Partner Development Manager

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 Connections team sources, develops, and manages relationships with our most critical financial institutions, banking, and ecosystem partners. Our team drives the expansion of Stripe's merchant and consumer offerings by building partnerships with the leading companies in these areas. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives with these partners across new product initiatives. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and the products used by millions of our users. WHAT YOU’LL DO We are looking for a Partner Development Manager who will be responsible for driving our open banking partnership strategy and executing partnerships with top financial institutions in support of Stripe's Financial Connections business (stripe.com/financial-connections). You will focus on growing our portfolio of partners with the largest banks and credit unions in the US, expanding Stripe's direct connectivity coverage to ensure consumers have seamless access to their financial data. You will own end-to-end deal strategy and execution—from sourcing and qualification through negotiation and launch—with many of the top financial institutions across North America. As part of these efforts, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Risk, and others. You will also lead relationship management, partnering closely with external partners' executive leadership to grow our mutual businesses together over the long term. RESPONSIBILITIES * Own a partnership portfolio of top financial institutions and drive them through the full partnership lifecycle from initial outreach to scaled growth on Financial Connections * Leverage deep knowledge of the open banking ecosystem to guide internal cross-functional stakeholders (including product, risk, compliance, engineering, security) through an evolving business and regulatory landscape, implementing thoughtful partnership strategies that accelerate Stripe's connectivity across the financial ecosystem * Identify and effectively analyze new partnership opportunities, ultimately making recommendations to relevant decision makers and cross-functional stakeholders * Negotiate strategic partnership agreements with banks and credit unions, navigating complex legal, compliance, and technical requirements * Develop and maintain executive-level relationships at key financial institutions, partnering with Stripe leadership on strategic long term objectives * Exhibit an operationally focused mindset, with an ability to lead teams through complex relationship management activities by setting a clear vision, and running tight processes WHO YOU ARE You are a skilled deal maker and a strategist by nature. You understand how to work closely with Product and Engineering teams and can formulate partner strategies that drive tangible and measurable results. You are genuinely motivated by the vision of open banking, where consumers have the freedom to access, share and use their financial data with any technology platform they choose. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * 5+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, corporate development or related field * Experience negotiating commercial deals with financial institutions, including bilateral data access or API agreements * Exceptionally strong communication skills, in both verbal and written form, and ability to influence stakeholders across a wide variety of functions, including at executive levels * Technical acumen, especially an ability to understand product strategy and use this understanding to define requirements for scaling products through partnerships * Experience developing partnership strategies and identifying, sourcing, and analyzing new partnership opportunities * Strong agency, can handle ambiguity in a fast-moving organization, and thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS  * 2+ years of experience working directly with banks, credit unions, or fintechs on data access, open banking, or API connectivity initiatives * Familiarity with open banking standards (FDX), regulatory frameworks (CFPB 1033), and the competitive landscape of financial data aggregation * Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder deal processes involving legal, compliance, information security, and technical integration teams at large financial institutions

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 Connections team sources, develops, and manages relationships with our most critical financial institutions, banking, and ecosystem partners. Our team drives the expansion of Stripe's merchant and consumer offerings by building partnerships with the leading companies in these areas. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives with these partners across new product initiatives. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and the products used by millions of our users. WHAT YOU’LL DO We are looking for a Partner Development Manager who will be responsible for driving our open banking partnership strategy and executing partnerships with top financial institutions in support of Stripe's Financial Connections business (stripe.com/financial-connections). You will focus on growing our portfolio of partners with the largest banks and credit unions in the US, expanding Stripe's direct connectivity coverage to ensure consumers have seamless access to their financial data. You will own end-to-end deal strategy and execution—from sourcing and qualification through negotiation and launch—with many of the top financial institutions across North America. As part of these efforts, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Risk, and others. You will also lead relationship management, partnering closely with external partners' executive leadership to grow our mutual businesses together over the long term. RESPONSIBILITIES * Own a partnership portfolio of top financial institutions and drive them through the full partnership lifecycle from initial outreach to scaled growth on Financial Connections * Leverage deep knowledge of the open banking ecosystem to guide internal cross-functional stakeholders (including product, risk, compliance, engineering, security) through an evolving business and regulatory landscape, implementing thoughtful partnership strategies that accelerate Stripe's connectivity across the financial ecosystem * Identify and effectively analyze new partnership opportunities, ultimately making recommendations to relevant decision makers and cross-functional stakeholders * Negotiate strategic partnership agreements with banks and credit unions, navigating complex legal, compliance, and technical requirements * Develop and maintain executive-level relationships at key financial institutions, partnering with Stripe leadership on strategic long term objectives * Exhibit an operationally focused mindset, with an ability to lead teams through complex relationship management activities by setting a clear vision, and running tight processes WHO YOU ARE You are a skilled deal maker and a strategist by nature. You understand how to work closely with Product and Engineering teams and can formulate partner strategies that drive tangible and measurable results. You are genuinely motivated by the vision of open banking, where consumers have the freedom to access, share and use their financial data with any technology platform they choose. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * 8+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, corporate development or related field * Experience negotiating commercial deals with financial institutions, including bilateral data access or API agreements * Exceptionally strong communication skills, in both verbal and written form, and ability to influence stakeholders across a wide variety of functions, including at executive levels * Technical acumen, especially an ability to understand product strategy and use this understanding to define requirements for scaling products through partnerships * Experience developing partnership strategies and identifying, sourcing, and analyzing new partnership opportunities * Strong agency, can handle ambiguity in a fast-moving organization, and thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS  * 5+ years of experience working directly with banks, credit unions, or fintechs on data access, open banking, or API connectivity initiatives * Familiarity with open banking standards (FDX), regulatory frameworks (CFPB 1033), and the competitive landscape of financial data aggregation * Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder deal processes involving legal, compliance, information security, and technical integration teams at large financial institutions

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 SaaS Platform Partnerships team is part of our Go-to-Market organization, and supports new and existing SaaS Platforms in developing and growing their embedded payments and finance businesses. We work closely with platforms as a channel partner to incubate growth tactics and scale them into benefits of our program, Stripe Partner Ecosystem. PDMs act as the R&D arm of this program — testing new growth approaches with a small number of platforms, measuring what works, and then codifying those tactics into structured resources that Stripe's broader account team can deliver at scale. In parallel, we work with product teams to embed the learnings directly into Stripe’s products. We are seen as trusted advisors and experts in SaaS Platforms. WHAT YOU’LL DO This role will be an early EMEA hire for the SaaS Platform Partnerships team, working closely with the GTM team. There are three key components of this role: (1) providing strategic advisory to strategic platforms, (2) developing and validating EMEA-specific growth tactics, and (3) scaling successful tactics into structured benefits available across the broader Stripe Partner Ecosystem and to SaaS Platforms on Stripe. You will be an expert on the SaaS Platform business model and be a strategic growth consultant for their business.  PDMs in this role are responsible for managing a small portfolio of strategic platform partners, providing bespoke, multi-quarter growth advisory to help platforms drive new customer acquisition, increase payments adoption, and expand embedded financial products to their existing customer base. Success is measured at both the platform level and the program level, with an emphasis on driving measurable partner outcomes and developing scalable tactics for the broader program. Responsibilities * Serve as a growth advisor for a portfolio of strategic EMEA platform partners - building tailored partnership plans, identifying expansion opportunities, and collaborating cross-functional Stripe resources (sales, product, marketing) to drive measurable growth. * Advise strategic platforms to drive growth of new customers and distribution of Stripe’s products with them as a channel partner.  * Identify growth tactics with strategic platform partners, which can scale to benefits of the Stripe Partner Ecosystem and broader platform base.  * Represent the program in the region which will include presenting at roundtables and advising platforms in executive customer meetings. * Collaborate closely with GTM teams within the region to drive awareness and adoption of the program. 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 * 8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, management consulting, SaaS Platform or related field * Thorough understanding of strategic growth oriented partnerships * Experience identifying and scaling growth initiatives * Proven ability to navigate complex business requirements to provide strategic guidance * Experience working in product-centric environment with significant internal and external 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 * Have an operationally focused mindset, with an ability to navigate complex relationship management activities by setting a clear vision, while running tight processes PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * 5+ years of experience related to payments, marketplaces or SaaS platforms * Background in Technical or Product Partnerships * Background in Channel Partnerships, especially in SaaS products * Experience in a sales or go to market role preferably in the payments or SaaS platform space