Senior AI Partnerships Leader

PayPal; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal in San Jose, California is seeking a Senior Manager to lead complex AI partnership initiatives and drive global process improvements across our payments ecosystem. You will influence business outcomes and ensure exceptional performance by leveraging cross-functional collaboration.

You will build strategic relationships with senior leaders across product, payments, finance, and technology, scale partnerships with personal AI agents and agentic commerce, and navigate fast-moving,

Qualifications

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing and growing strategic relationships within the AI ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of the AI landscape, business models, and evolving payments needs of high-growth AI companies.
• Experience developing and scaling strategic partnerships across personal AI agents and agentic commerce, including expanding successful MCP and plugin-based partnership models across emerging AI platforms.
• Payments industry experience required.
• Must reside within a 2-hour radius of a PayPal office (San Francisco/San Jose, Scottsdale, Chicago, Omaha, New York, or Austin).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex projects with diverse scope.
• Resolve complex issues using expert knowledge.
• Drive global process improvements and efficiencies.
• Collaborate with teams to implement best practices.
• Monitor and enhance business performance metrics.

Skills

AI partnerships

Strategic relationships

Payments industry experience

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

PayPal in San Jose, California is seeking a Senior Manager to lead complex AI partnership initiatives and drive global process improvements across our payments ecosystem. You will influence business outcomes and ensure exceptional performance by leveraging cross-functional collaboration.

You will build strategic relationships with senior leaders across product, payments, finance, and technology, scale partnerships with personal AI agents and agentic commerce, and navigate fast-moving,