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Strategic Alliance Director

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in channel sales, alliances, or partner account management, ideally in fintech, SaaS, or identity/fraud solutions.
  • Demonstrated success carrying and exceeding revenue quotas through partner ecosystems.
  • Proven ability to manage, grow, and retain high-performing strategic partner relationships.
  • Strong business acumen and negotiation skills across executive and sales levels.

Responsibilities

  • Own a Revenue Quota: Deliver annual and quarterly revenue targets through partner-sourced and partner-influenced deals.
  • Partner Portfolio Management: Own a defined book of active partners. Drive performance, forecast accuracy, and year-over-year revenue growth across the portfolio.
  • Strategic Partner Relationships: Build and maintain executive-level relationships with partner leadership and sales teams.
  • Joint Business and Account Planning: Develop and execute joint business plans, account plans, and co-sell motions with each partner.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
  • Strategy Director
  • $165K – $190K / year
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Presentations
  • Business Acumen
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Socure

  • RegTech & Compliance
  • Scaleup
  • 501–1,000
Socure is the leading platform for digital identity verification and trust. Its predictive analytics platform applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, phone, address, IP, device, velocity, and the broader internet to verify identities in real time. The company has more than 2,000 customers across the financial services, government, gaming, healthcare, telecom, and e-commerce industries, including four of the top five banks, seven of the top 10 card issuers, three of the top MSBs, the top payroll provider, the top credit bureau, the top online gaming operator, the top Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) providers, and over 250 of the largest fintechs. Marquee customers include Chime, SoFi, Varo, Robinhood, Public, Stash, Gusto, and DraftKings. Socure customers have become investors in the company including Citi Ventures, Capital One Ventures, MVB Bank, and Synchrony. Additional investors include Accel, T. Rowe Price, Bain Capital Ventures, Tiger Global, Commerce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sorenson, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, and others. Socure has received numerous industry awards and accolades, including named to the 2021 & 2022 Forbes Cloud 100 List, Forbes’ Fintech 50 List 2021, and Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers 2021, being named to CB Insights: The Fintech 250 for the third year in a row, being awarded Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months—Data and Data Services at the 2020 American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs), being ranked number 70 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, being listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor, being recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 25 Machine Learning Startups to Watch, being awarded Finovate’s Award for Best Use of AI/ML, to name a few. Founder/CEO Johnny Ayers has also been recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021 and as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022.

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Job description

Why Socure?

Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy — verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts. The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day.

We hire people who want that level of responsibility. People who move fast, think critically, act like owners, and care deeply about solving customer problems with precision. If you want predictability or narrow scope, this won’t be your place. If you want to help build the future of identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself — keep reading.

Introduction

Socure is evolving its partner ecosystem toward a sales-driven channel model. As a Strategic Alliance Director, you will own the performance and growth of a portfolio of active strategic partners. You will work as a quota-carrying leader, turning those relationships into predictable, scalable revenue through joint planning, co-selling, and disciplined pipeline management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own a Revenue Quota: Deliver annual and quarterly revenue targets through partner-sourced and partner-influenced deals.

  • Partner Portfolio Management: Own a defined book of active partners. Drive performance, forecast accuracy, and year-over-year revenue growth across the portfolio.

  • Strategic Partner Relationships: Build and maintain executive-level relationships with partner leadership and sales teams. Run regular business reviews to align on goals, performance, and priorities.

  • Joint Business and Account Planning: Develop and execute joint business plans, account plans, and co-sell motions with each partner, in coordination with internal sales and account teams.

  • Partner-Driven Pipeline and Deal Support: Work with partners to generate pipeline, advance opportunities, and close deals. Support deal registration and resolve conflicts across channels.

  • Pipeline and Forecast Discipline: Maintain accurate CRM hygiene. Report weekly on partner pipeline, forecast, and attainment.

  • Partner Enablement: Deliver enablement sessions, ensure partner sales and technical readiness, and equip partners to position Socure effectively.

  • Co-Marketing: Partner with Marketing to launch demand generation initiatives with measurable pipeline results.

  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Leadership, Marketing, Product, and Operations to remove obstacles and accelerate partner-driven opportunities.

  • Strategic Feedback: Serve as the voice of the partner to influence product strategy, GTM design, and enablement materials.

  • Selective Partner Expansion: Identify and activate new partners where there are clear gaps in target markets or verticals, in collaboration with Partnerships leadership.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 7+ years in channel sales, alliances, or partner account management, ideally in fintech, SaaS, or identity/fraud solutions.

  • Demonstrated success carrying and exceeding revenue quotas through partner ecosystems.

  • Proven ability to manage, grow, and retain high-performing strategic partner relationships.

  • Deep understanding of co-selling motions, deal registration, and partner pipeline management.

  • Strong business acumen and negotiation skills across executive and sales levels.

  • Proficiency in Salesforce and partner management tools (PRM, attribution, co-sell tracking).

  • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • MBA or equivalent advanced degree.

  • Experience with API-driven SaaS products, identity verification, or fraud prevention.

  • Established network across fintech, banking, or digital commerce ecosystems.

  • History of quota overachievement in a partner or channel-driven sales role.

  • Familiarity with identity verification, fraud prevention, or compliance-related solutions.

  • Experience recruiting and onboarding new partners.

Socure is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all its forms within our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need an accommodation during any stage of the application or hiring process—including interview or onboarding support—please reach out to your Socure recruiting partner directly.



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