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About the Role

Stripe is seeking a Partner Development Manager to drive the open banking partnership strategy for the Financial Connections business. This role focuses on expanding connectivity with major banks and credit unions in the US to ensure seamless consumer access to financial data. The position involves end-to-end deal strategy and execution, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing executive-level relationships with external partners.

Responsibilities

Own a partnership portfolio of top financial institutions and drive them through the full partnership lifecycle from initial outreach to scaled growth on Financial Connections
Leverage deep knowledge of the open banking ecosystem to guide internal cross-functional stakeholders through an evolving business and regulatory landscape, implementing thoughtful partnership strategies that accelerate Stripe's connectivity across the financial ecosystem
Identify and effectively analyze new partnership opportunities, ultimately making recommendations to relevant decision makers and cross-functional stakeholders
Negotiate strategic partnership agreements with banks and credit unions, navigating complex legal, compliance, and technical requirements
Develop and maintain executive-level relationships at key financial institutions, partnering with Stripe leadership on strategic long term objectives
Exhibit an operationally focused mindset, with an ability to lead teams through complex relationship management activities by setting a clear vision, and running tight processes

Requirements

5+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, corporate development or related field
Experience negotiating commercial deals with financial institutions, including bilateral data access or API agreements
Exceptionally 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
Strong agency, can handle ambiguity in a fast-moving organization, and thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
2+ years of experience working directly with banks, credit unions, or fintechs on data access, open banking, or API connectivity initiatives
Familiarity with open banking standards (FDX), regulatory frameworks (CFPB 1033), and the competitive landscape of financial data aggregation
Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder deal processes involving legal, compliance, information security, and technical integration teams at large financial institutions

Skills

Open banking
Partnership strategy
Deal negotiation
Relationship management
Financial institutions
API connectivity
Product strategy
Communication
Technical acumen

Location

North America

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

5+ years
2+ years

About the Company

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
The Financial Connections team sources, develops, and manages relationships with our most critical financial institutions, banking, and ecosystem partners. Our team drives the expansion of Stripe's merchant and consumer offerings by building partnerships with the leading companies in these areas. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives with these partners across new product initiatives. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and the products used by millions of our users.