Global Strategic Alliances Lead, Agentic Commerce and Retail Industry

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

The Global Alliances and Channels team drives growth by building and scaling go-to-market partnerships with world-class professional services firms—including global systems integrators and consultancies—alongside strategic technology leaders like AWS, Salesforce, and Adobe. Our mission is to provide users with a comprehensive ecosystem of technology and industry expertise while ensuring Stripe and our partners build high-growth, mutually beneficial businesses. We bridge the gap between Stripe’s platform and the specialized solutions our users need to scale globally.

As the Agentic Commerce and Retail Lead, you’ll drive partner strategy for this industry while delivering the thought leadership and credibility needed to build executive relationships and GTM solutions across partner Retail practices, expanding the value of our joint business.

A priority focus for this role will be to align partners with the transformative shift towards AI-driven shopping, ensuring they view Stripe as a strategic partner in this evolving landscape. You’ll work in tight alignment with Industry GTM, Agentic Commerce GTM, Product, Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Product Marketing teams.

You will define and scale retail-specific Agentic solutions with select partners, embedding Stripe’s payments and billing infrastructure into the core of broader digital transformation initiatives. Success is measured by partner-led user acquisition and revenue growth across this cohort.

• Identify, prioritize, and engage key Retail partners to build a global ecosystem that strengthens Stripe’s leadership in the industry
• Accelerate next-phase Agentic Commerce growth by developing joint partner solutions with our top partners
• Facilitate effective co-selling strategies and execution with partners for agentic solutions
• Own and execute the end-to-end partner plan across enablement, solutions, marketing, investments, and GTM programs
• Influence and align senior product and GTM leadership on strategy, priorities, and roadmap direction
• Embed platform capabilities into partner Retail solutions to generate incremental pipeline through partner routes to market.
• Activate and collaborate with field teams to scale top-of-funnel and partner-led pipeline generation
• Enable and equip partners to consistently deliver high-quality solutions and services
• Evangelize our top partners internally across Stripe and externally with customers, analysts, and industry influencers
• Support and advance enterprise deals in partnership with account teams through signature and activation
• Partner and iterate with Product and GTM teams to capture insights and continuously refine industry-leading solutions

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred experience is a bonus, not a requirement.

• 10+ years of experience leading field/partner teams with at least 4 years of global experience
• Deep experience partnering with large GSIs (Accenture, PwC, Infosys, etc.)
• Experience with enterprise software and services platforms including AWS, SFDC, Adobe, and similar products
• Domain expertise in the Retail and Travel/Hospitality industries
• Understanding of the landscape and market opportunities with Agentic Commerce
• End-to-end retail knowledge, spanning content syndication through to order fulfillment
• Enterprise expertise delivering complex, innovative solutions at scale
• Proven track record of exceeding user acquisition and revenue targets.
• Proven ability to present and evangelize new products and solutions to executives (business and…