Partner Development Manager, Link - Payments Partnerships
Stripe · US-NYC; US-San Francisco; US-Seattle; US-Remote; US- Chicago; US-Atlanta; Canada-Toronto; Canada-Remote
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Stripe's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 3% of Stripe's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Stripe
- high 491 stale, 52 reposted of 633 open
- Hiring momentum
- 892 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Stripe's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Stripe.
About this role
The Partner Development Manager for Link at Stripe will focus on building and managing partnerships within the payments ecosystem, including card networks and issuers, local payment methods, and crypto providers. This role involves defining and executing partnership strategies, negotiating agreements, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance Link's payment capabilities and performance. The manager will also lead relationship management with external partners and drive the development of Link's payments product roadmap.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- 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 Stripe as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, corporate development, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in or working closely with card networks, card issuers, digital wallets, or payments infrastructure providers
- 3+ years of experience negotiating commercial deals with partners, including scaling such deals across multiple partners
- Strong communication skills, in both verbal and written form, and ability to influence stakeholders across a wide variety of functions, including at executive levels
- Technical acumen, especially an ability to understand product strategy and use this understanding to define requirements for scaling products through partnerships
- Experience developing partnership strategies and identifying, sourcing, and analyzing new partnership opportunities in greenfield segments
Nice to have
- Familiarity with card scheme rules, tokenization (network tokens, device tokens), authentication frameworks (3DS, SCA), and issuer-side authorization optimization
- Experience with emerging payment models such as agentic commerce, embedded payments, or programmable payment flows
- Experience building a new partnership category or vertical from zero—defining the strategy, establishing first partnerships, and scaling the program
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves significant negotiation and relationship management, which may require strong interpersonal skills and adaptability
- Focus on emerging payment models may indicate a fast-evolving work environment
- The position requires a high level of autonomy, which may not suit everyone
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Listed by Stripe on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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