Partnerships & Alliances Lead (GSIs) - India
About Sarvam
Sarvam is building the bedrock of Sovereign AI for India. The company is developing India's full-stack sovereign AI platform, building across research, models, infrastructure and applications with a singular focus on making AI genuinely work for India. Sarvam works with leading enterprises and public institutions and is backed by Lightspeed, Peak XV, and Khosla Ventures. Sarvam partners with India's leading brands, including Tata Capital, SBI Life, CRED, IDFC, and LIC.
About the Role
As Partnerships & Alliances Lead (GSIs), you will build, scale, and own Sarvam's partnerships with India-based GSIs (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, TechM) and global GSIs operating from India (Accenture, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC, Cognizant), plus aligned ecosystem players. Your mandate: turn Sarvam's sovereign AI stack into repeatable GSI offerings and co-sell motions that drive measurable revenue across India and global markets.
What You'll Do
Strategic Relationship Ownership
Create and execute joint business plans with priority GSIs - covering revenue targets, solution plays, and marketing calendars
Build executive relationships across GSI practices (BFSI, public sector, manufacturing), CoEs, and global leadership
Structure partnership constructs that align interests across build, implementation, and resale models - including GTM funds, MDF, pricing, and delivery governance tuned to the Indian market
Business Development & Revenue
Originate and accelerate partner-sourced and partner-influenced deals
Orchestrate co-marketing through case studies, joint PR, webinars, and thought leadership on Sarvam's global narratives
Drive lighthouse wins in BFSI, public sector, manufacturing, and telcos via structured playbooks
Build and manage a rigorous pipeline with forecasting, QBRs, and joint win/loss reviews
Solution & Enablement
Co-create industry offerings and IP with GSI CoEs using Sarvam's stack - including Contact Centre Modernisation, Workflow Automation, and Large Enterprise AI Transformation
Launch certification and badge programmes for GSI Delivery Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Sales teams, designed for India scale
Feed partner insights into product roadmaps - covering on-prem deployment, MeitY/RBI-grade security, Indian language support, and cost controls
What We're Looking For
7-15 years in GSI alliances, partnerships, or business development at an enterprise tech, AI, or cloud company
Deep familiarity with India GSI operating models - global delivery, ODCs, pyramid staffing, CoEs - and complex deal orchestration with hyperscalers
Proven revenue impact via indirect channels
Strong command of Indian enterprise procurement and public-sector compliance
Strong commercial instincts: deal structuring, financial modelling, partner P&L
Working knowledge of cloud architectures, enterprise integration patterns, and AI/ML (LLMs, agentic frameworks, on-prem/VPC deployments)
Understanding of BFSI and public-sector requirements: data residency, auditability, RBI/MeitY-aligned controls
Bonus Points
Prior experience selling to Indian PSU banks or telecom, or working with DPI organisations
Background in workflow automation, contact-centre modernisation, or multilingual CX
Established network across hyperscalers and GSIs
Why Sarvam?
Sarvam is a fast-moving, high talent-density team building full-stack AI for India, working on problems that push the frontiers of AI with real population-scale impact.
Work alongside researchers, engineers, builders, and business leaders who move fast and hold each other to a very high bar
High ownership and high impact, from day one
Everything we do is AI-first, from the way we build and ship to the way we think about problems
You can work on problems that could change how an entire country learns, works, and communicates
If you want to work on problems at the frontier of AI in India, Sarvam is the place to be.
