Partner Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Stripe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Senior Partnerships professional to lead and manage strategic partnerships with large users and financial institutions. The role involves developing business cases, negotiating deals, and coordinating across product, engineering, marketing, and sales to advance Stripe's partnership strategy.

The candidate will drive cross-functional initiatives, establish autonomous leadership, and deliver high-impact partnerships that shape Stripe's product roadmap and growth in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of partnerships experience with 3+ years in business development, establishing partnerships with financial institutions, fintech or equivalent strategic partners.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and develop the business case to support Stripe's product and engineering investment in new strategic partnerships across verticals.
• Manage strategic planning, negotiation and new partnership development.
• Ensure structured deal management with milestones, KPIs, and alignment with partners on mutual opportunities.
• Navigate large partners with product, operations, marketing and sales to execute deals.
• Develop and grow Stripe's relationships with partners, including senior executives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable partnership strategies.

Skills

Partnerships

Business development

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

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

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 Strategic Partnerships team develops and manages relationships with large partners that enable Stripe's product strategy and deliver new capabilities to Stripe users. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across new products, geographic expansion, user advocacy, and policy. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and the products used by millions of our users.

We're looking for a senior member to join our team to develop new partnerships with our largest users and strategic partners, and drive critical initiatives that will be foundational for Stripe. A successful candidate will have significant experience delivering complex deal work, creating and driving strategy, working with cross-functional teams to launch new initiatives, and initiating first-of-a-kind partnerships. We're looking for someone who exhibits a strong sense of ownership, performs at a senior level, drives to have an impact, and has an entrepreneurial spirit.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and develop the business case to support Stripe's product and engineering investment in new strategic partnerships across verticals (e.g. AI, Platforms, Payment Methods)
• Manage strategic planning, negotiation and new partnership development
• Ensure highly structured, methodical deal management rooted in milestones, KPIs, and alignment with partners on opportunities of mutual interest
• Navigate the largest partners, in partnership with product, operations, marketing and sales, to execute deals supporting Stripe's strategy
• Develop and grow Stripe's relationships with partners, including their senior executives and leadership
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market Partnerships, Product Marketing, Operations) to design and implement strategies and processes that will enable us to scale our partnerships and increase our velocity as a team

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of partnerships experience with 3+ years of business development experience, establishing partnerships with financial institutions, fintech, payment method, or equivalent strategic, complex partners
• Strong agency, can handle ambiguity in a fast-moving organization, and thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
• Strong communication skills, in both verbal and written form, and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders across a wide variety of functions