Strategic Partnerships Manager (Fintech)

Location: San Francisco, United States; in-office 5 days a week

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 annual base salary plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global is a Series C consumer fintech using AI to help major brands configure, launch, and grow credit card programs.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day relationship management with issuing bank partners, including program status, open issues, and escalations.
• Manage partner expectations across active programs by communicating risks, delays, and open items proactively.
• Lead or support new co-brand card program launches from kickoff through go-live, including partner materials, milestones, and launch timelines.
• Coordinate with Compliance, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Operations to provide clear partner-ready updates.
• Maintain trackers, status reports, governance cadences, partner check-ins, and steering committees.
• Represent hirify.global in partner meetings and help resolve issues involving rewards, payments, disputes, and other program mechanics.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in partnerships, account management, program management, or a related client-facing role.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder relationships across technical, legal, and business areas.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex cross-functional work into clear updates.
• Experience working with compliance, legal, product, and engineering teams.
• Ability to operate in ambiguity, build new processes, and communicate risks proactively.
• Must be based in or willing to work on-site in San Francisco.

Nice to have

• Experience with card issuing, co-brand credit card programs, or issuing banks.
• Familiarity with third-party risk management and governance in bank-fintech partnerships.
• Experience launching a product or program from contract signing through go-live.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful startup equity.
• 100% primary health, vision, and dental coverage, plus 75% dependent coverage.
• Catered lunches, a $250 monthly commuter benefit, and Apple equipment.
• Parental leave and flexible PTO with a minimum of 15 days off per year.
• 401(k) plan, team-building events, and happy hours.