Client Success Lead

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Hiring Remotely in Canada
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Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
We create honest financial products that improve lives. Ready to make a difference?
The Role
Manage a portfolio of enterprise and SMB merchant accounts in Canada, driving adoption, growth, and retention. Define strategic account plans, negotiate commercial terms, analyze performance, and orchestrate cross-functional teams to deliver partner initiatives and business outcomes.
Summary Generated by Built In

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

About the Revenue team 

The Revenue team drives Affirm’s top-line growth through strategic partnerships, pricing, and go-to-market execution. We acquire, retain, and expand merchant relationships across eCommerce, in-store, telesales, and the Affirm app. The team leads onboarding, relationship management, and performance optimization to help partners succeed. We deliver value-added solutions, drive adoption, and support long-term business growth by connecting merchants and consumers through Affirm’s products.

About the Role

Affirm is building the next generation of honest, transparent financial products—and partnering with leading merchants globally to drive responsible growth. In this role, you’ll have meaningful ownership, high visibility, and the opportunity to shape how Affirm scales internationally through our most strategic relationships in Canada. 

We are looking for a strategic, experienced Client Success Lead to manage a portfolio of our enterprise and longtail accounts in Canada. As part of the Client Success team, you will partner with retail merchants to align program direction, build internal advocacy for Affirm, and drive product adoption. You will achieve key success metrics by understanding merchant priorities, influencing senior stakeholders, and orchestrating cross-functional teams.

This position is a high-profile, merchant-facing role requiring outstanding relationship management, executive presence, and program management skills to guide merchants successfully from launch to operationalization and accelerated growth. 

What You’ll Do

  • Lead and manage a portfolio of Enterprise and SMB merchant accounts to develop long-term business relationships and ensure attainment to growth goals 

  • Define and drive the strategic vision for the portfolio—aligning joint priorities to Affirm’s broader goals, influencing senior stakeholders on both sides, building scaled management frameworks

  • Develop sophisticated account plans - build and execute multi-year growth roadmaps spanning product integrations, co-marketing initiatives, and go-to-market expansions

  • Lead commercial negotiations, including contracts, pricing, renewal strategy, and expansion opportunities.

  • Analyze partner performance and recommend programs to increase adoption, improve performance, and expand into new use cases.

  • Orchestrate cross-functional execution across Product, Technical, Credit, Analytics, Marketing, Risk, and other internal stakeholders to deliver partner initiatives and business results.

  • Manage customer health to ensure strong satisfaction, long-term retention, and consistent business outcomes.

What We Look For

  • 5+ years of B2B client-facing experience; preferably in a tech or fintech environment.

  • Excellent customer relationship management skills with the ability to lead and grow complex, strategic partnerships at the executive level.

  • Experience in driving and managing cross-functional, multi-stakeholder initiatives with high attention to detail.

  • Strong written and verbal communication (e.g. proposals, memos, e-mails, presenting); concise, structured, and credible with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and executive audiences.

  • Excellent analytical abilities, including the ability to suss out key data points and trends, and report out to internal and external stakeholders.

  • Experience structuring, negotiating, and closing commercial contracts

  • Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, take initiative, and go beyond defined responsibilities to drive success of projects and the broader team.

  • Ability to craft compelling value propositions, deliver persuasive presentations, and drive engagement with stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

  • Knowledge of consumer finance offerings, SaaS solutions, and e-commerce preferred.

  • Comfortable using Salesforce, AI, and BI tools.

  • Bilingual French and English is a plus

Base Pay Grade - H
Equity Grade - 5

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which includes the annual base pay and the sales incentive target.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

CAN On Target Earnings (OTE) per year: $103,750 - $153,750

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: 

  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents 
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Skills Required

  • 5+ years of B2B client-facing experience
  • Experience in a tech or fintech environment
  • Outstanding customer relationship management and executive-level stakeholder management
  • Experience driving and managing cross-functional, multi-stakeholder initiatives with strong attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communication, including proposals and executive presentations
  • Excellent analytical abilities to identify key data points, trends, and report findings
  • Experience structuring, negotiating, and closing commercial contracts
  • Program management skills and executive presence
  • Ability to craft value propositions, deliver persuasive presentations, and drive stakeholder engagement
  • Knowledge of consumer finance offerings, SaaS solutions, and e-commerce
  • Comfortable using Salesforce, AI, and BI tools
  • Bilingual French and English

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Affirm Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive with medical, dental, vision, robust mental health support, and $0‑premium plan options in some cases. Inclusive offerings such as abortion travel and transgender healthcare further reinforce breadth of care.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave of 18 weeks for both birth and non‑birth parents, plus a four‑week return‑to‑work transition, is prominently featured. Family‑forming support includes fertility and adoption assistance alongside a $20,000 wallet for surrogacy, adoption, fertility treatments, and egg freezing.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is presented as generous, with flexible PTO, Health Days, and “Life Happens Leave,” plus company‑wide Away Days. Paid holidays were expanded substantially to ensure regular three‑day weekends and collective recharge periods.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco , CA
2,200 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

At Affirm, we help people say yes to the things that matter with flexible, transparent ways to pay over time. No hidden fees, no compound interest, and no fine print—just a smarter way to spend.

Why Work With Us

Who is an Affirmer? /noun/ Someone who believes finance shouldn’t be complicated. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and we’re driven by the desire to improve lives through honest financial products. We define success by challenging one another to bring our best ideas to every single project—and we have fun while doing it.

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