Senior Funding Partnership

Job description

**About the Role** This Funding & Partnership role is responsible for establishing, managing, and strengthening strategic relationships with external funding partners, particularly banks, while ensuring seamless collaboration with internal stakeholders across Risk, Tech, Legal, and Compliance. This role acts as a critical bridge between external partners and internal teams, translating business needs into actionable initiatives and ensuring alignment across all parties. It plays a pivotal role in driving funding strategy execution, onboarding new partners, and maintaining sustainable, well-governed partnerships. In addition, the role requires strong project management and documentation capabilities to support partner onboarding, track progress, and ensure all communications and agreements are well-structured and traceable. ### What You Will Do **Partnership Management** - Develop and maintain strong relationships with external funding partners, especially banking institutions - Serve as the primary point of contact for partner communications and engagement - Ensure long-term partnership sustainability aligned with company funding strategy - Support periodic review and adjustment of funding strategies based on partner performance and market conditions - Establish and enforce business guardrails to maintain disciplined partnership management - Monitor progress, manage dependencies, and proactively resolve blockers for new partner onboarding process **Internal Stakeholder Alignment** - Facilitate clear communication, requirement gathering, and expectation management across stakeholders (Risk, Tech, Legal, and Compliance) - Ensure internal readiness and alignment for any partnership initiatives **Documentation & Process Excellence** - Maintain comprehensive and structured documentation for all partnership-related activities - Track key decisions, agreements, and communications for transparency and audit readiness - Continuously improve processes for efficiency and scalability ### What You Will Need **Experience & Background** - 5+ years of experience in funding, partnerships, corporate finance, or financial institutions - Prior experience working with banks or lending institutions is highly preferred - Experience in fintech or consumer lending is a strong advantage - Strong ability to manage both external and internal stakeholders across multiple functions - Proven ability to bridge communication gaps and align diverse interest - Demonstrated experience in managing cross-functional projects with clear timelines and deliverables - Strong organizational skills with attention to detail in tracking progress and documentation - Strong documentation discipline with the ability to structure complex information clearly - Ability to connect partnership activities with broader funding strategy - Comfortable working with data to support decision-making and performance evaluation