Bigcommerce
Vice President, Technology Partnerships
Austin, TX · Exec
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About the role
- Commerce is seeking a strategic Business Development leader with a strong product-centric mindset and proven dynamic leadership skills to serve as VP, Technology Partnerships.
- You thrive on undefined problems, think in systems, and excel at the people side of leadership - identifying the right talent, placing them in the right roles, and enabling them to do their best work.
- We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams.
Responsibilities
- Define, build, and continuously refine the global technology partnership roadmap to align with corporate growth objectives and evolving market dynamics.
- Identify, evaluate, prioritize, and onboard key technology alliances, ISVs, embedded service providers (payments, shipping, tax, etc.), agentic platforms, media partners, and marketplace platforms.
- Recruit, negotiate, and onboard strategic partners that unlock new distribution channels and revenue streams.
- Design and evolve the Technology Partner Program, including recruitment, onboarding, quality standards, enablement, and joint go-to-market initiatives.
- Represent Commerce at industry events and conferences, building brand awareness and establishing thought leadership within the partnership ecosystem.
- Partner closely with the Product and Engineering Leadership to influence the product roadmap using partner insights and ensure seamless third-party integrations, robust APIs, and outstanding developer experience.
- Oversee the product roadmap for partnership-driven features, balancing partner needs with internal priorities.
- Establish technical standards, governance, security, and quality controls for all partner integrations.
- Drive continuous improvements to partner experience, documentation, integration readiness, and platform capabilities.
- Lead growth of technology, payments, agentic, and embedded partnerships that increase portfolio differentiation, merchant value, attach rates, and Partnership & Services Revenue (PSR).
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in product business development, technology partnerships, and ecosystem building, ideally in SaaS, commerce, or platform companies.
- Proven product-centric leader with deep understanding of how partnerships can shape and accelerate product roadmaps.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of SaaS economics, ecommerce implementations, integration ecosystems, app marketplaces, and modern go-to-market motions.
- Experience in payments, embedded services, or agentic platforms is a significant plus.
Skills
- Welcome to the Agentic Commerce Era
Compensation
- Compensation Transparency
Company info
- Welcome to the Agentic Commerce Era At Commerce, our mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem.
- We believe in harnessing AI responsibly to unlock new possibilities, and we're looking for individuals who use it intentionally to solve problems, accelerate outcomes, and expand what's possible in their role.
- If you want to be part of a team of bold builders, sharp thinkers, and technical trailblazers who shape the future of commerce, this is the place for you.
- Strong, engaged global team delivering consistent results.
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