[Hiring] Vice President, AI Business Development & Partnerships @AccuWeather Careers

Role Description

The Vice President, AI Business Development and Partnerships will lead the development and execution of AccuWeather’s global AI partnership strategy. This executive will be responsible for identifying, structuring, negotiating, and scaling strategic partnerships that leverage AccuWeather’s proprietary weather data, AI capabilities, and technology platforms to drive revenue growth, product innovation, and global market expansion.

This role will focus specifically on artificial intelligence ecosystems including large language model providers, cloud platforms, enterprise AI solution providers, and emerging AI native companies. The VP will work cross functionally across Product, Technology, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Finance to translate AccuWeather’s AI assets into high impact commercial partnerships that accelerate growth and reinforce AccuWeather’s leadership in Superior Accuracy and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or corporate development, with significant focus on AI, data, or technology driven businesses.
• Demonstrated track record of structuring and closing complex strategic partnerships involving AI platforms, data licensing, APIs, or enterprise technology solutions.
• Experience negotiating multiyear commercial agreements with global technology companies.
• Strong financial acumen including experience building business cases, revenue models, and partnership frameworks.

Requirements

• Experience working with large language model providers, generative AI companies, or hyperscale cloud platforms.
• Background in data driven businesses, analytics platforms, SaaS, automotive technology, connected devices, or digital media.
• Experience commercializing proprietary datasets in AI training, inference, or enterprise decision support environments.
• Global deal making experience across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning ecosystems, data infrastructure, and API based business models.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate emerging AI trends into actionable commercial opportunities.
• Exceptional negotiation and executive presence with the ability to influence C suite stakeholders internally and externally.
• Strong cross functional leadership skills with the ability to align Product, Engineering, Sales, and Legal teams.
• Data driven decision maker with strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate in a fast moving, innovation driven environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Company Description

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making.

• Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms.
• AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world.
• The award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones.
• AccuWeather forecasts appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations.
• The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms.
• AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.