Ploutos AI

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About Ploutos Ploutos is a platform where AI researchers, engineers, and students come together around live technical talks, research demos, and academic seminars. Speakers from top universities and research labs use Ploutos to share their work with highly engaged technical audiences. We work closely with the academic community and keep our events accessible by partnering with companies that want to support learning, research, and early technical talent.The Role We’re looking for a Sponsorships & Community Partnerships Lead to own and grow our sponsor relationships. This role is focused on: • identifying the right companies • starting warm, thoughtful conversations • and closing sponsorships for Ploutos streams and seminar series This is not a traditional sales role. It’s relationship-driven, context-aware, and rooted in community and education. What You’ll Do • Identify and reach out to potential sponsors (DevRel, University Recruiting, Academic Partnerships, Research orgs) • Manage outreach via LinkedIn, email, and warm introductions • Represent Ploutos in sponsor conversations with clarity and credibility • Close sponsorships for individual talks and recurring series • Coordinate simple logistics (logo, acknowledgment, confirmation) • Build long-term relationships with repeat sponsors • Provide feedback on what resonates with sponsors and why What We’re Looking For • Experience with partnerships, sponsorships, community, DevRel, or conference/event sales • Comfort talking to senior stakeholders (Directors, Heads of DevRel, Recruiting leads) • Strong written and verbal communication • Good judgment, taste, and respect for academic contexts • Self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity • Bonus: experience with developer communities, academia, or technical audiences You do not need: • a traditional sales background • experience with CRMs or complex pipelines • to hit spammy outreach quotas Compensation • Commission-based initially (strong upside per closed deal) • Clear path to a larger role as sponsorship revenue becomes recurring • Opportunity to shape a core revenue function from the ground up