Global Head SMB Partnerships

Location
London Office
Workplace
Hybrid

About this role

Ready to take your career global?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for an experienced Global Head SMB Partnerships to join our ever evolving team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What You’ll Own

•Lead and transform an existing partnerships team into a strategic, highly visible SMB revenue focused team
•Own SMB partnerships commercialization: support sales leads optimise locally managed partner channels and drive commercial outcomes from product partners
•Manage and grow partners that span all SMB geographies and lines of business, driving tangible benefit to our SMB P&L
•Be accountable for performance including team target setting, compensation plans, setting KPIs and reporting and building a high-performance culture
•Shape the current and ongoing strategic focus of the SMB partnerships team, aligned with sales requirements and our Global Payments SMB strategy
•Define and set relevant targets for team members, review existing compensation plans and achieve consistency across teams
•Be highly visible with our SMB Sales Executives and SMB Product Executives, setup reporting cadences to drive visibility and ensure alignment to their goals
•Collaborate cross-functionally (Enterprise, SMB, Product and more) with other partner teams to align on roles and responsibilities and ongoing governance in the new Global Payments
•Work closely with Director of Partnerships Centre of Excellence to drive Global Payments partner operating model and drive the best experience for our partners
•Be a member of our SMB GTM & COM XLT and a future leader within Global Payments

What you’ll bring

•Shape the current and ongoing strategic focus of the SMB partnerships team, aligned with sales requirements and our Global Payments SMB strategy
•Define and set relevant targets for team members, review existing compensation plans and achieve consistency across teams
•Be highly visible with our SMB Sales Executives and SMB Product Executives, setup reporting cadences to drive visibility and ensure alignment to their goals
•Collaborate cross-functionally (Enterprise, SMB, Product and more) with other partner teams to align on roles and responsibilities and ongoing governance in the new Global Payments
•Work closely with Director of Partnerships Centre of Excellence to drive Global Payments partner operating model and drive the best experience for our partners
•Be a member of our SMB GTM & COM XLT and a future leader within Global Payments
Technical skills
•Ability to develop and lead commercial and technical teams
•Experience driving transformation and strategic direction of business areas
•Ability to structure problems and prioritise
•Commercial acumen and ability to drive and own reporting for commercial outcomes
•Knowledge of Payments industry, product and technology fluency
Leadership skills
•A self starter who thrives under ambiguity and building something new
•Commercially driven and able to build and maintain a culture of high performance
•Change leadership with the ability to embed strategy via KPIs, operating reviews, and transparent progress / learning cadences
•Intellectual humility and agility; strong bias to use data as basis for decision making
•Master of stakeholder management and influencing people
•Able to leverage a diverse set of skill-sets and experience to achieve strategic and commercial objectives
•Deep understanding and executor of Global Payments strategy and goals including SMB LOB strategy and goals
Mindset and Behaviours
•Fosters culture and talent
•Visionary and future thinking
•Manages ambiguity
•Results orientated

Courage of conviction

•Diverse and inclusive perspective
•Strategic mindset
•Accountable
•Data-driven

About the team
Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.


What makes a Globalpayer?
Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

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