Strategic Partner Manager - (Global Payments Partnerships)
BCforward, San Francisco, CA, United States
Proven track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing without authority.
Experience structuring and negotiating commercial agreements, including comfort with financial models, pricing, and key contractual terms.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to tailor messages to executives, XFN teams, and external partners.
Experience with payments cost optimization
Nice-to-have Skills
12+ years of relevant payments and/or partnerships experience, including ownership of complex, multi-threaded negotiations.
Demonstrated ability to operate strategically in ambiguous environments, create frameworks, and drive alignment across competing priorities.
Experience working with large global partners and executive stakeholders.
Strong operational rigor: setting goals/metrics, running QBRs, and driving accountability.
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve productivity (prompting, synthesis, analysis support, automation), with good data-handling judgment.
Years of Experience
8+ years of experience in payments (e.g., networks, PSPs, processors, issuers, platforms, or payments partnerships), with demonstrated breadth across business, product, and partner execution.
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Experience structuring and negotiating commercial agreements, including comfort with financial models, pricing, and key contractual terms.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to tailor messages to executives, XFN teams, and external partners.
Experience with payments cost optimization
Nice-to-have Skills
12+ years of relevant payments and/or partnerships experience, including ownership of complex, multi-threaded negotiations.
Demonstrated ability to operate strategically in ambiguous environments, create frameworks, and drive alignment across competing priorities.
Experience working with large global partners and executive stakeholders.
Strong operational rigor: setting goals/metrics, running QBRs, and driving accountability.
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve productivity (prompting, synthesis, analysis support, automation), with good data-handling judgment.
Years of Experience
8+ years of experience in payments (e.g., networks, PSPs, processors, issuers, platforms, or payments partnerships), with demonstrated breadth across business, product, and partner execution.
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