Global Payments

Technical Partner Manager – SMB Restaurant

Global Payments$80K — $95K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5+ years in technical partnerships, account management, or related roles
  • Experience with API integrations and SaaS platforms
  • Ability to travel as needed

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical discovery activities for partners
  • Evaluate partner solutions and technical fit
  • Identify integration opportunities and risks
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering for technical requirements
  • Manage partner integration plans from start to launch
  • Facilitate technical issue resolution and project timelines
  • Monitor partner adoption and operational performance

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Skill and career growth opportunities
  • Access to learning and development resources
  • Supportive, inclusive team environment
  • Community and charity initiative participation
  • Global employee assistance program for wellbeing
  • Recognition platform for achievements
Full Job Description

Ready to take your career global?

The Technical Partner Manager serves as the primary technical point of contact for SMB Restaurant ecosystem partners throughout the partnership lifecycle. Build strong working relationships with partner product, engineering, implementation, and support teams.

Support partner onboarding, technical engagement, governance meetings, and ongoing relationship management activities. Coordinate ongoing communication between partners and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely execution. Maintain partner technical profiles, integration documentation, and ecosystem knowledge.

What you'll own: 

  • Lead technical discovery activities for prospective and existing partners.

  • Evaluate partner solutions, APIs, data flows, architecture designs, implementation requirements, and technical fit within the Genius ecosystem.

  • Identify integration opportunities, potential technical risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations.

  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to gather and communicate technical requirements.

  • Provide technical recommendations that support partner prioritization and business case development.

  • Develop and manage partner integration plans from technical evaluation through production launch.

  • Coordinate cross-functional activities involving Product, Engineering, QA, Technical Services, Operations, Support, and partner technical teams.

  • Track implementation milestones, dependencies, certification activities, testing schedules, launch readiness criteria, and deployment plans.

  • Facilitate issue resolution and remove obstacles that impact partner delivery timelines.

  • Drive execution and accountability throughout the integration lifecycle.Manage the certification process for partner integrations supporting SMB Restaurant customers.

  • Ensure partners successfully complete testing requirements, operational readiness reviews, documentation requirements, and certification standards.

  • Coordinate user acceptance testing, pilot programs, launch readiness reviews, and production deployment activities.

  • Verify support procedures, escalation paths, knowledge base documentation, and operational processes prior to launch.

  • Support successful partner launches and post-launch stabilization activities.Provide ongoing technical guidance and enablement to ecosystem partners.

  • Coordinate access to technical documentation, APIs, development resources, testing environments, and support channels.

  • Help partners adopt integration best practices and platform standards.

  • Monitor partner adoption, integration utilization, and operational performance.

  • Identify improvement opportunities that enhance customer experience, integration quality, and partner satisfaction.Serve as a primary coordinator for technical escalations impacting SMB Restaurant partners and customers.

  • Partner with Engineering, Product, Support, and Operations teams to investigate issues and coordinate resolutions.

  • Manage communication during critical incidents and ensure appropriate stakeholder alignment.

  • Monitor integration health, recurring issues, partner satisfaction, and support trends.

  • Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to improve operational stability.Partner closely with Product and Engineering organizations to ensure partner solutions align with platform capabilities and strategic direction.

  • Communicate partner requirements, technical feedback, market opportunities, and operational challenges to internal stakeholders.

  • Support integration roadmap planning discussions by providing technical input, partner demand signals, implementation estimates, and business context.

  • Coordinate dependency management and integration sequencing activities across multiple initiatives.

  • Maintain alignment between partner technical roadmaps and Genius platform capabilities.

  • Ensure a consistent partner experience throughout onboarding, integration delivery, launch, and long-term support.

  • Support quarterly business reviews, partner operating reviews, and cross-functional planning processes.

What you'll bring: 

  • Bachelor's degree is required

  • 5+ years of experience in technical partnerships, technical account management, implementation consulting, solution engineering, technical program management, or related technology roles.

  • Experience supporting API integrations, SaaS platforms, POS systems, commerce platforms, or enterprise applications.

  • Ability to travel as needed

 

It's a bonus if you have the following: 

  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, system integrations, APIs, web services, and technical implementation processes.

  • Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects involving external partners and internal engineering teams.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences.

  • Experience working with multiple teams simultaneously while managing complex priorities and timelines.

Our perks - what we’ll bring for you: 

We know it’s bigger than just your career. It’s your life and your world. That’s why we offer global benefits and programs to support you at every stage. Here’s a taste of what you can expect. 

  • A competitive salary and benefits package that recognizes your contribution 

  • Opportunities to grow your skills and build your career within a global business 

  • Access to learning, development and on-the-job experiences that expand your expertise 

  • A supportive, inclusive team environment where your ideas and input matter 

  • Time to give back through community and charity initiatives 

  • A global employee assistance program to support your wellbeing 

  • Recognition through a global platform that celebrates your achievements. 

  • https://jobs.globalpayments.com/en/why-global-payments/benefits/ 

 

About Global Payments

Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) is a transaction processors and offers worldwide electronic transaction processing services through their high speed, robust electronic information networks. These networks process billions of business and consumer payment card and money transfer transactions annually for customers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America. Global Payments also provides business-to-business payment card and processing services, such as money transfer, cash management, financial electronic data interchange, management information and reporting services.

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Size
25,000 employees
Market Cap
$25.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$584.5 million
Founded
1967
5 Year Trend
+31.1%
Revenue
$7.4 billion
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