Partnerships Manager Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Partn visaerships Manager roles attract strong H-1B visa and O-1 visa sponsorship because employers classify the position as a specialty occupation requiring a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field. Most sponsoring employers are mid-to-large tech, SaaS, and media companies with established immigration support. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Technical Marketing & Partnerships Lead
Remote · Growth · Full time
ABOUT OVERVIEW.AI
Overview.ai is bringing the cutting edge of AI computer vision to manufacturing, solving inspection problems that were previously not solvable with traditional machine vision. We're a full-stack company: we deploy GPU-powered cameras on production lines, run inference on the edge, and operate a platform that supports large fleets of devices deployed across the world.
We're growing extremely fast. Our customers love the product because it works: high accuracy, fast deployment, and an operator-friendly experience that makes real factory rollouts possible, not just pilots.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Manufacturing is a relationship-driven industry, and the best opportunities rarely come from cold outreach. They come from trade show floors, industry associations, research institutes, systems integrators, and the practitioner communities buyers trust before they ever evaluate a vendor. We already have the product and the demand. What we do not have is one person who owns how manufacturers discover and trust Overview outside our own website. Today that work is split across leadership and happens in the gaps. This role makes it a function.
WHY THIS ROLE IS EXCITING
- Build it, do not inherit it: no playbook, no existing team, no legacy program to maintain. You define what this function is at Overview.
- Technical depth is the point: this is not a sponsorship coordinator role and not a traditional marketing role. Your credibility with integrators and controls engineers is the asset.
- Assets already waiting for an owner: named technology partners, paid memberships we currently underuse, and real demand from customers running in production.
- Founder access and equity upside: direct line to leadership, and your work visibly changes the company's trajectory.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
- Event calendar and execution: Own our shows end to end, IMTS, Automate, Semicon, Electronica, and the partner events we should be at, including booth strategy, logistics, staffing, collateral, and on-site execution, and demo the product yourself.
- Event to pipeline motion: Build the repeatable mechanics behind every show: lead capture, structured follow-up, attribution in HubSpot, and ROI reported per event.
- Community footprint: Stand up Overview's independent presence where practitioners actually talk, a community hub on overview.ai plus a real presence on Reddit (r/PLC, r/computervision, r/manufacturing) and the automate.org forum.
- Technical voice: Establish an authentic engineering voice that leads with useful, vendor-neutral guidance, discloses our affiliation, and earns trust rather than drops links. You answer a real inspection or controls question without an SE in the room.
- Reviews and listings: Seed and grow the review sources buyers and AI assistants cite, including G2, Gartner Peer Insights, Qviro, and Capterra.
- Pipeline and reporting: Tie every event, community, integrator, and partner activity to tracked and influenced pipeline in HubSpot, cut what does not work, and partner closely with Business Development, Vision Sales Engineers, and leadership so activity turns into revenue.
WHO YOU ARE
Required
- Technical fluency in machine vision or manufacturing. You have worked customer-facing as an applications engineer, field application engineer, sales or solutions engineer, systems integrator, or in a comparable technical role in machine vision, industrial automation, robotics, or industrial software.
- You can stand on your own technically. Run a live product demo, scope an inspection or integration use case, and hold a credible conversation with an integrator, controls engineer, or plant team with no sales engineer present.
- 3 to 5+ years customer-facing in a technical or GTM role in machine vision, manufacturing automation, or robotics.
- You bring a playbook, not just attendance. You have owned trade shows from booth to follow-up, you know what good looks like on a show floor, and you can name the pipeline your events produced and how you tracked it.
- You build from zero and ramp fast. You have stood up a program with no playbook, no team, and unclear scope, and you get productive without a structure waiting for you.
- You write for engineers, not for marketing. You can speak and write to manufacturing engineers in a way they find useful, vendor-neutral, and credible. Expect to show us a short work sample.
- Coachable and direct. You take feedback well, adopt how the team already works, and improve on it rather than arriving with a fixed method.
- Willing to travel across North America to shows, customer sites, and partner organizations, roughly 30% for the first two months and 25% ongoing.
Strong Preferences
- Direct vendor or integrator experience at a machine vision, inspection, or industrial automation company (Cognex, Keyence, Zebra, Basler, Landing AI, Instrumental, and similar) or at a machine-vision systems integrator.
- An existing community or channel footprint. You are already active and respected in engineering communities, or you have grown a channel presence before, so the trust-building starts on day one instead of month three.
- Existing relationships with manufacturing associations (A3, ARM Institute, Manufacturing USA, MEP, automate.org) or with systems integrators.
- Co-marketing or co-sell experience with technology partners: joint webinars, co-marketing programs, or referral paths.
- Familiarity with HubSpot and modern GTM and community tooling.
- Content and social range across LinkedIn, Reddit, and short-form video.
- Based in San Francisco. This role is open to remote candidates across North America, and we have a preference for the Bay Area given the proximity to the team and to the hardware.
WHY OVERVIEW.AI
- Extreme growth and real-world impact: We're not building demos. We're deploying AI systems on real production lines, at scale.
- Talent density: You'll work with world-class engineers and operators across AI, embedded systems, and enterprise deployment.
- Front-row seat to the AI manufacturing wave: One of the biggest transformations happening in industry right now.
- Ownership: Your work directly changes the trajectory of the company.
- Global exposure: You'll work with the most advanced customers and factories in the world.
Compensation Range: $90K - $120K
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Clarify the degree requirement upfront
USCIS requires that a Partnerships Manager role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Ask hiring managers early whether their job description specifies a required degree, 'preferred' won't support an H-1B petition.
Target companies with an active H-1B filing history
Employers who have sponsored H-1B visas before have internal processes and legal teams already in place. Focusing your search on companies with prior sponsorship history reduces approval timelines and lowers the risk of an employer declining mid-process.
Position your degree as directly relevant
Business development, international relations, marketing, and communications degrees all support a Partnerships Manager specialty occupation argument. If your degree is adjacent rather than exact, documented coursework in relevant subjects strengthens the petition significantly.
Understand the LCA's role in your timeline
Before your employer files an H-1B petition, they must obtain a certified Labor Condition Application from the Department of Labor. This step adds one to two weeks to your start timeline, factor it into any offer negotiation around your start date.
Explore E-3 and TN as faster alternatives if eligible
Australian citizens qualify for the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and can be approved within weeks. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa status. Both paths move significantly faster than H-1B and are worth raising directly with employers.
Prepare a clear nonimmigrant intent strategy for visa interviews
Consular officers assess whether you intend to return home after your authorized stay. Come prepared with specific answers about your professional ties abroad, future plans, and the temporary nature of your role, vague responses about long-term plans raise scrutiny.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Partnerships Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but it's not automatic. USCIS applies a four-part test, and the most common path is showing that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field like business, marketing, or communications. Generic management roles where any degree qualifies regardless of field face higher scrutiny. The strongest petitions pair a precise degree requirement in the job description with duties that directly draw on that academic background.
What degree do I need to get sponsored as a Partnerships Manager?
A bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, communications, international relations, or a related field is the standard baseline. The key is that your degree must relate directly to the specific duties of the role. If your degree is in an adjacent field, documented coursework or a combination of education and progressive work experience can help bridge the gap in the petition narrative.
Which types of employers are most likely to sponsor a Partnerships Manager?
Mid-to-large SaaS companies, media platforms, fintech firms, and enterprise technology companies are the most active sponsors for this role. These employers typically have dedicated HR and legal infrastructure for immigration. Startups may be willing but lack established processes, which can create delays. Migrate Mate filters job listings by sponsorship willingness, making it easier to find employers already set up to support the process.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my chances as a Partnerships Manager?
If you need a new H-1B visa, you must enter the annual lottery, which selects roughly 25 to 30 percent of registrations. Cap-exempt employers, including universities, nonprofit research institutions, and certain government entities, can bypass the lottery entirely. If you hold an active H-1B with another employer, a Partnerships Manager role can be covered through an H-1B transfer without re-entering the lottery.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Partnerships Manager role without losing status?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can begin working for a new employer as soon as they file an H-1B transfer petition, provided you've been lawfully maintaining status. You don't need to wait for approval. The new petition must still describe a qualifying specialty occupation, so confirm the new employer's job description includes the specific degree requirement before the petition is filed.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Partnerships Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.