Company Description
Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn't work together.
So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions - to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we've embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.
Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes - large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We're building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.
Job Description
We are looking for a Business Development Manager to join the Square Japan Partnership team. Our team's mission is to create an ecosystem that connects partners and sellers, and enables both to build a business on Square. You'll represent Square's brand in Japan and help establish local partnerships, engaging and negotiating deals across channel partners, integrated product partners, developers, agencies, and technology companies of all sizes. You will involve partnership sourcing, prospecting, negotiation, and working with cross-functional internal partners to scale up partner acquisition and bring new partners to our ecosystem. You will report to the Partnerships Lead, Japan in Tokyo.
Square Japan partners include channel partners (organizations and agencies across banking and financial services, telecommunications and other partner types) and platform partners using Square API integrated third-party products (accounting and tax, form builders, booking and scheduling, items and inventory, delivery and orders, marketing and analytics, eCommerce, point of sale). Passionate about delivering meaningful financial services to small businesses, you will be motivated by the successful outcomes of customers, partners, and other teams.
You will be part of a growing team that needs your business development best-practices and experience. You will need to be well-versed on all the different possible ways new and growing channels/platforms can partner with Square, including both technical and business feasibility.
You will:

• Build and develop the Partnerships program in Japan.
• Sign many new Japan-based channel partners that refer in new sellers to Square, and product partners who complement our ecosystem of products.
• Develop partner plans that increase growth across new partners and partner attached sellers.
• Become a Square product expert - able to talk about Square's partnership strategy and platform ecosystem.
• Work with Product, Account Management, Support, and Sales teams to identify and engage potential Partners to enhance our product functionality and distribution.
• Work with Japan and global go-to-market functions such as Sales, Account Management, Customer Success and Marketing and work together with these to ensure the success of Square's Japanese Sellers and achievement of Partnerships goals.
• Represent the voice of the Japan partnerships program across Square globally.
• Source, sign and launch new partners that will directly benefit Japanese sellers and further promote Square's growth in Japan.
• Manage necessary aspects of the partner lifecycle - from initial scoping and negotiation to prioritization and execution of strategic projects; financial assessment and forecasting; launching partners.
• Build deep relationships with Square teams and external partners to grow Square's relationships with strategic partners.

Qualifications
You have:

• Demonstrated experience in strategic business development and partner management.
• Experience closing channel partners and working with partner sales teams to generate new seller leads.
• Experience closing deals ranging from tactical, mid-size opportunities, to strategic and complex partners in Japan.
• Experience having detailed technology-based conversations with partners across multiple industry verticals.
• Experience building a partnerships strategy at a long-established, or high-growth technology or product-driven company in Japan.
• Experience building relationships with senior business leaders.
• Experience managing projects with multiple team members; set clear milestones and hold yourself accountable to goals.
• Proven volume and velocity of deal closing experience.
• Interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) in both Japanese and English.

Preferred:

• Experience working with Japanese banking and financial services, telecommunications.
• Experience working with cross functional teams (Sales, Account Management, Partner Engineering, Product, Partner Development) to help partners refer and integrate with Square.
• Understanding of API integration maintenance (e.g. fixing bugs, upgrading to new APIs if available).

Qualifications
You have:

• Demonstrated experience in strategic business development and partner management.
• Experience closing channel partners and working with partner sales teams to generate new seller leads.
• Experience closing deals ranging from tactical, mid-size opportunities, to strategic and complex partners in Japan.
• Experience having detailed technology-based conversations with partners across multiple industry verticals.
• Experience building a partnerships strategy at a long-established, or high-growth technology or product-driven company in Japan.
• Experience building relationships with senior business leaders.
• Experience managing projects with multiple team members; set clear milestones and hold yourself accountable to goals.
• Proven volume and velocity of deal closing experience.
• Interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) in both Japanese and English.

Preferred:

• Experience working with Japanese banking and financial services, telecommunications.
• Experience working with cross functional teams (Sales, Account Management, Partner Engineering, Product, Partner Development) to help partners refer and integrate with Square.
• Understanding of API integration maintenance (e.g. fixing bugs, upgrading to new APIs if available).