Partner Development Manager, Stripe

• This is a high-impact individual contributor role that requires the ability to rally cross-functional teams
• 8+ years in partnerships, business development, or similar fields
• Experience negotiating significant commercial deals
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, product-focused environment with lots of dependencies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders internally and externally across a wide variety of functions, including at the C level
• Experience running large, complex, cross-functional projects

Desirable

• The Network Partnerships team sits within the Partnerships organization and is a key component of Stripe’s success
• Our team is responsible for developing and managing relationships with critical partners, such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express, which are fundamental to the success of Stripe’s product strategy and delivering new capabilities to Stripe users
• We are looking for a US or Canada-based candidate to join our team to lead one of Stripe’s network partnerships and drive special projects related to our card network partners
• The candidate will balance between managing key partner relationships, building internal strategies and business cases, driving deal negotiation and execution, and coordinating priorities with internal teams and external partners
• The role requires close coordination with leadership, product and engineering teams, as well as cross-functional stakeholders including Legal, Finance, Risk, etc., and with external partners’ leaders and senior executives
• Manage one of Stripe’s AMER Network partnerships, with a focus on driving the execution of joint initiatives and launching new offerings to benefit Stripe users
• Leverage industry knowledge to craft thoughtful long-term partnership and product strategies, and execute deals and initiatives that support Stripe’s strategy
• Use data to drive strategy and decisions
• Coordinate with internal cross-functional stakeholders (including risk, compliance, product, engineering, treasury and global partner managers) to drive creation and execution of partner strategy
• Develop, manage and report on strategic plans, key negotiation/expansion opportunities and overall partner health with a multi-year vision in mind
• Juggle and reconcile competing priorities to drive creative solutions and commitment to a shared goal across multiple stakeholders
• Coordinate and prioritize a large amount of activities and initiatives that compete for scarce resources to drive best outcomes for our users and Stripe