# Strategic Partnership Manager

**Company**: PayPal
**Location**: San Jose, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

This job influences executive-level decision-making regarding business and technical strategies for payment partnerships. They establish and manage strategic relationships with banks and financial institutions, leading efforts to expand market reach.

**Essential Responsibilities:**

- Define the overarching partnership strategy to align with business growth and innovation goals.

- Establish and maintain relationships with executive stakeholders at banks, payment networks, and other industry entities.

- Drive market expansion by identifying opportunities in new market segments and geographies.

- Lead high-level negotiations to secure mutually beneficial agreements with strategic partners.

- Collaborate with senior leadership to ensure partnership strategies align with organizational priorities.

- Represent the company at key industry events to strengthen its reputation as a market leader.

- Oversee the implementation of partnerships, ensuring objectives are met effectively and on time.

- Influence cross-functional teams to execute partnership strategies across product, marketing, and legal functions.

- Anticipate and mitigate risks related to regulatory changes and competitive dynamics in the payments industry.

- Evaluate the long-term impact of partnerships on revenue growth and market leadership.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- 10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

**Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications :**

- Strong track record of managing global partnerships and delivering results in a complex, fast-paced environment.

- Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills.

- Ability to think creatively and strategically, with a focus on long-term partnership success.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities, with experience working in cross-functional teams.

- Possesses strong leadership skills to guide cross-functional projects, effectively communicating and collaborating with various stakeholders ranging from product, engineers, business partners, legal, and executive leadership at all organizational levels.

**Benefits:** At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. We offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing,physical, emotional, and financial,delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

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## Skills

### Required
- strategic partnerships
- relationship management
- market expansion
- negotiation
- leadership

### Nice to have
- global partnerships
- complex environment
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills

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