Partner Development Manager, Global Networks

Stripe

WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM The Financial Partnerships team sits within the Global Partnerships organization and is a key component of our success. Our team is responsible for developing and managing relationships with the global and regional banks that enable the Stripe product strategy and deliver new capabilities to Stripe users. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional product partnership initiatives across existing products and early-stage "up the stack" financial products. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and are essential for us to offer products used by millions of our users. WHAT YOU'LL DO We're looking for a Partner Development Manager to join the Financial Partnerships team. You'll be responsible for developing and executing the multi-year, global strategies for building our relationships across many of our most important banking partners. You'll focus on designing, scaling, and continuously improving mechanisms to deepen relationships with our partners, as well as highly impactful programs key to differentiating Stripe. As part of these efforts, you'll collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders (including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Risk, etc.), and with the banking partners' executive teams. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to manage and develop partners, think strategically and apply diagnostic thinking to business, product, and technical challenges, and earn trust with and influence others. A high-agency attitude, the ability to raise expectations in changing environments, and a drive to create impact through ownership are all important in this role. RESPONSIBILITIES * Develop the go-to-partner strategy and execute on our most ambitious company-bending, bank-network-driven projects that are global and cross-border in nature * Own the banking partner plans, the overall economics, day-to-day operational excellence, and be responsible for driving the partnerships to successful outcomes for Stripe * Leverage banking, treasury, and payments industry knowledge to craft thoughtful partnership and product strategies with transaction banks, lenders, capital markets, central banks, and schemes * Navigate, in partnership with Product, to execute deals supporting that strategy and help ensure a proper execution plan is in place * Leverage significant industry experience to educate and help internal teams compose our holistic bank-led strategy and to advance that strategy with banking partners WHO YOU ARE We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * 7+ years of financial services experience, including directly working at banking institutions in cash management, FIG, or payments, and experience in partner management or business development working with banking institutions in PSPs or fintechs enabling pay-in and pay-out, store value, and embedded lending * Advanced knowledge of the banking and clearing landscape across multiple geographies with specific focus on transaction banking, e-money, safeguarding, multi-currency, and cross-border payments * Demonstrated experience building proprietary global collection and payout networks * A proven track record of working in a product-centric environment with significant internal and external dependencies across product, engineering, legal, sales, risk, and compliance * Broad and deep experience executing industry-wide partnership strategies to build innovative product experiences and go-to-market models

Stripe

WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM The Global Partner Engineering and Operations (PE&O) team is part of Stripe’s Global Partnerships organization and is  responsible for managing the technical and operational aspects of new and existing product partnerships and programs. Positioned at the intersection of product, engineering, and partnerships, we focus on technical operational execution and optimization with financial ecosystem partners. We drive smooth technical onboarding and implementation with financial partners, we manage the ongoing engagement between Stripe and its partners, and we monitor and optimize stringent quality and performance targets. Our team also drives partner-agnostic programs and initiatives to address broad ecosystem challenges and builds technical solutions and tools that enhance operational efficiency and scalability. WHAT YOU’LL DO We are seeking a knowledgeable and proactive Technical Partner Manager to join our Global Partner Engineering & Operations (PE&O) Network partnerships team at Stripe. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with our partners, facilitating technical integrations and launching new capabilities with new and existing partners, and ensuring the optimal performance of our solutions with financial partners. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of technical expertise and account management experience, with a focus on driving partner success. RESPONSIBILITIES * Partner Management: Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key financial ecosystem partners, serving as the primary point of contact for technical inquiries and operational support. * Technical Integration: Collaborate closely with partners to define and implement successful integrations, ensuring all technical requirements are met and projects are delivered on time. * Performance Tracking: Establish Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and performance standards for partner accounts, leveraging metrics and data analysis to monitor and improve partner health and satisfaction. Regularly drive technical reviews to improve partner performance. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work across multiple Stripe teams—including Engineering, Product, and Partner Development—to support and drive process enhancements and technical solutions that benefit partners. * Incident Management: Assist in incident resolution by coordinating with internal teams to manage partner communications effectively and resolve issues efficiently. * Operational Efficiencies: Identify inefficiencies within Stripe’s operating model, proposing and driving effective solutions (including both technical and operational requirements) to address them. * Training and Support: Provide ongoing training, documentation and support to partners, helping them leverage Stripe’s technology and products effectively. * Feedback Collection: Gather feedback from partners to inform improvements in internal processes and product functionalities, ensuring customer needs are addressed within the organization WHO YOU ARE We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field. * Minimum of 5 years of experience in partner management, technical project management, or business operations, especially managing external partnerships. * Proven ability to drive medium to large-sized technical projects in collaboration with external partners and cross-functional internal stakeholders. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience leveraging data to enhance decision-making. * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of effectively conveying technical information to non-technical stakeholders. * Willingness to travel (30%) as partner needs require, and occasional off hours /rotational coverage for incidents. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in banking, e-commerce, or payments; with knowledge of payment technologies and ecosystems is preferred.. * Basic to intermediate proficiency in SQL and XML is preferred. * Experience working in a SaaS or cloud-based technology environment. * Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment.

Adyen

This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.  For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster. Senior Product Manager, Banking Networks Adyen is a truly global company that processes billions in payments annually. Adyen's value goes beyond Ecommerce and In-Person payments with a broad offering of embedded payments and financial services like issuing, bank accounts, and capital; facilitated by Adyen's global banking licenses. Behind every one of these products sits a critical dependency: reliable, direct connectivity to the world's banking infrastructure. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead and scale our global Banking Networks capabilities. You will lead the Banking Networks team responsible for integrating with banking partners worldwide, including banks, clearing houses, payment rails and providers (excluding North America, which is owned by a dedicated regional team). This role sits at the core of Adyen's financial products, owning the end-to-end processing of banking transactions across a wide variety of market infrastructures and use cases. You will build and maintain best-in-class banking connectivity that our financial products depend on, from local scheme integrations to real-time payment rails. You will work closely with Banking Products, Payouts, Payments, Merchant Finance, Accounting, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Commercial, and Operational teams, as well as customers, to understand their needs and translate them into product enhancements together with the development team. What you'll do Set Vision & Strategy * Define Long-Term Strategy: Define and own the long-term vision and strategy for Adyen's global banking network, grounded in customer value and measurable business impact. * Translate Strategy into Roadmap: Translate market infrastructure opportunities and regulatory requirements into clear priorities, actionable roadmaps, and success metrics. * Simplify Ambiguity: Simplify a complex, fragmented space of local schemes, clearing houses, and payment rails by defining clear, actionable integration and capability use cases alongside your engineering and commercial teams. * Own Product Lifecycle: Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for banking network integrations and the underlying banking capabilities. Lead Through Influence * Act as Product Authority: Operate as the primary product authority for global banking networks across Adyen. * Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert on Adyen's core banking system, clearing and settlement flows, and the market infrastructures Adyen connects to. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Support, Sales, and Implementation teams to align our banking capabilities with evolving customer and regulatory needs. * Coordinate with the North America and Foundational teams: Align on shared standards, tooling, and roadmap dependencies to ensure a consistent global banking product. * Lead junior product managers in the team: Manage the focus and dedication (in functional matrix report) of the 2 PMs in the Banking Networks Global team. Build for Scale & Customer-Centric * Scale Banking Connectivity: Design and scale reliable integrations across diverse banking partners and payment rails, with a focus on markets outside North America. * Optimize System Performance: Collaborate with engineering to maximize the performance, reliability, and scalability of Adyen's core banking processing infrastructure. * Engage with Customers: Interact directly with customers, commercial teams, and partners to understand their pain points, gather feedback, and translate their needs into core product requirements. * Monitor & Iterate Performance: Monitor product metrics and identify continuous optimization opportunities to guarantee data accuracy, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. * End-to-End Ownership: Take full ownership of specific initiatives from initial scoping through final delivery, managing timelines and stakeholder expectations. Who you are * Experienced Product Leader: You have a minimum of 8 years of experience in product management or an adjacent function within a fintech or financial services environment focused on payments. You are customer centric and build for the benefit of all customers. * Proven Record in Banking Infrastructure: You have experience launching and scaling transactional banking products and have in-depth experience with at least one major market infrastructure (e.g., a clearing house, real-time payment rail, or banking scheme). * Strategic Thinker with a Hands-on Mentality: A self-starter with proven organizational and commercial strength. You have excellent project management skills and the ability to lead time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment with little supervision. You are able to challenge the status quo. * Analytical Problem Solver: You are naturally curious, data-driven, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. You excel at taking complex challenges and converting them into structured, actionable solutions for both internal and external stakeholders. * Humble, Curious, and a Quick Learner: You possess a strong sense of initiative and self-motivation. You are eager to dive deep into complex banking flows, financial data, and technical and regulatory constraints to proactively identify problems and propose long-term solutions. * Natural Communicator & Team Player: You have high energy and solid interpersonal skills, comfortable driving deep technical discussions with engineers and strategic commercial and operational alignments with stakeholders across varying disciplines and cultures. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments  Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.  Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application! What’s next? Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility. This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.