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Roles · 5,692 tracked

Partnerships jobs in the AI transition

Every partnerships role across the index's two cohorts — AI-native challengers vs the legacy SaaS incumbents they pressure — from real org-chart data, refreshed monthly.

AI-natives are growing partnerships headcount faster than legacy SaaS — +66% vs +5% over 12 months.

Roles tracked
5,692
AI-native · 12mo
+66%
36 companies
Legacy SaaS · 12mo
+5%
48 companies
The gap
+61pts
AI-native minus legacy

AI-natives · biggest teams

Legacy SaaS · biggest teams

Method: role counts and 12-month growth come from PDL's org-chart data (v25) per company; cohort figures are headcount-weighted so small-team swings don't distort the function's story. A company with no reported growth for this function contributes headcount but not growth.

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