Enterprise Partner Growth Manager
About Check
Payroll is broken. It's still running on decades-old infrastructure. We're rebuilding it.
We’re the payroll engine behind the platforms businesses rely on every day. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we’re redefining how people get paid and making it easier for our partners to launch, grow, and thrive.
On our team, you'll use creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit to simplify the complexity of payroll for thousands of employers of every size, across all industries. We ignore conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and values each builder brings to our mission: make paying people simple. Check out our origin story!
Check is far more than just API infrastructure. We’re a springboard for building and scaling payroll businesses. See how it works for our partners.
Check is looking for it's next Enterprise Partner Growth Manager. This is a high visibility and strategic role where you'll serve as General Manager for a portfolio of 5-10 high priority partners. You’ll manage these partners by establishing and maintaining a communication cadence with your portfolio, and provide proactive reporting on their status internally.
We expect our team to roll up their sleeves and execute with a high degree of autonomy, sharing information and knowledge early and often with peers and stakeholders. You will work closely with cross-functional internal and external teams, including Sales, R&D, Marketing, Enablement, Product and others. Together, you'll identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and execute on targets with determination and precision.
Candidates ideal for this role are tenacious, goal-oriented, and experienced with building detailed strategic plans with Partners/customers. You must have a knack for ruthless prioritization, and comfort operating in technical and commercially complex environments.
In this role, you will
Earn the trust of our Partners and build in-depth relationships by maintaining a complete understanding of their business goals and objectives across various stakeholders
Consult on our Partners’ payroll business by investigating the root cause of blockers, outlining and selling Partners on the appropriate strategies to unblock inefficiencies and revenue, and creating strategic execution plans while acting as a trusted advisor to ensure every Partner is leveraging the full value of Check
Execute all phases of the post-sales Partner lifecycle, including launch, milestone setting and renewal negotiations
Outline mutual success metrics/KPIs with our Partners that align their and Check’s revenue/growth goals
Develop, execute, and maintain a communication cadence with your portfolio of Partners
Inform cross-functional counterparts on focus areas relative to Partner needs and pain points
Partner with cross-functional teams to build appropriate communication plans including but not limited to releases, roadmap updates, compliance updates, and incident management
Introduce and implement new products and features to your Partners, evaluate their success, and navigate feedback channels with them and Check’s Product team
Many backgrounds could fit this role, but ideal candidates will have most or all of the following:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in a related field
5+ years of relevant work experience, including:
Experience in the SaaS space - experience in the fintech or payroll space a plus
Strategic growth or consulting experience
Post-sales partner/account management or existing account growth experience
Demonstrated success owning a portfolio of customer or partner relationships with complex technical/product needs
Familiarity with AI tools and curiosity about how they can improve partner workflows
Empathy and genuine care for partners - you view their success as your own
You run toward hard problems, prioritize truth over consensus, and are energized by operating in technically and commercially complex environments
Ability to navigate the political landscape of our enterprise partner organizations, and to develop and expand meaningful relationships