About the Company

Valon is the leading AI platform for mortgage servicing, building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance.

Before providing the system of record that powers the entire industry, we built and ran our own mortgage servicer on it. That gave us a real regulated environment to prove our technology could replace the mainframe systems servicers have used for decades. Carrington acquired that servicer and adopted ValonOS as its core platform, allowing us to focus entirely on scaling our SaaS platform.

ValonOS is now on track to power 1 in 6 U.S. mortgages across major mortgage servicers like Newrez, Carrington, and ServiceMac. Every process on the platform is structured and programmable, enabling our AI agents to perform core servicing work, like handling payments, escrow, and homeowner questions, directly within the system's controls.

We recently raised a $150 million Series D at a $2.3 billion valuation by new investor Ribbit Capital, with continued support from existing backer a16z, amongst others.

Mission

Own Valon's relationships with the external companies and software our platform and go-to-market depend on. This person finds, evaluates, negotiates, and manages strategic vendor and technology partners (payments, AI, data, infrastructure, and service providers) so that Valon's enterprise customers get a best-in-class platform and our team moves faster than anyone in the industry.

About the role

As a founding member of Valon's GTM team, you'll work side by side with our founding Strategic Account Executive and founding Sales Engineer, and partner closely with Product, Engineering, Legal, Security, and Finance. You'll be the owner of how Valon works with outside companies: sourcing the right partner for the right need (a payments provider, an AI model or tooling partner, a data or infrastructure vendor, to name a few), running the evaluation and negotiation, and managing the relationship long term. In enterprise deals, you'll bring partners into the sales cycle when a customer's requirements depend on them and make sure those integrations and commitments hold up in production. It's a highly strategic, high-judgment role in a regulated environment, where the stakes of a partner decision are high and the playbook doesn't exist yet.

Who you are

An entrepreneurial partnerships, business development, or vendor-strategy professional who thrives in early-stage environments and is energized by building from the ground up.

Experienced sitting at the table with strategic technology and service partners, including payments, AI, data, and infrastructure companies, and comfortable negotiating complex, high-stakes agreements.

A strong relationship-builder who earns credibility with partner executives and internal stakeholders alike, and knows how to get things done inside large organizations on both sides.

A genuine partner to Sales and Sales Engineering who understands what customers need from the platform and can translate that into the right partner decision.

Able to quickly grasp complex technical and regulatory concepts and weigh trade-offs across cost, risk, capability, and speed.

A self-starter with excellent organizational skills, sound judgment under pressure, and relentless follow-through.

A systems builder who turns one-off deals into documented, repeatable processes.

Responsibilities

Source, evaluate, and recommend strategic vendor and technology partners (e.g., payments, AI, data, infrastructure, and professional service providers) against clear business, technical, and regulatory criteria.

Own the partner lifecycle end to end: market scans, RFPs and evaluations, due diligence, negotiation, contracting, onboarding, performance management, and renewal.

Negotiate commercial terms, SLAs, pricing, and partner agreements in partnership with Legal, Finance, and Security.

Build and maintain executive-level relationships at key partners, including regular business reviews, escalation paths, and joint roadmap conversations.

Partner with our Strategic AE, Sales Engineer, and executives to bring the right partners into enterprise deals and customer implementations, and keep commitments to customers on track.