[Hiring] Partner Development Manager @Stripe

Role Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Partner Development Manager to join the AMER Alliances & Channels team. As a Partner Development Manager, you will cultivate and develop Stripe’s Platform partnerships across AMER. This role combines partner relationship management and revenue generation. You’ll work daily with regional sales teams. This highly cross-functional role also includes:

• Executing Stripe’s global partner programs
• Partner marketing
• Partner enablement
• Partner co-selling initiatives across the region
• Driving partner participation and engagement

As the successful candidate, you will have experience in sales or partner management in the high-tech or payments industry, preferably with experience working with Platform or independent software vendor (ISV) partnerships. You will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and apply diagnostic thinking about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally. An understanding of the economics of the payments space and the e-commerce ecosystem would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and manage a portfolio of Platforms across AMER
• Work with cross-functional technical teams to ensure these partners integrate properly with Stripe for go-to-market efforts
• Optimize partner performance through partner plans and business reviews
• Identify opportunities to expand revenue and deploy joint sales approaches with top partners and regional sales teams
• Work with program, marketing, and sales teams to execute partner programs, events, sales engagement, and build playbooks and collateral that help partners sell effectively
• Report to key stakeholders on a regular cadence, using a diagnostic approach and clear communication

Qualifications

• 8 or more years of experience in partnerships or sales within high-tech or financial services organizations
• Successful track record of directly managing Platform or ISV partnerships
• Proven ability to meet or exceed sales targets, negotiate high-value deals with C-level audiences, and influence outcomes
• Knowledge of payment or financial-services technology, industry trends, and the competitive landscape
• Bachelor’s degree and willingness to travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the financial services or payments industry
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration skills in ambiguous environments
• Highly organized self-starter with strong multitasking skills, who can take ownership, influence others, and be efficient in ambiguous situations