Nick Bélanger — Partnerships Manager
I build partner programs from scratch — and then make them scale. At Clearco, a fintech platform serving VC- and PE-backed merchants, I scaled the agency partner program from ~20 to 200+ partners as an early hire — owning recruitment, activation, and referral production in a regulated financial services environment. I took that same playbook into Skio and built their partner program from scratch. Three years later, partner-sourced revenue had grown from $30K to over $1.8M per quarter. That growth didn't come from recruitment volume — it came from systematic activation: structured onboarding tracks, tiered enablement, and a system for managing 50–100 active partners at different lifecycle stages simultaneously. My background sits at the intersection of partner ecosystems and customer activation — two things that look different on paper but run on the same engine: making the people you work with successful enough that they keep coming back. Always happy to connect with people working on similar problems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Partnerships Leader with a strong focus on revenue growth and partner ecosystem development.
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Experience: 10 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Strategic Partnerships
- Sales
- Business Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- New Business Development
Career Highlights
- Scaled partner programs from scratch to significant revenue.
- Expert in partner ecosystems and customer activation.
- Proven track record in driving substantial revenue growth.
Work Experience
Skio
Partnerships Lead (3 yrs 9 mos)
Clearco
Agency Partnerships Manager (1 yr 1 mo)
Jaspr Medical
VP Sales & Marketing (1 yr)
Strawhouse Inc.
Director Of Business Development (10 mos)
Senior Client Manager (1 yr 9 mos)
GetintheLoop
Market Development Coordinator (1 yr 6 mos)
Customer Experience Specialist (7 mos)
BC Hydro
Community Outreach Coordinator (1 yr 3 mos)
University of Waterloo
Lead Researcher (3 mos)
Teaching Assistant (3 mos)
Community Forests International
Workshop Coordinator (1 yr 4 mos)
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Writing Centre Peer Tutor (2 yrs 4 mos)
Beacon Hill Academy
ESL and IT Teacher (1 yr)
Education
MES at University of Waterloo
BA at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador