Jesse Spears

VP, Strategic Partnerships, Kurv

Jesse Spears, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Kurv, brings 10+ years in fintech, SaaS, and payments, leading a highly qualified team focused on delivering solutions to underserved merchants. Known for turning complex challenges into smart payments strategies, Jesse blends experience with hands-on leadership. Jesse Spears is an accomplished sales executive with fintech, payments, and SaaS expertise. Currently serving as the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Kurv, Jesse leads the company’s national sales organization, driving growth across multiple verticals, focusing on high-risk, hard-to-place, and underserved merchants. He is widely recognized for his ability to blend strategic thinking, operational excellence, and hands-on leadership to build scalable, revenue-generating systems. Throughout his career, Jesse has developed a reputation for taking complex problems in the payments space and distilling them into actionable solutions for partners and clients. At Kurv, he manages direct sales, partnerships, and agent channel programs, and plays a key role in long-term GTM planning, product alignment, and merchant experience optimization. Before joining Kurv, Jesse spent over a decade scaling B2B SaaS and fintech organizations. He held sales and leadership roles at multiple startups and growth-stage companies, where he led go-to-market strategies, built full-cycle sales teams from the ground up, and expanded into new verticals. His experience spans outbound sales development, full-desk account management, partnership enablement, and post-sale merchant success, giving him a 360-degree view of the revenue lifecycle. Jesse lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two kids, and their dog. Outside work, he enjoys playing soccer, attending live sporting events, and—much to his family’s embarrassment—striking up conversations with local business owners about their payment processing technology whenever they enter a new shop.