Strategic Partner Manager, Themes

| Austin, TX | Hybrid
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BigCommerce’s mission is to help merchants sell more at every stage of growth, from small startups, to mid-market businesses to large enterprises. We focus on being the best ecommerce platform so our customers can focus on what matters most: growing their businesses.

We are equally passionate about growing our employee’s careers and providing them an incredible experience as we rapidly expand across the globe. We are proud to have been recognized numerous times for our product and workplace culture. We empower our people and customers to build, innovate and grow, so together we can redefine the ecommerce industry.

BigCommerce is disrupting the ecommerce industry as the SaaS leader for fast-growing, mid-market businesses. We enable our customers to build intuitive and engaging stores to support every stage of their growth.  We are seeking a highly-motivated individual to join our team as a Partner Manager, Themes & Shipping. This role will be part of our Strategic Business Development (SBD) Team whose focus is to partner with best of class solutions that help enable growth for our customer base. In this role you will be responsible for driving innovation within our Themes portfolio, as well as working to bring new technology partners to our platform, drive merchant adoption via GTM campaigns as well as driving net new merchant growth from partner referral and reselling activities.  

Reporting to our Director of Strategic Business Development, you’ll have an impact on the ongoing success of the company by delivering material top-line revenue growth for the company through high value partner relationships.


What You’ll Do:

  • Own the end-to-end Themes commercialization strategy that includes the overall monetization strategy, business development to bring new paid theme options to our existing merchant base and marketing themes creatively throughout the merchant journey.
    • Own and manage relationships with existing and new partners.
    • Work cross-functionally with our Product Marketing, Product, Engineering and Marketing teams to scalably roll out new features and functionality throughout the Themes ecosystem.
    • Develop and manage Shipping partnerships by maintaining relationships with decision-makers at the executive and management levels.
    • Collaborate and lead cross-functional teams to develop go-to-market strategies and business plans for partner solutions and features.
    • Work with partners in a channel sales capacity, to drive net new merchant acquisition for BigCommerce.
  • Build cross-SBD familiarity with standard methodologies for driving MRR through partners.
  • Work with Rev Ops, Partner Marketing and Sales to use the BigCommerce systems for efficient and effective tracking, attribution, reporting and optimization.
  • Propose innovative concepts and promote new insights.


Who You Are:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree, ideally in business or similar field is preferred.
  • Partnerships or Channel Management Experience: 3-5+ years experience partnerships (ideally in ecommerce) and coordinating and crafting integration co-marketing programs to drive merchant awareness and revenue growth in a high volume, fast-paced environment.
  • Themes Competence - You understand the storefront shopping experience around what builds a high converting eCommerce storefront (or are willing to learn).
  • E-commerce Savvy - Experience within a SaaS platform or eCommerce organization driving adoption of a SaaS-based solution with Partners and their clients. 
  • Strategic - You flourish with challenges, are agile, possess a great deal of perspective and have a clear vision, tolerance for risk, and ability to navigate ambiguous situations. 
  • Master Negotiator - You are a phenomenal salesperson who will be the role-model of excellence for the team. Your experience will allow you and others to thoughtfully negotiate wins internally and externally while maintaining positive relationships.
  • Eye For Business - You're proficient and opinionated on processes and tools required to build scaled success. You’re experienced in aligning partner motivations with desired business outcomes to build creative programs that drive Partner + BigC critical metrics.
  • Master Communicator - You provide the information to the right people at the right time in the right way, adjusting your approach to fit the audience and setting (one-on-one, small and large groups, peers, direct reports, and leaders inside and outside the organization). Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, and client / partner relationship skills are critical.
  • Creativity - Creative solution designer and seller, aligning partner needs and important metrics to build and implement successful, mutually profitable programs.
  • Collaboration - Collaborative cross-functional player/coach.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at BigCommerce

 

Our employees make the difference. At BigCommerce, we believe that celebrating the unique histories, perspectives and abilities of every employee makes a difference for our company, our customers and our community. We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow and thrive.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need an accommodation in order to interview at BigCommerce, please let us know during any of your interactions with our recruiting team.

Learn more about the BigCommerce team, culture and benefits at https://careers.bigcommerce.com.

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What are BigCommerce Perks + Benefits

BigCommerce Benefits Overview

We empower our employees to think big and do great work by offering a positive work environment and outstanding benefits.

For your health: We offer multiple national medical insurance plans including PPO and HDHP options. We also offer a PPO dental plan and vision insurance.

For your wealth: We offer a 401(k) retirement plan, a Health Savings Account (HSA), a Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCRA) as pre-tax benefits. We also offer company paid life insurance up to 3 times your annual salary, as well as company paid short-term & long-term disability insurance.

For your resilient self: We care about your wellbeing in addition to your health and wealth. To assist with that, we offer paid vacation leave (15 days PTO for hourly employees and open vacation for our salary employees). All employees receive paid sick leave, paid volunteer time, and a paid wellness day. We have multiple family benefits for caregivers including paid parental leave, newborn child sick leave, adoption assistance, and a flexible return to work policy. We also offer educational reimbursements, a free BigCommerce ecommerce store, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Last, but definitely not least, we like to enjoy ourselves at work. We have company-sponsored employee programs including Employee Resource Groups, culture clubs, even virtual events.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
We encourage our employees to give back to our local communities through volunteer work. BigCommerce provides two paid Charity/Volunteering Leave days per calendar year to all permanent employees.
Partners with nonprofits
Each year, the BC family partners with Partnerships for Children to help kids in the Austin area who have been taken from their homes and are living in protective custody during the holidays.
Open door policy
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
BEmpowered for women, non-binary people, and allies; BProud for LGBTQ+ and allies; B-United for Veterans and allies; BCinColor for people of color and allies; BigFamily for caregivers and alli
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
National United HealthCare PPO & HDHP plan options with deductibles as low as $500, coverage up to 100% for in-network services and low monthly premiums
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
BigCommerce offers equity to employees through a number of different occasions, including an annual equity performance review period.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Unlimited vacation policy for salaried team members and generous accrued time off policy for non-exempt team members.
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
We offer employees parking in a garage on the property.
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
BigCommerce offers a variety of opportunities for learning and development from training sessions and workshops, to different conferences to attend.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Career mentorship is available.
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

We empower our employees to define culture in the areas of wellness and fitness, community & volunteerism, and team building through local culture clubs to help our employees connect. Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) support our diverse workforce through supportive, inclusive networks that help develop awareness and respect across the company. Additionally, we use programs to support our learning culture including our Learning Through Sharing Program, Lightning Talks, Lunch and Learns, Book Clubs, and guest speakers. We sustain our culture by understanding what drives our employees' engagement, measuring that engagement, and implementing initiatives to continue to make BigCommerce an even better place to work!

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