
Fintech Partnerships Vice President – Global Banking
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Identify, evaluate, and execute strategic fintech partnerships that align with the bank's growth objectives and enhance our service offerings.
- Conduct in-depth market research and analysis to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and potential partners in the fintech space.
- Connect into fintech ecosystem to inform research and ensure early engagement with new opportunities.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, including product, technology, controls, and legal, to ensure seamless integration and execution of partnership initiatives.
- Develop and manage strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, to drive strategy alignment and successful outcomes.
- Lead the negotiation and structuring of partnership agreements, ensuring alignment with the bank's strategic goals and compliance requirements.
- Oversee the monitoring and reporting on the performance of partnerships, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement and optimization.
- Minimum of 6+ years of experience in fintech, product management, corporate strategy, consulting, or a related field.
- Ability to foster strong relationships with organizational partners and senior stakeholders across product, sales, operations, and technology teams.
- Strength in cultivating connections within the fintech ecosystem to inform research and identify emerging opportunities.
- Analytical approach to problem solving, able to assess competitive landscape, recognize patterns and evolving opportunities, and offer creative solutions.
- Experience in creating business cases and assessing revenue opportunities, risks (including implementation challenges), and mitigants to those risks.
- Exceptional financial analysis ability; capable of translating abstract, high-level concepts into tangible and actionable project plans.
- Proactive and capable of working independently with a strong drive to deliver results.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Proven experience in managing strategic partnerships and corporate development initiatives.
- Experience in business development lifecycle and partnerships management from sourcing to contracting and commercialization.
- Ability to engage with external fintech companies and other ecosystem participants, and to develop an understanding of commercial clients and their evolving needs.