Policy Partnerships Lead - Remote

Overview

As our Policy Partnerships Lead, you’ll lead the charge in turning LMArena’s values of neutrality, openness, and scientific rigor into real-world momentum. This role bridges our external relationships and go-to-market strategy, translating trust and credibility from the research and policy world into adoption, usage, and long-term platform growth.

In Short

• Identify and activate key ecosystem partners (academic, nonprofit, industry) that can drive early usage, generate signal, and expand LMArena’s public footprint
• Help shape messaging and positioning in collaboration with marketing and product to ensure alignment with values of openness, neutrality, and scientific rigor
• Build frameworks for measuring ecosystem-driven impact on adoption, trust, and product feedback loops
• Develop and maintain clear messaging and public facing content about LMArena’s methodology and contributions to public understanding, regulatory discussions, and platform trust
• Convert ecosystem relationships into distribution channels by co-launching features, research, or evaluations that drive usage and credibility
• Build early access and adoption programs with research labs, academic partners, and nonprofits to generate usage, trust, and organic word-of-mouth
• Develop GTM partnerships that help seed LMArena into research workflows, educational settings, and regulatory discussions, expanding reach and relevance
• Collaborate with marketing and product to turn ecosystem insights into high-leverage content, case studies, and positioning for new features
• Define metrics and feedback loops to measure how ecosystem engagement contributes to user acquisition, activation, and long-term trust

Requirements

• 6-10 years of experience across policy, research strategy, GTM partnerships, or external affairs in a tech or research-driven environment
• A deep network within the AI research or governance space—trusted by both builders and critics
• Experience translating complex methodologies into frameworks that build trust and drive adoption
• Demonstrated success building multi-stakeholder initiatives or partnerships that resulted in measurable ecosystem impact
• Skilled communicator: comfortable moving between technical, academic, policy, and GTM audiences
• Strong alignment with LMArena’s values: openness, neutrality, scientific rigor, and community-led progress
• Experience turning relationships and policy conversations into content marketing

Benefits

• The cash compensation for this position in the market is yet to be determined. Actual compensation will depend on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and candidate location.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI with a small, mission-driven team
• A culture that values transparency, trust, and community impact