Senior Business Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
We are looking for a high-impact results-oriented Senior Business Development Manager to spearhead our expansion within the US market. As a key player in our Upmarket Revenue division you will be responsible for identifying architecting and managing high-value partnerships that integrate Fiverrs professional solutions into the worlds leading tech ecosystems.
This is not a traditional sales role. You will be building a sustainable revenue engine and scalable flywheels by partnering with SMBs SaaS platforms E-commerce companies and AI-driven organizations. Your goal is to make our professional services an indispensable and embedded part of their customer offering focusing on high-growth sectors that drives log-term GMV impact.
This is a full-time hybrid position and requires candidates to work from Fiverrs office 3 times a week.
The salary range for this position is $150000 - $170000 with the opportunity to earn a yearly bonus.
What am I going to do:
- Strategic Pipeline Development: Identify and prioritize high-potential partners across the US specifically targeting B2B SaaS E-commerce/DTC and the Startup ecosystem.
- Partnership Architecture: Design and negotiate complex partnership models ranging from referral and co-selling agreements to deep product integrations (embedded services).
- Vertical Focus: Lead business development efforts in the emerging tech spaces creating partnerships that leverage our global talent pool for various services and verticals.
- Integration Strategy: Collaborate with product and High-Touch teams to define the roadmap for API-based integrations and processes ensuring Fiverrs services are seamlessly woven into the partners user journey and vice versa.
- Vertical Focus: Lead business development efforts in the emerging tech spaces creating partnerships that leverage our global talent pool for various services and verticals.
- Full-Cycle Execution: Own the entire partnership lifecycle - from initial outreach and value proposition design to contract negotiation operational launch and post-launch performance tracking to ensure GTM targets are met.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with Sales Product Marketing and Customer Success teams to ensure partnerships are seamlessly integrated and scalable.
Equal opportunities:
At Fiverr we prioritize diversity. We celebrate difference and embed it into every aspect of our workplace from our community to our product. Fiverr is proud and committed to providing equal opportunity employment to all individuals regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation citizenship national origin disability Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by addition Fiverr will provide accommodation to individuals with disabilities or a special need.
Requirements:
- Professional Experience: 8 years of experience in Business Development or Strategic Partnerships or Ecosystem development within the global tech sector.
- Seniority & Presence: Experience navigating multi-stakeholder deals and presenting to C-level executives at mid-to-large-scale enterprises.
- Revenue generating: Proven track record of closing strategic partnerships and directly contributing to top line revenue.
- Strategic Flow: Ability to manage a complex sales cycle independently from the first hello to a signed contract and operational launch including building high level financial models and business cases to demonstrate partnership ROI.
- Technical Savvy: High level of comfort with technical concepts (APIs SaaS workflows) to lead discovery calls with partner product/tech stakeholders.
- Communication: Exceptional negotiation presentation and written communication skills (Native-level English required).
- Soft skills: Independent driven with a go getter attitude
- Domain Expertise: A proven track record of closing deals and managing relationships within B2B SaaS Startups or E-commerce/DTC environments - a plus.
- Experience with product lead growth environments (e.g. Stripe Shopify Hubspot) - a plus.
- Ability and willingness to travel
About Company
Our mission is to change how the world works together. We started with the simple idea that people should be able to buy and sell digital services in the same fashion as physical goods on an e-commerce platform. On that basis, we set out to design a digital marketplace that is built w ... View more