Technical Partner Manager – Small Business/Retail

Global Payments; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Global career growth

Learning & development

Inclusive team environment

Community & charity initiatives

Employee assistance program

Recognition program

Job summary

Global Payments is seeking a Technical Partner Manager to serve as the primary technical contact for Small Business/Retail ecosystem partners. You will lead discovery, evaluate APIs, and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely integration and successful partner launches.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in technical partnerships or related technology roles, with travel as needed. Join a global team delivering payments technology and software solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 5+ years of experience in technical partnerships, technical account management, implementation consulting, solution engineering, technical program management, or related technology roles.
• Experience supporting API integrations, SaaS platforms, POS systems, commerce platforms, or enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery activities for prospective and existing partners.
• Evaluate partner solutions, APIs, data flows, architecture designs, implementation requirements, and technical fit within the Genius ecosystem.
• Identify integration opportunities, potential technical risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to gather and communicate technical requirements.
• Provide technical recommendations that support partner prioritization and business case development.
• Develop and manage partner integration plans from technical evaluation through production launch.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities involving Product, Engineering, QA, Technical Services, Operations, Support, and partner technical teams.
• Track implementation milestones, dependencies, certification activities, testing schedules, launch readiness criteria, and deployment plans.
• Facilitate issue resolution and remove obstacles that impact partner delivery timelines.
• Drive execution and accountability throughout the integration lifecycle.
• Manage the certification process for partner integrations supporting SMB Restaurant customers.
• Ensure partners successfully complete testing requirements, operational readiness reviews, documentation requirements, and certification standards.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, pilot programs, launch readiness reviews, and production deployment activities.
• Verify support procedures, escalation paths, knowledge base documentation, and operational processes prior to launch.
• Support successful partner launches and post-launch stabilization activities.
• Provide ongoing technical guidance and enablement to ecosystem partners.
• Coordinate access to technical documentation, APIs, development resources, testing environments, and support channels.
• Help partners adopt integration of best practices and platform standards.
• Monitor partner adoption, integration utilization, and operational performance.
• Identify improvement opportunities that enhance customer experience, integration quality, and partner satisfaction.
• Serve as a primary coordinator for technical escalations impacting SMB Restaurant partners and customers.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Support, and Operations teams to investigate issues and coordinate resolutions.
• Manage communication during critical incidents and ensure appropriate stakeholder alignment.
• Monitor integration of health, recurring issues, partner satisfaction, and support trends.
• Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to improve operational stability.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering organizations to ensure partner solutions align with platform capabilities and strategic direction.
• Communicate with partner requirements, technical feedback, market opportunities, and operational challenges to internal stakeholders.
• Support integration of roadmap planning discussions by providing technical input, partner demand signals, implementation estimates, and business context.
• Coordinate dependency management and integration of sequencing activities across multiple initiatives.
• Maintain alignment between partner technical roadmaps and Genius platform capabilities.
• Ensure a consistent partner experience throughout onboarding, integration of delivery, launch, and long-term support.
• Support quarterly business reviews, partner operating reviews, and cross-functional planning processes.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. Ready to take your career global?

The Technical Partner Manager serves as the primary technical point of contact for Small Business/Retail ecosystem partners throughout the partnership lifecycle. Build strong working relationships with partner products, engineering, implementation, and support teams. Support partner onboarding, technical engagement, governance meetings, and ongoing relationship management activities. Coordinate ongoing communication between partners and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely execution. Maintain partner technical profiles, integration documentation, and ecosystem knowledge.

What you'll own:

• Lead technical discovery activities for prospective and existing partners.
• Evaluate partner solutions, APIs, data flows, architecture designs, implementation requirements, and technical fit within the Genius ecosystem.
• Identify integration opportunities, potential technical risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to gather and communicate technical requirements.
• Provide technical recommendations that support partner prioritization and business case development.
• Develop and manage partner integration plans from technical evaluation through production launch.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities involving Product, Engineering, QA, Technical Services, Operations, Support, and partner technical teams.
• Track implementation milestones, dependencies, certification activities, testing schedules, launch readiness criteria, and deployment plans.
• Facilitate issue resolution and remove obstacles that impact partner delivery timelines.
• Drive execution and accountability throughout the integration lifecycle.
• Manage the certification process for partner integrations supporting SMB Restaurant customers.
• Ensure partners successfully complete testing requirements, operational readiness reviews, documentation requirements, and certification standards.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, pilot programs, launch readiness reviews, and production deployment activities.
• Verify support procedures, escalation paths, knowledge base documentation, and operational processes prior to launch.
• Support successful partner launches and post-launch stabilization activities.
• Provide ongoing technical guidance and enablement to ecosystem partners.
• Coordinate access to technical documentation, APIs, development resources, testing environments, and support channels.
• Help partners adopt integration of best practices and platform standards.
• Monitor partner adoption, integration utilization, and operational performance.
• Identify improvement opportunities that enhance customer experience, integration quality, and partner satisfaction.
• Serve as a primary coordinator for technical escalations impacting SMB Restaurant partners and customers.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Support, and Operations teams to investigate issues and coordinate resolutions.
• Manage communication during critical incidents and ensure appropriate stakeholder alignment.
• Monitor integration of health, recurring issues, partner satisfaction, and support trends.
• Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to improve operational stability.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering organizations to ensure partner solutions align with platform capabilities and strategic direction.
• Communicate with partner requirements, technical feedback, market opportunities, and operational challenges to internal stakeholders.
• Support integration of roadmap planning discussions by providing technical input, partner demand signals, implementation estimates, and business context.
• Coordinate dependency management and integration of sequencing activities across multiple initiatives.
• Maintain alignment between partner technical roadmaps and Genius platform capabilities.
• Ensure a consistent partner experience throughout onboarding, integration of delivery, launch, and long-term support.
• Support quarterly business reviews, partner operating reviews, and cross-functional planning processes.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree is required
• 5+ years of experience in technical partnerships, technical account management, implementation consulting, solution engineering, technical program management, or related technology roles.
• Experience supporting API integrations, SaaS platforms, POS systems, commerce platforms, or enterprise applications.
• Ability to travel as needed

It’s a bonus if you have the following:

• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, system integrations, APIs, web services, and technical implementation processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects involving external partners and internal engineering teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences.
• Experience working with multiple teams simultaneously while managing complex priorities and timelines.

Our perks - what we’ll bring for you:

• A competitive salary and benefits package that recognizes your contribution
• Opportunities to grow your skills and build your career within a global business
• Access to learning, development and on-the-job experiences that expand your expertise
• A supportive, inclusive team environment where your ideas and input matter
• Time to give back through community and charity initiatives
• A global employee assistance program to support your wellbeing
• Recognition through a global platform that celebrates your achievements.

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About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

Does this sound like you?

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