooting and ensuring a positive, timely outcome for the partner.
- Ensure adherence to contractual obligations, monitoring deliverables and timelines to maintain compliance and trust.
- Monitor and analyze partner performance, surfacing insights and making data-driven recommendations to optimize impact and value.
- Champion partner needs internally, influencing product, content, and operational decisions to better serve partner goals.
- Support broader partner management operations, including weekly reporting and executive updates on partner activities and milestones.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the evolution of partner success strategies and best practices when opportunities arise.
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way.
Why You'll Love Delta
- Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
- Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
- World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
- Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
- Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
- Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)
- 5-10 Years experience in Partner Management, Business Development, Distribution, Corporate Strategy, Consulting
- In good standing within current position
- Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
- Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
- Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action and a proven track record of balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution to deliver measurable business impact.
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Experience within entertainment marketing
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Partnership Development Manager
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to partnership management. A business, marketing, or communications degree strengthens your petition. If your degree is in an unrelated field, document coursework and certifications that bridge the gap explicitly.
Search LCA filings by occupation code
Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by H-1B Labor Condition Application history for business development and partnership roles. This shows which companies have certified prevailing wages for this occupation, not just whether they sponsor in general.
Target industries with quota-exempt employers
Universities, nonprofit research organizations, and government-affiliated entities are cap-exempt, meaning your H-1B isn't subject to the annual 85,000-slot lottery. Partnership roles at these organizations can start any time of year without waiting for October 1.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating offers
Run your target title and location through the OFLC Wage Search before discussing compensation. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing level for your specific metro area and experience tier.
Confirm the employer's E-Verify enrollment early
H-1B employers are required to use E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Ask during the offer stage whether the company is enrolled. Unenrolled employers must register before your I-129 petition can be filed, which can delay your start date.
Document client-facing scope in your offer letter
USCIS scrutinizes partnership and business development roles because job duties can seem generalist. Your offer letter and support letter should explicitly describe technical or specialized responsibilities, such as managing API integrations, structuring enterprise contracts, or overseeing channel partner programs.
H-1B Visa Partnership Development Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Partnership Development Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, if the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as business administration, marketing, or a related discipline. The role must routinely apply specialized knowledge. Positions with vague or generalist duties risk a Request for Evidence from USCIS, so the job description should detail technical or domain-specific responsibilities clearly.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for partnership roles?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by verified H-1B Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can see which employers have certified wages for business development and partnership titles specifically. This is more reliable than relying on company career pages, which rarely disclose sponsorship policies upfront.
Can I change employers mid-H-1B if I find a better partnership role?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file an I-129 transfer petition, provided your current H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. You don't need to wait for approval of the new petition before starting, which makes mid-career moves more practical than many applicants realize.
What happens to my H-1B status if my partnership role shifts to a different business unit?
A material change in job duties, title, or worksite location typically requires an amended I-129 petition before the change takes effect. If your employer reassigns you to a substantially different partnership function or a new office location, they must file an amendment with USCIS. Failing to amend can jeopardize your status, so confirm the requirement with your employer's immigration contact before any internal transfer.
Does the O*NET classification for Partnership Development Manager affect my H-1B petition?
O*NET occupation profiles inform how USCIS and DOL assess whether a role is a specialty occupation and what prevailing wage level applies. The O*NET profile for business development and partnership management roles typically falls under a Job Zone requiring a bachelor's degree, which supports the specialty occupation argument. Your employer should reference the relevant O*NET code when preparing the LCA and petition support letter.