Channel Market Development Manager

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Lead market expansion by establishing new partnerships, hosting events, and driving top-of-funnel growth across various industries while supporting sales efforts.

About Ramp

At Ramp, we’re rethinking how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. We believe AI isn’t just the next big wave. It’s the new foundation for how business gets done. We’re investing in that future — and in the people bold enough to build it.

Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 50,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $100 billion in purchases each year.

Ramp’s investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Redpoint, and ICONIQ, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.

Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.

About the Role:

This role sits within Ramp’s Channel Partnerships organization and is focused on accelerating growth and expanding our presence across key markets. You’ll operate as an in-market extension of our Channel Partner Managers (CPMs), driving new relationships, high-quality meetings, and top-of-funnel momentum across all 11 of Ramp’s verticals.

What You'll Do:

  • Serve as Ramp’s in-market top-of-funnel field operator, deepening relationships with partners, expanding local presence, and accelerating new opportunities.

  • Act as a first-meeting specialist by running in-person intro meetings with partners and prospects, warming opportunities before handoff to Channel Partner Manager's and Account Executives

  • Build and maintain a localized partner ecosystem through constant networking, outbound sourcing, and market immersion.

  • Plan and host executive dinners, micro-events, and hospitality activations to strengthen relationships and accelerate partner engagement.

  • Identify and qualify new partner relationships across PE, VC, Accounting, Banks (and more), creating opportunities for CPMs to further develop.

  • Collaborate with vertical leads to prioritize geographic whitespace and tailor your field motion to the strategic goals of each vertical.

  • Maintain a disciplined operating rhythm with structured weekly reporting on meetings, market activity, and top-of-funnel impact.

What You Need:

  • 4–6+ years in field sales, business development, partnerships, or ecosystem development, ideally within B2B SaaS.

  • Demonstrated ability to independently generate new opportunities and build relationships in open-ended or highly entrepreneurial roles.

  • Strong event execution skills with experience planning and running small executive gatherings or hospitality-style activations.

  • Experience managing a geographically based territory with structured planning, forecasting, and activity tracking.

  • Ability to source partners and prospects through networking, outbound outreach, and local market immersion.

  • Familiarity with modern GTM tools (CRM, sequencing tools, event platforms) and comfort creating repeatable workflows.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience in channel partnerships, field marketing, or early-stage pipeline roles at a high-growth B2B SaaS company.

  • Experience operating across multiple verticals or go-to-market motions simultaneously

Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)

  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you

    • Partially covered for your dependents

    • One Medical annual membership

  • 401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)

  • Flexible PTO

  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)

  • Parental Leave

  • Pet insurance

  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees

  • Health and Wellness stipend

  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more

  • Budget for intra-office travel

  • Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)

Referral Instructions

If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.

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Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible PTO
  • Health Insurance: 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you. Partially covered for your dependents
  • Relocation support: Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
  • Paid Parental Leave: Parental Leave
  • Wellness Stipend: Health and Wellness stipend
Salary
$156,000 – $214,500 per year
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