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title: 'Strategic Partnerships Manager at Finix'
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# Strategic Partnerships Manager at Finix

- **Company:** Finix
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/finix/2022105d-fe1e-4ee8-8a43-ec3d95eac280

## Job description

## About Finix

Finix is building the global operating system for fintech, starting with payments. From startups to publicly traded companies, Finix processes tens of billions of dollars annually both in-store and online. Finix was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

To date Finix has raised over $200M, including a $75M Series C led by Acrew Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners and backed by American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Homebrew, Inspired Capital, Visa, and others

## About the Role

Finix is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Manager to drive revenue growth through external partnerships. In this role, you will identify, structure, and manage high-impact referral, channel, and ecosystem partnerships that bring new merchant leads into our sales pipeline. You’ll work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Product to build programs that expand Finix’s reach, generate qualified opportunities, and accelerate adoption of our embedded payments platform.

This role requires a strong business development skill set, deep understanding of GTM motions, and the ability to build and manage partner programs at scale. You should be comfortable with ambiguity, excited about building from zero-to-one, and energized by the opportunity to make Finix the payments platform of choice for software platforms.

You Will:

- Identify and prioritize new channel, referral, and co-sell partners aligned with Finix’s ICP
- Design and launch partnership programs that drive lead volume, pipeline contribution, and sourced revenue
- Build and manage strategic relationships with partner executives, revenue leaders, and solution teams
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, RevOps, and Product to align on partner value prop, target verticals, and sales enablement
- Negotiate and close partner agreements, including deal structures, incentive programs, and GTM plans
- Own performance tracking and pipeline reporting across partner channels
- Scale operational processes for onboarding, enablement, and ongoing partner success

You Have:

- 5+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, or channel sales, ideally at a high-growth SaaS or payments company
- Proven track record of sourcing, closing, and scaling GTM partnerships that drive pipeline and revenue
- Strong commercial acumen and experience negotiating partnership contracts
- Experience building zero-to-one programs or GTM motions
- Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders, including C-level executives
- Deep understanding of the SaaS ecosystem and embedded payments landscape
- Experience managing referral or reseller partnerships
- Previous experience working within the payments or FinTech industry

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Finix is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected class.

Role: Strategic Partnership Manager Level: IC4 Location: Canada Base Salary Range: $125,000/yr to $200,000/yr OTE + equity + benefits

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries at our headquarters in San Francisco, California. Individual pay is determined by work location, job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

## About Finix

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Finix provides a payment infrastructure platform that enables businesses to accept, process, and manage payments through a developer-friendly API and white-label tools.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $204M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Richie Serna (CEO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Payments infrastructure, Fintech
- Target customers: Fast-growing startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, e-commerce businesses, and large-scale enterprises
- Mission or purpose statement: “To build the most accessible financial services ecosystem in history, starting with payments.”

## Products & Services
- **Finix Payment Platform**: An end-to-end, all-in-one payment solution with a universal API and intuitive dashboard. Businesses can accept and embed payments, automate workflows (reconciliation, underwriting, dispute management), manage fees and compliance, and access automated reporting. It supports payments, payouts, recurring billing, risk management, and compliance in a single system.
- **White-Label Tools**: No-code and low-code tools that let businesses embed a seamless, branded payment experience for their own customers.
- **Developer SDKs & APIs**: APIs and SDKs (including for Android) enabling custom payment experiences and integrations with various payment terminal providers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $204M, with a $75M Series C round raised in 2024. Annual revenue estimated at $10M (per LinkedIn estimates).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Acrew Capital (led Series C), Leap Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Homebrew, Insight Partners, Inspired Capital, Sequoia Capital, Visa, and Cap Table Coalition.
- **Growth Signals**: Processes billions of dollars in transactions annually. Grew headcount by ~17.3% YoY. Serves customers including Lunchbox, AgVend, Clubessential, Passport, Vroom, and Meadow. Has expanded into Canada and operates across the U.S. and Canada.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full-Stack Acquirer/Processor**: Finix is a full-stack acquirer processor, meaning it provides the underlying processing infrastructure rather than just a gateway, giving customers more control and access to better margins.
- **Customizability & Revenue Optimization**: Offers hundreds of configuration options and a choice of fee settings to optimize payments profitability, including per-payment-method pricing, transaction volume discounts, and accelerated settlement.
- **Developer-First Approach**: A “get started in hours, not days” API with thorough documentation, a test environment, and a team dedicated to helping customers design solutions.
- **High Reliability & Uptime**: Industry-leading 99.999% uptime guarantee.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Building the “global operating system for fintech,” with a specific focus on removing technical, regulatory, and compliance barriers to expand access to payments and fintech globally.
- **Product Depth**: Continuing to enhance the platform with more automation, reporting tools, and embedded payment capabilities to serve the full lifecycle of payment operations for growing businesses.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: Focused on breaking down barriers in financial services and making technology accessible. Emphasis on “people-first” culture with values like “act like an owner.”
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Offices in San Francisco (SOMA district) and Chicago (West Loop). Many roles are US-Remote. Specific job postings may be location-specific (e.g., Toronto role in the job description).
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive salary and equity. Benefits include generous paid time off, wellness days, flexible health plans (medical, dental, vision), 100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents, life insurance, and inclusive parental leave.
- **Engineering Culture**: Developer-friendly environment; the company’s own product is an API, so engineers work on solving complex payments and infrastructure problems. Emphasis on owning implementation, best practices, and architecture.

## Sources
1. [finix.com](https://finix.com/)
2. [finix.com/about-finix](https://finix.com/about-finix)
3. [finix.com/careers](https://finix.com/careers)
4. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/finix-payments)
5. [Jobs.lever.co (Android Engineer Job Posting)](https://jobs.lever.co/finix/921435a1-3d41-4e4b-a6d3-aec375880305)

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