Senior Partner Development Manager - Hospitality Partnerships
Job description
A Senior Partner Development Manager role on Lightspeed's Business Development team, focused on securing strategic brand-level partnerships with hotel chains and hospitality brands. The role owns complex commercial negotiations and hands secured partnerships to regional sales teams.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · Spain
What you'll do
- Drive and support strategic business development initiatives to secure Lightspeed as a mandated, preferred, or official technology partner at target hotel brands and corporate hospitality groups
- Identify target groups, navigate complex corporate hierarchies, and own the end-to-end commercial negotiations for master framework agreements
- Lead the transition of secured brand partnerships to regional direct sales teams, ensuring flawless execution, pipeline access, and property-level rollout
- Foster collaboration and clear communication across departments (Sales, Legal, Product, Success) to maintain alignment and momentum during negotiations and handoff
- Expand our partnership footprint beyond hotel brands into adjacent hospitality segments (e.g., multi-property restaurant groups, lifestyle hospitality)
- Partner with Product and Executive leadership to act as the internal voice of enterprise hospitality brands, feeding back market intelligence and brand requirements
- Continuously assess priorities and adapt your focus in line with the company's growth and regional needs
What we're looking for
- 6+ years of proven experience in B2B Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, or Enterprise Sales within the Hospitality Tech, Hotel Operations, or SaaS ecosystem
- Proven experience leading complex negotiations and securing enterprise framework agreements or brand-standard listings with multi-property hotel chains
- Background in high-growth, fast-paced environments - preferably within SaaS or technology sectors
- An existing, actionable network across hotel brand executives, hospitality asset managers, or procurement teams
Your team
Business Development
Benefits
- A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work
- A culture that celebrates performance
- The chance to make an impact in a team that's big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard
- Career-defining opportunities
- Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
- Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
- Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams
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About Lightspeed Commerce
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy
Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.
Mission
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce
Key facts
- 2005
- Montréal, Canada
- Commerce platform / SaaS
- Dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD)
- With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific
- Serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries
- Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005
What they value
- Inclusion
- Performance
- Community