VP, Strategic Partner Development

About the role

CORPAY is currently looking to hire a VP, Strategic Partner Development, within our North America Partner division. In this role, you will accelerate growth through strategic partnerships with fuel retailers, convenience store networks, payment platforms, loyalty providers, and other distribution partners.

Responsibilities

• Partner Strategy and Pipeline Development
• Identify, develop, negotiate, and launch new partner programs that expand Corpay's commercial fleet card footprint, with a focus on high-value, multi-stakeholder opportunities similar to current initiatives with major retail fuel and technology partners.
• Build senior-level relationships with prospective partners and represent Corpay's partner capabilities in executive conversations.
• Deal Development and Commercial Structuring
• Lead discovery with partners to understand store footprint, commercial diesel presence, sales force capacity, inbound/field seller mix, customer base, application flow, current provider limitations, and economics.
• Work with finance and analytics to develop business cases, including production assumptions, start rates, pumped volume, realization, bad debt, digital/product costs, seller funding, and partner economics.
• Structure commercial terms such as revenue share, rebates, thresholds, minimum guarantees, growth adjustments, reporting requirements, and settlement mechanics.
• Negotiate term sheets and partner agreements in partnership with Legal, Finance, Product, Credit, Operations, and executive leadership.
• Internal Alignment and Execution Leadership
• Serve as the commercial quarterback from prospecting through signed deal and launch readiness.
• Coordinate closely with Product, Technology, Credit, Risk, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Legal, and Operations to assess feasibility, economics, implementation effort, and timing.
• Help prioritize partner opportunities against finite technology and product capacity, including tradeoffs between new partner launches and existing roadmap commitments.
• Ensure clean handoff from business development to implementation/onboarding, with clear partner requirements, economics, success metrics, owners, and launch timeline.
• Partner Launch and Growth Support
• Define partner KPIs, including applications, approvals, starts, activation, gallons/spend, revenue, realization, bad debt, seller productivity, partner-funded support, and profitability.
• Partner with account management and operations to identify expansion opportunities after launch.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum bachelors degree with 10+ years of business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, or enterprise sales experience, ideally in commercial payments, fleet/fuel cards, retail fuel, fintech, issuing/acquiring, loyalty, or B2B financial services.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and closing complex partnership deals involving commercial economics, technology integration, product configuration, legal negotiation, and executive alignment.
• Strong financial acumen; able to build and challenge business cases, understand partner economics, and identify the levers that drive profitable growth.
• Comfortable selling to and negotiating with C-level and senior executives at large enterprise partners.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills; able to drive action across Product, Technology, Finance, Legal, Credit, Sales, and Operations without direct authority.
• Ability to translate ambiguous partner interest into a concrete deal structure, financial model, product requirements, and launch plan.
• Experience with co-branded/private-label card programs, fleet/commercial card products, merchant acceptance, rebates/revenue share, or partner-funded distribution is strongly preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits available the 1st month after hire.
• Automatic enrollment into our 401k plan (subject to eligibility requirements).
• Virtual fitness classes offered company-wide.
• Robust PTO offerings including major holidays, vacation, sick, personal, & volunteer time.
• Employee discounts with major providers (i.e. wireless, gym, car rental, etc.).
• Philanthropic support with both local and national organizations.
• Fun culture with company-wide contests and prizes.

Pay

This salary range is provided for locations which require such disclosure. Where a position or applicant may fall in a particular wage range depends on a number of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience training licenses and certifications (if applicable), and other business and organization needs. The disclosed range has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic markets. At Corpay it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. The estimate of the minimum and maximum salary range is $203,000 - $240,000. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity and pay transparency, please click the following links: EEOC and Pay Transparency.

About Corpay

Corpay is a global technology organization that is leading the future of commercial payments with a culture of innovation that drives us to constantly create new and better ways to pay. Our specialized payment solutions help businesses control, simplify, and secure payment for fuel, general payables, toll and lodging expenses. Millions of people in over 80 countries around the world use our solutions for their payments. At Corpay, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace where employees are valued for their diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen our teams, drive innovation, and support our continued success globally.