Kirsten Byron is Head of Product Partnerships at Gem, where she leads the strategy and execution behind partnerships that fuel growth and expand product impact. With 15 years in high-impact roles across partnerships, sales, customer success, and operations — including 10 years leading teams — she thrives at the intersection of strategy, relationships, and execution. Most of her career has been spent in high-growth B2B software, with meaningful stops in venture capital and the DEI startup world along the way. At Asana, she built and scaled new partnership categories, unlocking enterprise pipeline and driving innovative, ecosystem-led revenue streams. Kirsten is passionate about building partnerships rooted in trust, shared ownership, and measurable outcomes — and she’s always excited by the challenge of creating something new from the ground up.
