Head of Agency Partnerships

The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination.

n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no-code so they can automate faster smarter and without limits. Backed by a fiercely inventive community and 500+ builder-approved integrations we’re changing the way people bring systems together and scale ideas for impact.

Since our founding in 2019 we’ve grown into a diverse team of over 160 - working across Europe and the US connected by a shared builder spirit and with our centre of gravity in Berlin. Along the way we’ve:

• Cultivated a community of more than 650000 active developers and builders

• Earned 145k+ GitHub stars making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects

• Been ranked as one of Europe’s most promising privately held SaaS startups (4th in Sifted’s 2025 B2B SaaS Rising 100)

• Raised $240m to date from Sequoia’s first German seed to our recent $180m Series C - bringing us to a $2.5bn valuation

• And are grateful for our 94 eNPS score (most companies would call 70 excellent)

That’s the company we’ve built. Now we’d love to see what you can build. If you’re applying try n8n out - whether you’re technical or not - and share a screenshot of your first workflow with us. The easiest place to start is here: app.n8n.cloud/register .

We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us.

More and more agencies boutique consultancies and automation specialists are embedding n8n into their client workflows and reaching out to work with us. We are now hiring a Head of Agency Partnerships to turn this momentum into a structured scalable Agency Partner Program from 0→1.

🎯 Your main goal will be to architect and scale n8n’s Agency Partner Program into a repeatable measurable revenue and retention engine that turns our strong organic agency motion into a world class ecosystem.

To do so here are your responsibilities:

Program design and launch (0→1)

• Take ownership of designing program tiers benefits requirements SLAs and a clear code of conduct.

• Launch Program v1 within 90 days with a simple defensible attribution model.

• Define operating cadence including QBRs for top agencies and monthly reporting.

Enablement and certification

• Build onboarding curricula certifications solution playbooks demo environments and success plans.

• Set certification QA with CS and Support to maintain high partner standards.

• Create agency assisted onboarding playbooks for IT Ops SecOps and DevOps ICPs.

Partner economics and offers

• Pilot rev share and discount structures aligned to self serve unit economics.

• Template legal and T&Cs early to avoid scaling delays.

• Recommend pricing for fixed scope handheld packages where appropriate.

Partner operations and attribution

• Stand up partner operations integrated with CRM and PRM to track partner touch events and influenced revenue.

• Ship first party reporting by Day 120 in partnership with RevOps Data and Finance.

• Maintain clean deal registration directory standards and a single front door with Partnerships.

Pilot certify and scale

• Run the 5 agency pilot with a clear go or no go readout and expand to 25 or more certified agencies in 6 to 9 months.

• Grow the ecosystem to 50 or more certified agencies by Month 12 while adjusting based on pilot learnings.

• Personally own lighthouse accounts in Year 1 to model excellence.

Retention and expansion experiments

• Drive measurable lift versus control cohorts through agency assisted onboarding and expansion motions.

• Reduce time to first customer to 45 days or less by Month 6 through repeatable plays.

• Partner with Growth and Product on experiment design and readouts.

Co marketing and content flywheel

• Build co marketing kits YouTube briefs case studies and solution blueprints with agencies.

• Recognize and reward top creators and track influenced signups and pipeline.

• Maintain a public directory showcasing certified expertise and outcomes.

Product feedback and roadmap influence

• Create tight feedback loops to inform connectors features SDKs docs and tutorials.

• Channel agency field insights into prioritized roadmap and documentation improvements.

• Advocate for customer management UX and partner ready surfaces in product.

Regional playbooks and localization

• Develop EMEA and US go to market playbooks with relevant localization guidance.

• Ensure regional nuances in offers enablement and success motions are captured.

• Align with Marketing on campaigns and regional launches.

Org design and 2026 plan

• Propose the program org design and begin hiring in 2026.

• Own program budget planning and quarterly headcount proposals.

• Document hiring bars onboarding and success ramps for future roles.

REQUIREMENTS

Must-haves

• 🚀 0→1 program builder: You have founded or built SMB agency or service partner programs in high growth B2B SaaS and are hands on from design to execution.

• 🧩 Technical plus services fluency: You understand automation and AI workflows and services business models and can speak credibly with founders and solution architects.

• 🏗️ Startup bias IC first: You are comfortable operating as the initial sole owner and scaling thoughtfully without a big company maintainer mindset.

• 📐 Program architecture: You can design tiers enablement certification rev share models and legal guardrails and are fluent with PRM and CRM systems.

• 📊 Data driven experimentation: You define attribution run retention tests and report clear outcomes against baselines.

• 🤝 Cross functional influence: You collaborate deeply across Product CS Marketing RevOps and Legal and produce strong written collateral.

Nice-to-haves

• 🧭 Founder or CS leader experience: You have owned services P&L and priced fixed scope handheld packages.

• 🎓 Certification and academy design: You have built certifications or solution blueprints for IT Ops SecOps or DevOps.

• 📣 Community and co marketing: You have partnered with agencies creators or DevRel teams to drive community led growth.

• 🧩 Ecosystem know how: You understand automation and integration marketplaces and have built partner directories.

• 🌍 Dual region experience: You have operated programs across EMEA and US markets and time zones.

Why join us?

At n8n your work will not disappear into a slide deck. You will turn a rare high signal agency pull with thousands of inbound requests and an active pilot into a scalable program that drives self serve revenue retention and community amplification. You will be the hands on architect of our agency ecosystem with executive support clear momentum and the autonomy to design the operating model and hire your team. You will join a remote first high ownership culture that values experimentation fast feedback loops and shipping.

Sound like a challenge you are excited to take on?

Apply now and help us build the future of automation.

n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age marital status veteran status or disability status.

We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country you need to have existing right to work.

Our company language is English.

You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n ( https://www.notion.so/n8n/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35 ).

Location disclaimer: If you see multiple job postings for the same role it is most likely because we're hiring remotely for this role and posting in different locations to make sure every potential candidate can see the role. Please apply to the location you're the most likely to work from in the future.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.

• Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.

• Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:

  • Europe: 30 days of vacation plus public holidays wherever you are.

  • US: 15 vacation days 8 sick days plus public holidays wherever you are.

• Health & wellness 🩺 –

  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*

  • US: Comprehensive medical (PPO 1200) dental and vision plans.

• Future planning 💰 –

  • Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*

  • US: 401(k) retirement plan.

• Financial security 🛡️ –

  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*

  • US: Short-term & long-term disability insurance life & AD&D coverage and additional hospital coverage.

• Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses books events or coaching to level up your skills.

• A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!

• Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles like sales in the US are hybrid—please check the job description.

• Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.

• AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity.

• Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on how the company is doing—the whole shebang.

• An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!

* Country-specific details are provided in your contract.