Partnerships Lead, New Verticals (Fintech)

Location: New York, NY; hybrid. The compensation and employment eligibility requirements apply to the United States. hirify.global will not sponsor work visas, and candidates must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

Base compensation: $120,000–$150,000/year. On-target earnings: $190,000–$240,000/year. Company equity is provided in the form of RSUs.

Company

hirify.global is a blockchain-native capital marketplace for the origination, funding, sale, and trading of tokenized assets, including lending, credit, asset custody, and stablecoin products.

What you will do

• Scale partnerships across depository institutions, home improvement, and small-business lending.
• Map markets and source strategic, product, and channel partnerships.
• Structure and negotiate commercial terms and product setups for partners.
• Build bank and credit union channels, including partnerships and integrations that support platform adoption.
• Win partnerships across home-improvement and small-business lending ecosystems, including HELOC, fix-and-flip, and DSCR products.
• Coordinate product, engineering, credit, legal, and implementation teams to launch and scale partnerships; track pipeline and activity in Salesforce.

Requirements

• 5+ years in strategic partnerships, investment banking, venture capital/private equity, business development, consulting, or a related field; candidates slightly outside this range may still be considered based on impact and scope.
• Experience building platform, product, or channel partnerships, ideally involving banks, credit unions, and non-bank lenders and the systems they use.
• Strong negotiation skills and patience to manage long, multi-party processes through launch.
• Working understanding of consumer and small-business lending and how originations work; deep capital-markets expertise is not required.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ownership of outcomes.
• Compliance with company security policies and data-handling procedures.
• Completion of mandatory security-awareness training within required timeframes.
• Prompt reporting of suspected security incidents or suspicious activity to the Security team.

Nice to have

• Experience with lending, fintech, SaaS, or financial institutions.
• Experience partnering with or selling into depositories, POS, LOS, or core integrations.
• Experience in home-improvement or small-business lending.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employees and dependents on select plans.
• HSA, FSA, dependent-care FSA, 401(k), commuter benefits, and employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• 11 observed holidays, PTO, and up to 12 weeks of paid family leave.
• Continuing education reimbursement.