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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 19 days Verygoodsecurity's roles stay open a median of 16 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Verygoodsecurity's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Verygoodsecurity
- low 0 stale, 1 reposted of 16 open
- Hiring momentum
- 22 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
The Director of Strategic Partnerships at VGS will lead the expansion of the company's strategic partner ecosystem, focusing on building relationships with key players in payments and commerce technology. This role involves managing a team, developing partnership strategies, negotiating agreements, and influencing product and corporate strategy based on market insights. The director will also represent VGS externally, strengthening its position within the payments and technology ecosystem.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Verygoodsecurity as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, fintech BD, product strategy, or payments consulting
- Understanding of the payments ecosystem—issuers, processors, card networks, wallets, and commerce platforms
- Ability to connect technical product functionality with partner and market needs
- Demonstrated success managing complex partnerships and cross-functional projects
- Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities and emerging technologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a strategic mindset and a bias toward execution
Nice to have
- Experience with tokenization, payment processing, cryptology, or security products
- BA/BS degree
- A knack for out-of-the-box thinking that thrives in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience working closely with product or engineering teams in a platform company or fintech infrastructure provider, especially in an innovative and fast paced startup environment
- Familiarity with tokenization, payment flows, reconciliation processes, or data compliance frameworks
What you get
- Competitive salary
- 401(k) with a 4% match and immediate vesting (applies to US only)
- Early equity
- Internet stipend
- Learning stipend
- Office set-up stipend (applies to US only)
Worth weighing
- Role involves managing a team and developing partnership strategies, which may require strong leadership skills and experience in team dynamics.
- No specific salary listed, which may require negotiation.
- The position is remote-first but requires some in-person time if living within 30 miles of an office, which may not suit all candidates.
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Listed by Verygoodsecurity on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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