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Job Title


Partnerships Specialist


Company : Zeller


Location : Melbourne, Victoria


Created : 2025-03-25


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About ZellerAt Zeller, were champions for businesses of all sizes, and proud to be a fast-growing Australian scale-up taking on the ambitious goal of reimagining business banking and payments.We believe in a level playing field, where all businesses benefit from access to smarter payments and financial services solutions that accelerate their cash flow, help them get paid faster, and give them a better understanding of their finances. So were hard at work building the tools to make it happen.Zeller is growing fast, backed by leading VCs, and brings together a global team of passionate payment and tech industry professionals. With an exciting roadmap of innovative new products under development, we are building a high performing team to take on the outdated banking solutions. If you are passionate about innovation, thrive in fast-paced environments, embrace a challenge, hate bureaucracy, and cant think of anything more exciting than disrupting the status-quo, then read on to learn more.About the roleAs a Partnerships Specialist at Zeller, you will be responsible for developing, deploying, and managing a range of partnerships that help us acquire new merchants, and strengthen Zellers overall value proposition to potential and future customers.The Zeller Partner ecosystem is made up of a wide variety of valued aggregators, resellers and integrators. Youll be responsible for finding and establishing commercial, value-driven partnerships with new partners, and then managing the full go-to-market lifecycle to bring the partnership to life. This will be supported by cross-functional collaboration with partners and your internal colleagues working across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Product, to ensure your partner go-to-market strategy is effective and impactful.This is an exciting opportunity for a hard-working, dedicated, and up-and-coming partnerships specialist to take on a new role to grow Zellers partner ecosystem. Youll require a high level of attention to detail, be incredibly organised and effective in managing a wide range of programs from start to finish, have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and a passion for driving growth for Zeller. This position reports to Zellers Partnership Lead, and is based in our Melbourne headquarters.Role responsibilitiesIdentify and establish partnerships with new partners within the reseller, aggregator, and tech integrator segments.Collaborate with Zeller and partner GTM teams to develop holistic partner launch and ongoing campaigns that deliver customer acquisition and revenue growth for Zeller.Own day-to-day relationships with your partner network, including onboarding, training, coaching, reporting, opportunity identification, and regular check-ins.Execute partnerships end-to-end, from business development to partner launch and ongoing management.Be accountable to quarterly KPIs and partner objectives.Become an expert on Zellers products, market landscape, and merchant needs.Determine and prioritise the appropriate mix of partner benefits, incentives, co-marketing and sales opportunities necessary to secure amazing partner deals.Be comfortable operating independently, while also taking direction from your lead or other business stakeholders.Lead cross-functional partner GTM initiatives, providing support and direction to internal and external teams.Advocate for your partners while balancing Zellers goals.Qualifications and experienceAt least 2 years of post-university, professional experience in the technology sector, working within a channel partnerships, sales / business development, or growth role.Proven ability to negotiate, sign, launch, and manage tactical and mid-sized partnerships with moderate complexity.Experience working within the point-of-sale, fintech, or payments or SaaS sector.A strong understanding of partnership dynamics, sales processes, and channel ecosystems.Experience growing and distributing new products with partners via compelling economic incentives and close collaboration with internal and external sales and marketing teams.A motivated, entrepreneurial, and proactive mindset.Comfort working independently in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment, with the ability to thrive with minimal guidance.Proven track record of working cross-functionally with various teams, managing initiatives at scale, and delivering results.Experience building and managing relationships with internal and external business stakeholders.How we workOur team thrives on the energy of being together. While technology connects us virtually, we love the in-person collaboration and spend the majority of our work week at our spacious (and fully stocked with snacks) Melbourne CBD office.Like the rest of the team, youll benefit fromA competitive salary package, including equity from an early stage;A balanced, progressive, and supportive work environment;Excellent parental leave and other leave entitlements;A fantastic office environment;Endless learning and development opportunities;Plenty of fun and social opportunities - we love to come together as a team;An ability to influence and shape the future of Zeller as our company scales both domestically and globally;Being part of one of Australias most exciting scale-ups.At Zeller, we are looking for passionate people with drive and integrity. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesnt exactly match this job description. #J-18808-Ljbffr