Partner Development Manager- Platforms

Stripe; Dublin; On-site; EUR 106,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus/Commissions

Retirement plans

Health benefits

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Partner Development Manager for the EMEA Alliances & Channels team. You will cultivate and manage Stripe’s ISV partnerships across EMEA, combining partner relationship management with revenue generation.

This role works daily with regional sales and cross-functional teams to execute partner programs, enablement, and co-selling initiatives. The successful candidate will have sales or partner management experience in high-tech or payments, with strategic and analytical thinking

Qualifications

• 8+ years in partnerships and/or sales for high-tech or financial services organizations.
• Directly managing ISV partnerships.
• Understanding industry trends and key players in the competitive landscape.
• Proven ability to meet and exceed sales targets and quotas.
• Able to negotiate high-value deals with a C-level audience and influence outcomes.
• Highly organized self-starter with strong multi-tasking and ownership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit and manage a portfolio of ISVs across EMEA.
• Coordinate with Partner Solution Engineering to ensure technical proficiency and certification on Stripe.
• Drive revenue through joint sales with Stripe and partners; optimize partner performance.
• Collaborate on partner programs, events, sales engagement, and collateral to enable partner selling.
• Report regularly to stakeholders with data-driven, clear communication.

Skills

Partnerships & sales

ISV partnerships

C-level negotiation

Written and verbal communication

Multi-tasking

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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.

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 Worldwide 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 to join the EMEA Alliances & Channels team. As a Partner Development Manager, you will cultivate and develop Stripe’s ISV partnerships across EMEA. This is both a partner relationship and a revenue-generating role working daily with the regional sales teams. 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 ISV 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

• Identify, recruit and manage a portfolio of ISV’s across EMEA
• Work with the Partner Solution Engineering team to ensure these partners are technically proficient and certified on Stripe
• Optimize partner performance through partner plans, 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 engagement, 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 in partnerships and/or sales for high-tech or financial services organizations
• Successful track record in directly managing ISV partnerships
• Professional and technical knowledge, as well as an understanding of industry trends and the key players in the competitive landscape
• Proven ability to consistently meet and exceed sales targets and quotas.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate high-value deals with a C-level audience and positively influence the outcome
• Highly organized self starter with strong multi-tasking skills, who can take ownership, influence others and be efficient in ambiguous situations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Willingness to travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the financial services/payments industry

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is £90,300 - £135,500. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipsts.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.