Head of Partnerships (Fintech)

Location: Stockholm, Sweden; based mainly in the Stockholm office with flexibility and travel to colleagues and partners.

Company

hirify.global is a fintech company building transparent and flexible consumer credit products and preparing to become a bank.

What you will do

• Set the direction for hirify.global’s partnership channel by identifying the industries, companies, and propositions with the strongest potential.
• Build relationships with prospective partners and lead commercial negotiations covering pricing, volumes, exclusivity, responsibilities, and risk.
• Work with Product and Credit to design financing solutions that balance partner value, customer flexibility, commercial performance, and responsible lending.
• Shape the partner customer journey from the first financing interaction through application and repayment.
• Evaluate partnership economics after funding costs, credit losses, and other relevant expenses.
• Lead onboarding, launches, ongoing partner development, and the definition of technology, people, and capital needed to scale the channel.

Requirements

• Previous experience building and closing partnerships in consumer lending, embedded finance, fintech, payments, or a related credit business.
• Strong understanding of consumer credit, including products, customer experience, economics, and risk.
• Ability to negotiate credibly with senior decision-makers and turn opportunities into commercially meaningful partnerships.
• Commercial, analytical, curious, and persuasive approach with the ability to manage both strategy and execution.
• Builder mindset and willingness to create a new partnership playbook from an early stage.
• Ability to work mainly from the Stockholm office and travel to colleagues and potential partners when needed.

Nice to have

• Experience in SME or business lending.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with an established, profitable, internationally growing company preparing to become a bank.
• Join a team of approximately 50 people working across Stockholm, Crete, and the UK.
• Operate with flexibility while collaborating closely with teams in Stockholm and other locations.
• Use AI to map industries, identify partners, build business cases, prepare negotiations, and automate repetitive work.
• Work in a culture that values kindness, courage, collaboration, common sense, fairness, respect, and diverse perspectives.