Director, Strategic Partnerships (Fintech)

Location: On-site in Vancouver, BC, Canada or San Francisco, CA, United States

Total compensation: CA$200,000–CA$350,000 per year, including potential bonus and equity.

Company

hirify.global operates an institutional-grade platform that connects buyers, sellers, and issuers in secondary transactions for venture-backed and pre-IPO companies.

What you will do

• Map, prioritize, and develop partnerships with financial institutions, infrastructure providers, and platforms.
• Run outbound and inbound partnership development, managing opportunities from qualification through signature.
• Structure partnership offerings using hirify.global’s sourcing, liquidity, investment products, fund infrastructure, market intelligence, and execution capabilities.
• Prepare proposals and negotiate economics, commitments, performance conditions, and contractual redlines.
• Support national account relationships with wirehouses and wealth management firms through diligence, agreements, and platform placement.
• Build the partnership function’s operating infrastructure and grow signed partnerships into durable producing relationships.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, or commercial roles at a fintech, financial infrastructure provider, or financial institution.
• Demonstrated experience personally sourcing, negotiating, and signing commercial deals.
• Fluency in commercial terms, including economics, commitments, performance conditions, and legal redlines.
• Executive presence, precise written communication, and confidence working with CEOs and senior counterparties.
• Ability to quickly build knowledge in complex financial services environments.
• Fluency using AI for market mapping, counterparty research, deal analysis, and pipeline systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with private markets, alternative investments, or capital markets products.
• Experience embedding financial products into partner platforms and familiarity with RIAs, advisor platforms, and custodians.
• Experience as a first or early partnerships hire building operating infrastructure.
• Experience in regulated environments and relevant FINRA registrations, including SIE, Series 7, 82, or 63.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock option plan and opportunities for progression into leadership and management.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation support are available for exceptional candidates.
• Canadian employees receive employer-paid health and dental premiums plus a Health/Personal Spending Account; subsidized benefits are available for US-based employees.
• Vancouver-based employees have access to the HQ, onsite gym, rooftop amenity, and a CA$20-per-day commuter benefit.
• Social events include catered lunches, team activities, annual parties, and company retreats.
• Entrepreneurial culture within a small, dynamic team.