Partnerships Manager
Location: Manchester
Salary: Up to £45,000
About Blink Payment
Blink Payment makes accepting and reconciling payments easy. Whether businesses are looking to take payments online or in person; they are completed through one simple platform. Our all-in-one solution supports multiple payment methods, which includes open banking, payment links, virtual terminals (paying over the phone), card machines, and can integrate with various software providers, such a Xero or QuickBooks, through easy-to-use API's.
It’s an exciting time to join us – as we’re growing fast! With new products, customers and huge plans for exponential growth, there’s plenty of opportunity to make your mark.
What makes us unique?
1. A platform that provides options - Our platform provides every payment type a business will ever need, allowing your business to adapt and grow alongside your payment provider.
2. Simplicity - We like to keep things simple, there's no need for multiple platforms, business payments and
reconciliations are kept in one easy-to-use platform.
3. Personal touch - A support team available via online live chat, email, WhatsApp and phone, to resolve any issues. With a current average response time of 6 seconds to answer phone calls.
Our core values:
🚀 Be proactive
We value people who take initiative and step forward. At Blink Payment, you’re trusted with real responsibility early, and progress comes from acting within clear priorities - not waiting to be told.
🛠️ Own the solution
We take ownership of outcomes, not just tasks. People here are expected to solve problems, improve what’s in front of them, and see things through to completion.
🏅 Win with integrity
How we achieve results matters. We hold high standards for how we work - with customers, partners, and each other – and we expect people to act with honesty and accountability.
🤝 Ready to help
We work closely and support each other to get things done. Being in the same space helps us move faster, solve problems in real time, and stay connected as a team.
About the role
The Partnership Manager sits within our commercial pods and is key to bringing Blink’s payment solutions and APIs to a broader market to deliver commercial success. Working within the revenue team, this role is responsible for identifying and closing for new partnership opportunities predominantly with ISVs in selected industry verticals in order to drive referral leads from merchants.
This role requires a confident and commercially driven self-starter to win new relationships with independent software vendors and support them on their journey through integration and activation of the payment capability to their Merchant base.
Key Responsibilities
* Identify and build a pipeline of strategic partnerships with ISVs and other ecosystem providers to establish long term, commercially successful relationships within selected verticals.
* Research and analyse the software management market to present the total market opportunity
* Prospecting and outreach to independent software vendors to generate new opportunities
* Meet or exceed targets via sales generated with and through ISV Partners
* Provide expertise in discussions with ISVs on best co product development and co marketing initiatives to bring joint solutions to market fast
* Collaborate with internal and external product, marketing, sales and finance teams
* Attend market events and build a wide network across software, payments and financial services
The Ideal candidate:
* Energetic, ambitious and active individual who is comfortable working independently and with a team
* Self motivated and action driven, ready to drive their own opportunities
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact and influence decision makers
* Excellent negotiation skills
* Intuitive and with an interest in software and or the FinTech sector
* Strong problem solver that can quickly create and present alternative solutions
Why join Blink Payment?
* Come on board a fast growing privately owned business
* 26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
* An additional day of annual leave for your Birthday
* Early finish on a Friday at 3:30PM
* Private Health Insurance (Vitality)
* Access to Perkbox - our flexible benefits portal
* Matched pension contributions up to 6%
* Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
* Frequent company social events + quarterly company off-sites
* Learning & Development Opportunities