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- Spain
- Contract
- Full-time
- Experience
- Senior
- Posted
- 5 November 2026
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We’re looking for a Senior Partner Development Manager - Hospitality Partnerships to join our Business Development team. You will proactively identify and secure strategic brand-level partnerships, lead complex negotiations, and drive initiatives that establish Lightspeed as an official or preferred partner across targeted hotel chains and hospitality brands.
This role acts as a commercial hunter and cross-functional change agent, ensuring alignment across teams, executing high-impact partnership agreements, and paving the way for scalable growth in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
We're looking for a Senior candidate who has experience with the following:
- 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.
We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!
Benefits
You’ll enjoy:
- 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
Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.
- 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
- And more...
To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is 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, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
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Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
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