Partner Development Manager shaping card-network partnerships for Stripe’s financial infrastructure platform. Leading negotiations, commercial models, and cross-functional execution for new payment capabilities.
Responsibilities
Define and execute product partnership strategies and joint initiatives with Stripe’s most critical card network partners, including new offerings that benefit Stripe users.
Identify, evaluate, and make the case for high-impact partnership opportunities using industry expertise, partner context, and cross-functional input.
Develop commercial models, partnership approaches, and distribution plans for new product capabilities and go-to-market motions.
Independently lead complex, high-impact negotiations with card network partners, including commercial agreements affecting Stripe’s payment acceptance costs and long-term strategic position.
Create scalable deal structures and partnership frameworks across partners, products, or markets.
Influence internal product and go-to-market teams and external partner stakeholders to develop solutions for Stripe, its users, and the payments landscape.
Lead cross-functional workstreams across Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Treasury.
Set direction, clarify trade-offs, and align stakeholders on resources and commitments needed for execution.
Resolve complex stakeholder friction with minimal direction.
Assess Stripe and partner readiness, surface risks and dependencies, and advocate for decisions needed to move work forward.
Ensure sound day-to-day partnership operations and adherence to risk and compliance obligations.
Represent Stripe at partner and industry events and build trusted relationships with senior partner stakeholders.
Requirements
10+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, corporate development, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in payments, card networks, or a related financial services domain.
Experience working on card issuing products, issuer-facing capabilities, or product partnerships involving issuing.
Thorough understanding of card network dynamics, business models, and the payments ecosystem.
Broad and deep experience crafting and executing industry-wide partnership strategies, product strategies, or go-to-market models that deliver significant impact across multiple partnerships.
Experience defining and leading complex partnership strategies that require alignment across product, commercial, operational, and technical stakeholders.
Experience independently leading complex, high-impact commercial negotiations and managing trade-offs across economics, product capabilities, timelines, and strategic objectives.
Experience working in product-centric environments with significant internal and external dependencies.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders internally and externally across a wide range of functions, including C-suite leaders.
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