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 Alliances & Channels team is responsible for developing and managing a global community of partners that helps ambitious businesses with industry-leading payments and financial infrastructure solutions and services. These partnerships provide Stripe with the opportunity to unlock our market opportunity, supporting us in accelerating our users growth across all market segments from Startup to Enterprise companies.

What you’ll do

We are looking for an enthusiastic Partner Development Manager (PDM) to join the Americas Alliances & Channels team. As a PDM, you will develop Stripe’s Consulting/Services and Technology partnerships, cultivating both existing and new partnerships.

This is both a partner relationship and a revenue-generating role. You will be tasked with cultivating strong relationships with executives and sales teams across Stripe and in partner organizations to secure new business, negotiate, and close strategic partnerships. This highly cross functional role also includes executing Stripe’s global partner programs, partner marketing, partner enablement and partner co-selling initiatives across the region, driving partner participation and engagement. 

As the successful candidate, you will have experience in sales and/or partner management in the high tech or payments industry, preferably with experience working with consulting (Systems Integrators, Services firms, Development Agencies) and/or technology or platform (software companies, ISVs, cloud companies, infrastructure companies) partnerships. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically 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 ecommerce ecosystem would be a bonus.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop a deep understanding of the partner ecosystem in the LATAM region
• Identify, recruit and manage a scaled portfolio of partners. Serve as an advocate for the your partners and identify areas for growth via partnerships
• Develop and execute Stripe’s partner strategy with your partners, in alignment with Stripe’s regional business and global partner strategy
• Ensure these partners are technically proficient and certified on Stripe, alongside the partner solution architecture organization.
• Build scalable solutions and packages with partners that can drive pipeline growth and ensure the successful activation of users on Stripe
• Optimize partner performance through business reviews, identify additional business opportunities to expand revenue and deploy a joint sales approach with Stripe’s top partners and Stripe’s sales team in the region
• Work with the program, marketing and sales teams on the execution of partner programs, events, sales plays, building playbooks and collateral to enable partners to sell into customers effectively
• Report out on a regular cadence to all key stakeholders, with a strong analytical approach and crisp communication style

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 managing partnerships and/or sales for high-tech or financial services organizations
• Successful track record of developing and growing partnerships 
• Professional and technical knowledge, as well as an understanding of industry trends and the key players in the competitive landscape
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish, ideally Portuguese, but not mandatory.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate high-value deals with a C-level audience and positively influence the outcome
• Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others, strong analytical skills, and a proven track record of taking ownership, leading data-driven analyses, and influencing results
• Highly organized,  multi-tasking skills, take ownership and be efficient in ambiguous situations
• Willingness to travel 
• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred qualifications: 

• • Experience working in the financial services/payments industry