Senior Manager Business Development – Embedded Finance

Location: Hybrid, with at least two days per week or 40% of working time at an office site in London, Chester, Cardiff, Leeds, or Manchester

Salary: £78,098–£109,060 per year

Company

hirify.global is one of the UK's largest financial services organisations, developing embedded finance partnerships and customer experiences.

What you will do

• Identify, secure, and grow strategic partnerships for the embedded finance proposition.
• Build and manage a pipeline of commercial partnership opportunities across new sectors and customer segments.
• Develop commercial propositions, bids, partnership opportunities, and go-to-market strategies.
• Lead partnerships from opportunity identification through negotiations, onboarding, launch, and commercial growth.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Commercial, Product, Risk, and Finance.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing business development team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in sales, business development, and merchant acquisition.
• 5+ years of experience building and managing senior stakeholder and partner relationships in a commercial environment.
• Proven success acquiring, growing, and managing commercial partnerships with measurable business outcomes.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills, including opportunity identification, decision influence, and growth delivery.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
• Ability to work in a hybrid pattern requiring regular attendance at a UK office site.

Nice to have

• Experience in embedded finance, fintech, payments, or platform-based financial services.
• Experience in transport, mobility, automotive, lifestyle, home, or other partnership-led sectors.
• Experience launching new propositions, products, or commercial partnerships.
• Experience supporting product integrations or partner onboarding.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, learning, and professional development.
• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
• Pension contribution of up to 15% and an annual performance-related bonus.
• Share schemes, including free shares, and lifestyle benefits such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave.