Partnerships Development Manager, Link - Payments Partnerships

📋 Description

• Define and execute Link's payments partnership strategy across networks, issuers, and local methods
• Negotiate and manage commercial agreements with partners to expand acceptance and auth rates
• Drive partnerships to make Link the payments layer for agentic commerce; set rules and standards
• Coordinate with internal teams to drive partner strategy and global roadmap
• Work with Product and Engineering to define requirements and roadmap based on partner capabilities
• Identify and align Stripe and partners' executive teams on opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in partnerships, business development, corporate development, or related field
• 5+ years with card networks, issuers, wallets, or payments infrastructure
• 3+ years negotiating commercial deals with partners and scaling them
• Strong communication and ability to influence across functions, incl. exec levels
• Technical acumen to translate product strategy into scalable partnership requirements
• Experience creating partnership strategies in greenfield segments