Strategic AI Partnership Manager (Fintech)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid work

Company

hirify.global is a large payments company developing enterprise AI strategy and partnerships to support business impact at scale.

What you will do

• Maintain an AI vendor landscape and market map across priority categories.
• Design and manage vendor evaluation, shortlisting, commercial review, and partner selection.
• Manage post-deal partner relationships and quarterly business reviews.
• Coordinate AI partnership activity across business, technology, commercial, procurement, and operational stakeholders.
• Develop partnership governance, performance reporting, risk tracking, and executive updates.
• Translate vendor capabilities into recommendations aligned with enterprise AI priorities and business outcomes.

Requirements

• Experience in strategic partnerships, vendor management, commercial strategy, business development, or a related field.
• Experience assessing vendors and capabilities against strategic business requirements.
• Strong analytical, commercial judgement, stakeholder management, communication, and relationship management skills.
• Experience designing or operating structured evaluation, procurement, selection, or partnership processes.
• Ability to translate strategic goals into partner requirements and manage governance, performance, risk, and executive reporting.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI, cloud, enterprise technology, data, or digital transformation partnerships.
• Experience in payments, fintech, financial services, or another regulated industry.
• Knowledge of AI vendors, hyperscalers, frontier AI providers, and enterprise software platforms.
• Experience managing strategic suppliers through governance forums, executive steering committees, or quarterly business reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and inclusive environment across global teams.
• Values include thinking like a client, acting like an owner, and winning as one team.
• Opportunities to work across strategy, technology, transformation, and commercial partnerships.