David Wolf

Head of Partnerships & Business Development, Global Payments & FinTech at Meta | Payments Strategy, Financial Services, AI & Agentic Commerce

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I lead Meta’s global payments and financial services partnerships and business development, powering how money moves across ads, commerce, messaging, creators, and emerging AI-driven experiences for billions of people and businesses. My team is responsible for the partner and processing strategy behind Meta’s $200B+ annual payments ecosystem — working across processors, networks, banks, and fintech platforms to optimize performance, resiliency, trust, and economics at global scale. In addition to operating today’s payments stack, I focus on what comes next: enabling new financial services capabilities, evaluating emerging payment rails and modalities like stablecoins and wearables, and helping establish the foundations for AI and agentic commerce so that people and businesses can transact as seamlessly as they communicate. I’ve spent my career at the intersection of payments, product, and partnerships, previously leading digital product and partnership innovation at American Express, where I helped build the platforms behind Amex Offers and Pay With Points.

Experience

  • Global Payments & FinTech - Head of Partnerships and Business Development at Meta
    Aug 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

    I lead Meta’s global payments and financial services partnerships and business development, powering how money moves across ads, commerce, messaging, creators, hardware/software, donations, and emerging AI-driven experiences for billions of people and businesses. My team owns the partner and processing strategy behind Meta’s $200B+ annual payments ecosystem. We work across processors, networks, banks, and fintech platforms to optimize performance, resiliency, trust, and economics at global scale. I lead negotiation of large, complex commercial agreements with many of the world’s leading payments and fintech companies. Representative partners include Stripe, Adyen, JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and 100+ others globally. Beyond operating today’s payments stack, I focus on what comes next: enabling new financial services capabilities for consumers, advertisers, and creators; evaluating emerging payment rails and modalities including stored value and blockchain-based infrastructure; and helping establish the foundations for AI and agentic commerce so that payments can be embedded seamlessly into future digital experiences. My team spans partnerships, business development, industry engagement, and partner operations globally.

  • Board Member at Brooklyn Little League
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Founding Board Member and President of the Brooklyn West Little League, the only Little League providing instructional, co-ed baseball to youth across Brooklyn, New York. The Board is focused on all aspects of League operations, including sponsorships, community outreach, volunteer training, and establishing and maintaining financial books and records as a 501c3 in New York State.

  • American Express (11 yrs 3 mos)
    • Vice President, Digital Partnerships & Product Development
      Oct 2010 - Aug 2017 · 6 yrs 11 mos

      Led digital product, partnership, and platform innovation across card-linked offers, rewards redemption, and merchant ecosystems — work that today powers Amex Offers and Pay With Points globally. Developed, launched, and managed scaled consumer and business-facing products, leading large teams of product managers and engineers. Secured patents for card-linked offers and launched the industry’s first offer creation, enrollment, and fulfillment system at scale which today powers “Amex Offers” for all card products and merchant segments. Led similar product work for Membership Rewards to enable cardholders to “Pay With Points” at the digital and physical point of sale. Led complex partnerships and negotiations with global customers such as Airbnb, Apple, Best Buy, Delta, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Uber.

    • Director, Product Development
      Oct 2008 - Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Senior Marketing Manager
      Jun 2006 - Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Account Executive at GMR Marketing
    Mar 2001 - Jun 2004 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Led experiential marketing, sponsorship development, and brand activation programs for major CPG brands including Miller-Coors, Unilever, and Wrigley’s — early foundation in client partnership, commercialization, and large-scale program execution.