About Sezzle: With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey.

If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!

About The Role

Sezzle is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Payments Partnerships to manage and grow relationships across a portfolio of critical payments, lending, and financial technology partners. This role sits at the intersection of partnerships, product, technology, and operations. You will serve as the primary owner of assigned partner relationships, managing and growing existing partnerships while driving successful integrations, operational excellence, technical alignment, and ongoing partnership performance.

The ideal candidate combines strong relationship management and communication skills with deep technical fluency.

Requirements

, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, and navigating complex operational challenges. This is a high-autonomy individual contributor role with significant visibility across Product, Engineering, Risk, Finance, and executive leadership teams.

Benefits

Represent Sezzle at partner meetings, executive briefings, and industry events Product Technical Partnership Management Own strategic partner implementations end-to-end, from contract signing through integration, launch, and optimization Serve as the internal subject matter expert on partner APIs, integration architecture, payment flows, and lending infrastructure Drive alignment on integrations and product enhancements that improve customer, merchant, and operational outcomes Monitor integration health, partner KPIs, and escalation paths, surfacing risks and resolving technical and operational issues Commercial Operational Leadership Lead contract negotiations, renewals, and strategic expansion opportunities Establish and monitor partnership KPIs, SLAs, operational health metrics, and performance scorecards Build business cases and recommendations for partnership enhancements, operational improvements, and new integration opportunities Identify, assess, and mitigate strategic, operational, and partner-related risks Drive resolution of complex commercial, technical, and operational issues Cross-Functional Influence Align stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Risk, Finance, Legal, Revenue, and Operations around partnership priorities and initiatives Serve as the internal expert on assigned partners, their capabilities, and strategic importance Lead complex cross-functional initiatives spanning executive, commercial, and technical stakeholders Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure the successful execution of partnership initiatives and alignment on priorities, timelines, and deliverables

What We'Re Looking For

5+ years of experience in strategic partnerships,