NMI is looking for an experienced sales leader to lead, own, and grow NMI's US ISV book across two businesses:
NMI Payments (card acceptance and acquiring) and
Money Movement (account-to-account pay-ins and payouts on ACH, RTP and FedNow, through Dwolla, part of NMI since May 2026). Reporting to the VP Enterprise Sales, you'll lead the team that keeps our software partners, grows their volume and brings them onto more of the platform.
This is a builder's role. You'll design the coverage model, set the operating rhythm and define what great service looks like, then hold the team to it. You'll know it's working when partners stay, grow and recommend us to their peers.
This is a remote role based in the US, with travel of around 25%.
About the TeamYou'll lead a team of four channel account managers covering 525 software partners and about $40M in annual revenue. The team owns NMI's relationships with US ISVs from go-live to renewal, across card acceptance, acquiring, gateway, value-added services and, with Dwolla, account-to-account payments. Over the coming year, the team will bring the Dwolla and NMI Payments partner books together into a single coverage model, so partners get one standard of service across the whole platform.
In year one, success means the book grows ahead of plan, net revenue retention stays above 100%, top partners adopt both card and account-to-account, partner NPS improves each quarter, and the team runs to one standard, with a coverage model in place and every channel account manager on a success plan.
You will:Grow the book- Own revenue, retention and expansion for the US ISV book across NMI Payments and Money Movement.
- Build account plans that expand each partner's footprint, taking them from a single product to the full platform: card, account-to-account, acquiring, gateway, value-added services and Merchant Central, our payments CRM.
- Lead pricing, renewals and negotiations with the largest partners. Protect margin, and give concessions only in exchange for term, volume or product adoption.
- Catch risk early, such as falling volume, dormant merchants, competitive threats or pricing pressure, and act on it before it becomes churn.
- Drive merchant activation and boarding inside partner platforms. Measure time-to-first-transaction and the share of dormant merchants, and work with partners to lift attach rate.
- Help ISVs build and evolve their payments monetization strategy: revenue share, residuals and pricing to their merchants.
- Defend the book against competitive displacement from other platforms and in-house payfac builds.
- Run joint business planning with top partners, including co-marketing, enablement and incentives that grow merchant adoption.
Build and lead the team- Hire, coach and develop channel account managers, with clear ownership, partner tiers and coverage.
- Run a weekly rhythm covering pipeline, forecast, partner health and escalations, backed by clean Salesforce data.
- Create the playbooks the team runs on: QBRs, success plans, and renewal and expansion motions.
- Lead the migration and consolidation of the Dwolla and NMI Payments partner books into a single coverage model, account plan and Salesforce view.
- Use data and AI tooling to segment the book, predict churn and target expansion, not just to report on it.
Deliver for partners- Make NMI the easiest payments partner to work with, and the one partners recommend.
- Own the partner experience from go-live to renewal, working with Product, Partner Success and Support.
- Act as executive sponsor and escalation point for top ISVs.
- Partner with Risk, Underwriting and Compliance on partner and merchant health: PCI, Nacha rules for ACH, chargebacks and fraud exposure.
Be the voice of the partner- Bring a ranked view of partner needs to quarterly roadmap planning, sized by revenue at risk and expansion unlocked. Negotiate trade-offs with Product and Engineering, and set honest expectations with partners.
- Own the partner side of every launch: recruit beta partners, drive adoption and keep partners informed. When something breaks, co-own the response through to root cause.
Minimum Requirements:- 10+ years in account management, partnerships or sales in payments, fintech or SaaS, with real depth in ISV and embedded payments partners.
- 5+ years leading account or partner managers, including hiring and building a team.
- Strong knowledge of acquiring and processing economics, and of how ISVs make money from payments.
- Commercial confidence in pricing, renewals and complex negotiations with senior partner leaders.
- A track record of leading teams to grow an existing book through retention, cross-sell and wider product adoption, with the NRR results to prove it.
- Operating discipline across forecasting, pipeline management, KPIs and Salesforce.
- Experience partnering with Product and Engineering leaders to shape the roadmap, using partner insight and data to champion what matters most to partners.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with ACH, RTP, FedNow or payouts platforms.
- Experience leading account management through an acquisition or platform integration.
- Exposure to verticals such as property, insurance, lending, healthcare or field services.
- Experience managing partners on payfac, referral and wholesale ISV/ISO models, and moving partners between them.
Do you feel like you have a slightly out of the ordinary career path or history? We are open to all walks of life and very willing to hear your story. Please don't feel like this should be a barrier to securing a great career at NMI! We appreciate success can come in all shapes and sizes. Fill in the 'Additional Info' box on our application to tell us more about your path.
As well as being a part of something exciting everyday, you will also receive the following benefits:- A remote first culture!
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Personal growth and advancement opportunities
- Flex PTO & dedicated sick time
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life, ADD, Short-term and Long-term Disability insurance
- 401k matching up to 4% after two months of service
- Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Parental Leave
- Company volunteer days
- Employee referral program
- Bonusly colleague recognition
We believe that having a diverse group of employees strengthens both our work and our workplace. We're focused on making NMI more diverse and welcoming with initiatives like having a dedicated Diversity, Equity & Inclusion action group, diversity goals for hiring, anonymized resume screening, affinity groups such as our Women's network and LGBTQ+ Network, open forums for discussions on diversity and social justice, and measuring inclusion and belonging as part of our regular employee engagement surveys.
This is a remote role with an annual US base salary range of $200,000 - $225,000 USD. This salary range will be narrowed during the interview process based on experience, qualification, and location.
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Salary range, depending on experience:
$200,000-$225,000 USD
