Strategic Partner Manager, Payments Partnerships

Our Customer’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through their family of apps and services, they are building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together.

This role is based in San Francisco, Menlo Park, or NYC.

We are seeking a Strategic Partner Manager, Payments Partnerships for the Global Payments Partnerships team who is responsible for developing and managing relationships with companies that provide critical payment services for our business lines, as well as partners who enable new commerce and payment experiences on our platform. This person will help us develop and execute our payments partnerships strategy with industry partners, such as payment networks, processors, and issuers.

In this role you will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, legal, marketing, operations, finance, and tax to launch new and evolve existing payments partnership opportunities. You'll work directly with top industry partners.

We are seeking a candidate with a strategic perspective on both product and partnership development, and a proven ability to influence and negotiate both externally and internally. The candidate should be comfortable with technical and financial deal points, and able to effectively communicate up and down a management ladder. The candidate should also be excited by the challenge of structuring custom agreements and new templates for initiatives. Additionally, they should enjoy a team-oriented environment, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Lead workstreams with our payments partners.
• Structure complex agreements that include custom commercials, technical integrations, data protection and privacy.
• Provide a strategic perspective to product and engineering teams, delivering critical business insights and launching initiatives that impact the market.
• Manage cross-functional teams to identify and creatively solve complex operational, regulatory, and legal issues.
• Help teams choose and sequence the best partners for our products.
• Supervise and drive decision-making on all agreement mechanics.
• Ability to travel from 10%-30% depending on project status.

Education:

• BS or BA Degree.
• 7+ years working in payments, ideally with a focus on fraud and chargebacks.
• Demonstrated cross-functional communication skills and relationship building experience with technical teams, lawyers, and marketers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience influencing, managing and coaching partners, and structuring and negotiating complex agreements.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record(Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

• Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA, Commuter Benefits Program
• Accrued PTO: Up to 15 days per 12 months on assignment
• New Child Benefit: Up to $4,000 for the birth or adoption of a child while on assignment (conditions apply)

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.