Global Head SMB Partnerships

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.  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