Marie Knight — Business Development Executive
Global technology executive with a proven track record of negotiating strategic partnerships with large technology companies that drive product-led-growth. Drives transformational change through strategic partnerships for improved customer outcomes. Passionate about leading global teams to find mutual value with partners, even when competitive overlap is present, resulting in enduring, successful partnerships. Demonstrative wins: 1. Negotiated high-impact deals: Led complex negotiations with large technology companies like Meta, Google, Amazon and LinkedIn that solved cross-cloud customer needs. Identified common use cases and broke down silos across teams to execute contracts and reduce time to value. 2. Launched innovative genAI solutions: Launched Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) to set technical standards for AI-generated content. Negotiated foundational partnerships with leaders including The NYTimes, Twitter, BBC, truepic, Nikon and others. 3. Led high-growth, performant teams: Built global teams from India to the Netherlands to better meet needs of a global partner economy. Created a culture of accountability and growth, matching each team members’ unique skill sets with business growth objectives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused technology executive with expertise in strategic partnerships and product management.
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Experience: 20 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Strategic Partnerships
- Product Management
- Business Development
- Project Management
- Customer Relations
- Marketing
- Leadership Development
Career Highlights
- Negotiated high-impact deals with major tech companies.
- Launched innovative AI solutions for content authenticity.
- Built global teams to enhance partner engagement.
Work Experience
Adobe
Director of Technology Partnerships, GenAI, Content & Commerce (11 yrs)
Adaptly
Director of Strategic Partnerships (9 mos)
NeuStar, Inc. (Formerly TARGUSInfo)
Director Business Development - Agency Team and Technology Platforms Team (3 yrs)
B-Line Medical
Project Manager (1 yr 9 mos)
The Advisory Board Company
Associate Director (2 yrs 4 mos)
cip Marketing Corporation
Lead Marketing Specialist (2 yrs)
Education
Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Arts at Loyola University Chicago