Alliance Partnership Manager

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft. For its teams, Adyen creates an environment with opportunities to succeed, backed by the culture and support to enable people to truly own their careers. The company tackles unique technical challenges at scale and solves them as a team, delivering innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Partnerships at Adyen

At Adyen, over 40% of deals that go live involve a partner. The Partnerships team’s five-year plan is to continue accelerating this growth and increase that number well north of 70%. To help drive this mission, Adyen is seeking an experienced Partner Manager to spearhead the expansion of the global partnership with Accenture, based in London or Amsterdam.

In this critical role, you will be entrusted with managing and continuing to mature our relationship with Accenture and a select few global system integrators. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of how GSIs and consultancies win and deliver transformation services and will strategically collaborate to maximize mutual benefits with partners operating in these domains. By blending both business and product expertise, you will proactively identify, develop, and nurture this key strategic channel for Adyen.

As a vital member of the team, you will play a role in driving enterprise pipeline growth for the sales organization and contributing to the acceleration of overall business growth. If you thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment and have a proven track record in medium- to long-tail partner management, this is an opportunity to bring your ideas and initiatives to an ambitious team.

What you’ll do

• Execute a comprehensive partner management strategy aimed at maturing the global relationship with Accenture and a select few GSIs, driving market expansion, and accelerating revenue growth
• Serve as the primary point of contact between Adyen and alliance partners, ensuring seamless communication and fostering collaboration
• Support a global network of partner managers working with your GSI and drive a consistent go-to-market strategy across NA, EMEA, and APAC
• Collaborate closely with GSIs to devise joint go-to-market strategies, co-marketing campaigns, sales empowerment initiatives, and industry-specific solutions
• Drive negotiation and administration of partnership agreements, ensuring mutual benefit, legal compliance, and alignment with Adyen's strategic goals
• Work with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, product development, and legal, to ensure a unified approach to alliance partnership success
• Evaluate key performance metrics and continuously optimize GSI partnership performance
• Engage key stakeholders within GSIs to understand their needs, address challenges, and gather feedback to enhance the partnership offering
• Conduct regular business reviews with SIs to ensure alignment on objectives, performance metrics, and strategic endeavors
• Stay updated on industry trends, competitor strategies, and market dynamics to uphold Adyen's competitive advantage in GSI partnerships

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in a direct partnerships or alliances-facing role, or experience working at a GSI
• Experience building partnerships with GSIs and consultants focused on the payments, fintech, or digital transformation space
• Experience managing Accenture is a plus
• Ability to think and operate like an entrepreneur, with a go-getter mentality
• Ability to see the bigger picture in channel management using a global and commercial mindset
• Flexible, professional, accurate, and structured
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to thrive in a flat organization with a lot of autonomy
• Full professional proficiency in written and verbal English
• Comfortable with up to 25% travel in EMEA and NA