Commerce Partnerships Director in Gurugram

About Paytm Paytm, a pioneer of digital payments in India, enables 450 Mn+ consumers & 49 Mn+ merchants to make and accept digital payments, alongside Financial & Commerce services. This scale is built on proprietary, full-stack technology that drives continuous innovation in India's digital economy. Paytm's model has proven successful at acquiring customers and merchants on payments, then cross-selling them financial services. Paytm plans to build on this success to expand internationally, leveraging its proprietary merchant acquiring stack, payment acceptance device, and SME Credit platform. About the Team The international team evaluates, plans, and executes market entry strategy in key international markets, with direct ownership of local execution and operations. Key activities include market research, forming and managing strategic partnerships, liaising with regulators and government authorities, working with consultants and experts, and driving AOP delivery - including launch readiness, operational roll-out, and day-to-day performance management of the local business. About the Role Paytm is looking for an experienced Senior Manager to own and drive its international expansion - from market entry strategy through to on-ground execution. Key Requirements 1. Market Research: Assess market and industry landscape — competitive positioning, pricing, commercial structures, distribution, and operating models — via primary and secondary research, translating findings into actionable market-entry and operating plans. 2. Partner Relationships: Identify and engage potential partners, shape collaboration models, lead negotiations, and close agreements within targeted timelines. 3. Business Plan: Co-develop financial/commercial models and strategic business plans with partners, and own delivery against plan once operations go live. 4. Project Management: Track international projects and AOP delivery, oversee the partner business, take corrective action as neede

Location Details: Gurugram HR At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​ This is a hybrid position. You’ll divide your time between working remotely from your home and an office, so you should live within commuting distance. Hybrid teams may work in-office as much as a few times a week or as little as once a month or quarter, as decided by leadership. The hiring manager can share more about what hybrid work might look like for this team. Join Our Team... Join GoDaddy Capital, a team building technology that helps merchants access funding to grow and manage their businesses. GoDaddy Capital enables eligible GoDaddy merchants to access fast and flexible funding, with offers and funding managed through the GoDaddy Commerce experience. As a Software Engineer, you’ll work with expert engineers, product, and operations teams to build and maintain the services that power the Capital experience. You’ll primarily work with Node.js and NestJS, with opportunities to contribute to React-based applications as well. You’ll also get hands-on exposure to Kafka, AWS, Redis, MySQL/NoSQL databases, APIs, and AI-assisted development tools while working on systems that support merchant onboarding, funding, underwriting, and partner integrations. This is a great opportunity for an early-career engineer who enjoys solving problems, wants to learn from experienced engineers, and is excited to build software that directly supports small and growing businesses. What you'll get to do... Develop, test, and maintain backend services using JavaScript runtime environments and the NestJS framework, building and integrating REST APIs that power GoDaddy Capital and external partner platforms. Work within a distributed architecture by using Kafka for event-driven communication, Redis for caching, and databases that inc