# Director, Strategic Partnerships at Very Good Security

- Company: Very Good Security
- What the company does: Integrate VGS into your technology stack to streamline payment tokenization, with our comprehensive card management platform, network token solutions, account updater, and card attribute management tools. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-13
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/verygoodsecurity/132e38a9-5e57-4f47-b5cc-f471b17c7930
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/very-good-security-director-strategic-partnerships/

## About the role

The Director, Strategic Partnerships – Payments & Product will lead the expansion of VGS's strategic partner ecosystem - building relationships with card networks, investors, cloud providers, and emerging payments infrastructure players that directly shape our product strategy and platform capabilities.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, fintech BD, product strategy, or payments consulting
- Understanding of the payments ecosystem—issuers, processors, card networks, wallets, and commerce platforms
- Ability to connect technical product functionality with partner and market needs
- Demonstrated success managing complex partnerships and cross-functional projects
- Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities and emerging technologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a strategic mindset and a bias toward execution

Tags: Partnerships