Director, US Credit Card Benefit Partner Strategy & Development (Fintech)

Location: US - San Francisco, CA, or Foster City, CA; hybrid work with at least 3 days in the office. Travel required 5–10% of the time.

Salary: $192,300–$307,600 USD per year, with potential bonus, equity, and sales incentive payments where applicable.

Company

hirify.global is a global payments technology company connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Develop partnership strategies across retail, subscription services, health and wellness, travel, and other consumer passion areas.
• Identify and conduct outreach to prospective partners, using hirify.global merchant relations teams where appropriate.
• Negotiate complex partnership agreements covering benefit constructs, user experience flows, and commercial terms.
• Lead collaboration with Marketing, Sales, Sponsorships, Sourcing, Legal, Finance, and Client Management.
• Work with the benefit management team on onboarding, ongoing management, and performance optimization.
• Support advisory engagements with financial institution and cobrand clients to define product-level benefit strategies.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, or 8 years with an advanced degree, or 3 years with a PhD.
• Experience in partnership development, business development, sales and marketing, or complex partnerships for consumer-facing products and services.
• Experience in digital payments and financial services.
• Experience with product vision, goal setting, customer discovery, product execution, and plans for achieving product goals.
• Strong commercial, analytical, forecasting, problem-solving, and consensus-building skills.
• Experience working in Agile frameworks, matrixed organizations, and cross-functional teams; experience managing diverse teams is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-based work environment with hybrid attendance expectations.
• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, life insurance, paid time off, and wellness program eligibility.
• Potential bonus, equity, and sales incentive payments where applicable.
• Digital fluency and use of emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools are expected.