Alliance Manager

This hybrid opportunity can be based out of our Toronto or Vancouver office.

About the Alliance Manager Opportunity

We are building a world-class Alliances organization and are looking for a team member who can help us achieve our goals. We are looking for an experienced Alliance professional to contribute to the program’s growth. 

The ideal candidate will be in tune with the key players in our ecosystem and have a passion for the financial technology space. Through grit, attention to detail, focus, strategic thinking, analytical skills, and a can-do attitude, you will help build our Partner Program to support Tipalti’s aggressive growth goals.

Why join Tipalti?

Tipalti is one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies. We free finance professionals to lead by modernizing the entire payables operation. We are a well-funded, late-stage start-up backed by high-profile investors. Our 2021 Series F funding round raised $270 million, valuing us at over $8.3 billion. With total funding of just over $550 million, and with more than 4000 global customers, Tipalti is one of the most valuable private fintech companies in the world.

At Tipalti, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, the quality of our product and the capabilities of our people. Tipaltians are passionate about the work they do, and keen to get the job done. Tipalti offers competitive benefits, a flexible workplace, career coaching, and an environment where diverse individuals can thrive and make an impact. Our culture ensures everyone checks their egos at the door and stands ready to reach for success together. 

Founded in Israel in 2010, Tipalti is a global business headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Foster City) with offices in Tel Aviv, Plano, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Amsterdam and Tbilisi.

Responsibilities:

• Own relations with Financial Consulting Firms - top partners in the territory include CLA, Forvis, CBIZ, Baker Tilly & Accenture
• Build multi-level relationships within assigned partners including executive, marketing, sales, and sales support
• Identify and produce high-quality leads through constant engagements with partners including office visits, sales team training/coaching, marketing strategies, trade shows, and more
• Coordinate with internal resources to accomplish enablement efforts to launch partners and on-going to keep partners engaged with Tipalti
• Identify opportunities for new alliances and partnerships to expand Tipalti’s reach, maintaining a solid pipeline of new potential partners
• Create and deliver compelling presentations to existing and potential partners. 
• Join networking groups and attend events
• Develop and enable a joint go-to-market message with strategic partners.
• Work closely with the entire field and internal sales teams, pre-sales engineers, and marketing to grow new and incremental revenue
• Give clear and concise feedback to internal stakeholders on partner programs, product compatibility, ecosystem viability
• Effectively communicating to management through Salesforce updates, emails, and other means
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Operations, Product, Legal and Compliance teams to deliver the best solution based on Tipalti and our partner’s need

About You:

• 7+ Years in SaaS-based Technologies
• 5+ Years in Alliances, managing partners
• A proven track record in scaling and growing a new and existing partner ecosystems
• Experience working in the ERP / accounting / financial management / financial ops domain and working with FinTech a plus
• Builder mindset, comfortable sharing ideas, trying new approaches and is focused on achieving team and company short and long term goals
• Doesn’t make excuses, pushes through adversity to hit numbers
• Brings an existing network of relationships across target alliance partners
• Strong ability to drive execution of strategic initiatives and tactics
• Experience developing, negotiating and closing partner deals
• Ability to sell people and partners on the vision and mission of Tipalti and of our partner program - get them emotionally and economically invested in the relationship
• Travel required on a monthly basis
• A track record of working in a fast-paced environment, setting your own demanding expectations, inspiring and supporting your teammates and exceeding those expectations
• Solid attention to detail
• Ability to understand and demonstrate Tipalti’s products as well as to interact with product, marketing, sales, and operational teams and executives through a variety of channels
• Assertive, Passionate, Persuasive, Positive, Consultative, loves to compete and win
• Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience required

Tipalti’s sales teams drive global growth for our best-in-class product. Whether you are an account executive, sales development representative, or solutions consultant, you’ll be joining a team of individuals who thrive within a fast-paced, metrics- and performance-driven sales organization. Our collaborative culture ensures that our sales teams work as one to deliver on common goals, whilst being provided with the resources to learn and grow via the Tipalti Academy.

Our benefits package includes: 

• Hybrid working model that requires you to be in office Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
• Competitive salary and stock options
• Matching RRSP
• Extended benefits, Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, AD&D, LTD
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• Subsidized lunch on office days
• Fresh fruit, snacks & drinks in office
• Conveniently located close to transit
• Phone/internet allowance 
• Regular company-wide social events
• Multiple ERG groups celebrating our diversity and creating an inclusive culture  

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