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Paramount Commerce

Pay-by-bank payments platform for merchants

Head of Emerging Verticals

Business Development & PartnershipsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • Proven track record as a business unit owner, strategic growth leader, General Manager, or Chief of Staff, balancing strategic vision with hands-on operational execution.
  • Deep expertise in payments, fintech, banking ecosystems, or adjacent technology sectors.
  • Demonstrated track record of carrying and exceeding an individual or vertical revenue target while driving long-term strategic initiatives.
  • Experience combining high-performing enterprise sales with strategic business building, including leading executive meetings and understanding product, market mechanics, and unit economics.
  • Demonstrated success growing multi-million-dollar business lines or leading geographic or vertical market expansions.
  • Ability to align Product, Operations, Marketing, and Sales teams toward shared strategic and financial objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Define, execute, and continuously refine 12-, 24-, and 36-month strategic growth plans for non-core and emerging verticals.
  • Identify, assess, and prioritize new vertical opportunities, business cases, adjacent revenue streams, and go-to-market strategies.
  • Analyze pipeline metrics and market feedback to guide high-level product feedback and advocate for necessary product investments.
  • Own a vertical revenue quota and drive end-to-end deal cycles from initial market strategy through execution and revenue delivery in high-growth verticals.
  • Translate strategic vision into commercial roadmaps and remove execution barriers across Product, Operations, Marketing, and Commercial teams.
  • Establish operating rhythms, KPI frameworks, performance-management dashboards, and executive reporting for emerging vertical growth.
  • Evaluate, guide, and optimize the team’s pipeline delivery and vertical execution.
  • Lead high-level merchant and ecosystem discussions to accelerate market penetration and build strategic, repeatable deal frameworks.
  • Act as the primary strategic operator for new growth, reducing operational execution dependency on the Chief Revenue Officer and enabling executive leadership to focus on broader commercial scale.
  • Support the Business Development team by stepping into complex, high-value strategic opportunities and advisory functions.

About the Company

Paramount Commerce

Pay-by-bank payments platform for merchants

Paramount Commerce helps Canadian merchants process payments directly from customers’ bank accounts using pay-by-bank services, enabling one-click transactions. Its platform connects to customers’ bank accounts via APIs, and handles secure payment authorization, processing, and risk checks so merchants can offer fast, reliable payments. The company differentiates itself with a long track record, patented technology, and a large-scale network that has processed over $100 billion for millions of consumers. Its goal is to simplify payments in Canada and create smooth, trustworthy experiences for both merchants and consumers.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2003

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