Partner Relationship Manager, MSP

Job description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best.

Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.

We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential.

A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career.

Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

**Job Description**

The Partner Relationship Manager will lead strategic engagement and growth initiatives across the Merchant Service Provider (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

**Basic Qualifications**

+ Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
+ Typically six to eight years of relevant experience

**Preferred Skills/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.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/disability-accommodations-for-applicants) .

**Benefits:**

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work.

That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind.

Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

+ Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
+ Basic term and optional term life insurance
+ Short-term and long-term disability
+ Pregnancy disability and parental leave
+ 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
+ Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
+ Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
+ Adoption assistance
+ Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

**E-Verify**

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories.

The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Learn more about the E-Verify program (https://careers.usbank.com/verification-of-eligibility-for-employment) .

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first.

The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role.

In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay Range: $86,360.00 - $101,600.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment.

U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA).

In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

**Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.**

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