VP - Pet Partners and Digital Experience (Fintech)

TL;DR

VP - Pet Partners and Digital Experience (Fintech): Driving strategic partnerships, digital integrations, and growth initiatives for hirify.global’s pet-care and CareCredit business with an accent on partner commercialization, ecommerce, payments, and ecosystem development. Focus on negotiating complex agreements, building integration pipelines, coordinating enterprise priorities, and measuring partner-led revenue and adoption.

Location: Costa Mesa, California, United States; hybrid work with regular in-person engagement at a nearby virtual or physical hub. Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required, and employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $110,000–$185,000 annually, plus eligibility for an annual performance-based bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services company providing consumer financing and payment solutions, including CareCredit.

What you will do

• Lead relationships with key pet software, ISV, ecommerce, and digital partners to drive accounts and transactions.
• Source and negotiate partnership agreements, including commercial terms and joint go-to-market plans.
• Build a pipeline of software integrations, ecommerce partnerships, and new product opportunities with business development, ventures, strategy, marketing, and pet leadership teams.
• Provide subject matter expertise on practice workflow integrations and translate commercial goals into business and technology priorities.
• Coordinate prioritization of enterprise objectives and IT development across cross-functional teams.
• Establish KPIs and deliver executive updates on integrations, activation, adoption, revenue, pipeline, and partner health.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, business, or a related field with 10+ years of relevant experience, or a high school diploma/GED with 13+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in strategic partnerships, business development, product partnerships, ecosystem leadership, healthcare, fintech, payments, or lending.
• Experience sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating complex partnership agreements and joint go-to-market initiatives.
• Strong analytical, financial, quantitative, qualitative, project management, and program management skills.
• Experience leading high-performing teams and delivering measurable partner-led growth.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available. Willingness to travel 25–50% for partner and conference schedules is required.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or MBA.
• Experience launching new products or initiatives, consumer lending, and pet industry partnerships.
• Knowledge of integration models, APIs, Agile, and technology collaboration with product, engineering, and architecture teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid flexibility with the option to work from home near a company hub or from an office, with regular in-person meetings, training, and culture events.
• Inclusive workplace focused on belonging, collaboration, and employee voice.
• Employee Resource Groups provide opportunities for community, learning, and growth.
• Employment is subject to background investigation, fingerprinting, drug testing, and applicable regulatory eligibility requirements.