Salary
💰 $86,360 - $101,600 per year
About the role
- The Partner Relationship Manager will lead strategic engagement and growth initiatives across the MSP and digital partner channels for the US & Canada
- This role is responsible for building and managing relationships with external sellers, driving channel performance, and enabling sales success through education, sales enablement and operational support
- Success hinges on the ability to build deep relationships
- The role requires a confident, strategic professional who can influence all necessary parties, conceptualize strategies and execute them enabling partners to sell talech solutions
- This includes Sales Leaders, Individual Merchant Processing Providers, Operational teams, Product teams, and more
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in partner/channel development, POS sales, and relationship management
- They also need to understand the competitive landscape, can identify barriers to sales, adoption, activation and proactively drive sales performance across diverse geographies
- A strong grasp of regional dynamics, especially the nuances between U.S. and Canadian markets, is essential
- Partner Relationship management from within the POS and payments is required
- Key Responsibilities Market Development & Partner Management
- Develop and execute strategies to grow talech’s footprint across MSP, Digital, channels in North America
- Build trust and influence with Merchant Service Providers, driving their commitment to actively sell talech solutions
- Identify, onboard, and nurture high-performing external sales partners
- Drive partner engagement through enablement programs, sales performance reviews, and strategic planning
- Understand and address regional market dynamics—why certain areas (e.g., Canada) are selling or not—and tailor strategies accordingly
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align channel strategies with broader talech and U.S. Bank objectives
- Analyze competitive positioning and leverage insights to differentiate talech in partner conversations
- Sales Enablement & Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary liaison between talech and external/internal sales teams
- Deliver product education, sales tools, and enablement resources to drive adoption and activation
- Conduct needs assessments and engagement meetings to support sales success
- Monitor and report on channel performance metrics including attachment rates, account growth, and revenue
- Serve as a strategic advisor to partners, helping them understand the value proposition and market opportunity
- Represent talech with confidence and credibility in high-level discussions
- Travel as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
- Typically six to eight years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated sales and marketing skills and abilities
- Strong organizational and managerial skills
- Ability to work independently and in teams
- 6+ years of experience in sales support, channel development, or partner relationship management
- Proven success in growing and managing external sales networks or reseller channels
- Experience with SaaS product sales and SMB financial ecosystems
- Strong familiarity with CRM and enablement tools (e.g., Salesforce, Service Cloud, Confluence, Power BI)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Analytical mindset with a focus on execution and performance metrics
- Experience with POS solutions and SMB verticals (Retail, Restaurants, Services) is a plus
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach
- Collaborative and engaging personality that fosters trust and enthusiasm
- Comfortable navigating a fast-paced, evolving product environment
- Skilled in escalation management and creative problem-solving
- Experience with competitor POS and payments is a requirement
- Experience managing large markets and partner relationships is required