Head of Strategic Partnerships
We are on a constant mission to put together a team that greatly values one another and is committed to our merchants. Our boldness, startup mindset, empathy and love for our products foster a creative environment for our employees.
As our Head of Strategic Partnerships, you’ll play a key role in driving SumUp's Partnership Strategy for Partners, Large Merchants and Integrations across all of our operating countries in Europe. You'll set the long-term vision of the area in close collaboration with the Commercial Director by setting strategic commercial targets and frameworks, aligning on infrastructure development and cross-functional collaborating to streamline teams across the whole customer journey.
What you'll do
Drive SumUp's Partner Management function across the EU by defining a vision and go-to-market strategy for the region
Actively drive the team culture, structure and direction of the Partner Management team, setting targets, facilitating team development and focus on building a high performance team with a winning mindset
Analyse data and reports to refine sales strategies, drive growth of existing partnerships and expand our partner portfolio to build more successful partnerships and acquire more enterprise merchants.
Proactively review and improve business models, commercial setups to ensure a clear focus on maximising revenue of the channel
Drive transparency, automation and simplification of our sales process to optimise for revenue growth, pace setting and maximising output
Constantly seek opportunities to improve and structure our processes and implement best practices
Establish ways of work with other functions and tribes within the SumUp ecosystem to foster collaboration and finding synergies and efficiencies.
You'll be great for this position if
You have 10+ years of experience working in B2B Sales/Business Development.
You have strong experience in managing, coaching, and leading regional (EU) and large teams (10+).
You have great analytical skills and strong business acumen.
You’re self-driven, proactive, persistent, pragmatic and have a can-do attitude.
You enjoy solving complex problems, taking a broad and long term perspective to identify solutions
Why you should join SumUp
We’re a global team of 3000+ people from 80+ countries, spread across 22 offices on 4 continents.
You can truly create your own path here and help us shape the future for small merchants.
We get together regularly for breakfasts, team events, office parties, and sports
You’ll receive a budget for your individual development, attending conferences and external training.
We offer a corporate pension scheme, 28 days’ paid leave, free German and yoga classes, subsidised Urban Sports Club membership and other great benefits.
About SumUp
We believe in the everyday hero.
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.
SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.
SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.
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