About the job
At Upbound, we are revolutionizing the construction of modern infrastructure for the Agentic AI Era. As the innovators and primary maintainers of Crossplane, we are developing the Intelligent Control Plane—an advanced platform layer designed to make infrastructure programmable, autonomous, and composable.
Our mission is to empower the AI-native enterprise with a foundational platform that enables teams to provision, operate, and adapt infrastructure at scale—ensuring readiness for both humans and AI agents. We collaborate with leading cloud providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and open-source communities to accelerate organizational agility and confidence.
Currently, Upbound serves Fortune 500 companies and platform engineers in over 100 countries. Crossplane has achieved over 100M+ downloads and is utilized by more than 1,000 teams globally. As a Series B company backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Altimeter Capital, and Intel Capital, we have successfully raised $69M to date. Find out more at upbound.io.
We are on the lookout for a strategic and results-oriented Head of Alliances and Partnerships to define and implement Upbound’s ecosystem and alliance strategy. This senior-level individual contributor role operates at the nexus of open-source ecosystem development and commercial go-to-market strategies. You will cultivate and expand relationships that enhance the visibility of Crossplane while ensuring commercial success for Upbound’s enterprise platform. Your collaboration will span engineering, product management, marketing, and sales to craft joint strategies with cloud providers, ISVs, and system integrators that align community adoption with enterprise success.

