Acquisition Partnerships Manager
About the job
Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.
We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.
Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.
About the Role:
Self is looking for the next great addition to our Strategy Team. An Acquisition Partnerships Manager will help develop and execute on our partnership strategy. The ideal candidate has experience in working in either affiliate partnerships and/or higher education audiences in either a sales or business development capacity. They would also have experience managing sales cycles from prospecting, to pitching to negotiating to closing.
This individual contributor role will both execute our existing strategies and contribute to the development of new strategies and channels.
Experience:
- 3+ years in Strategic Partnerships and or Affiliate Marketing (not traditional sales) in at one two of the following markets: Fintech, Consumer Financial Services, Student Loan Products or Higher Education-Specific SaaS, OR;
- 5+ years of experience in full cycle sales (ideally including some level of account management experience) directly or indirectly to audiences related to the Higher Education audience
- Experience with Impact Radius or Commission Junction (or similar) is a plus
- Proven track record of hitting and/or exceeding annual quota
Responsibilities:
- Develop a deep understanding of Self’s products, the consumer credit market
- Execute Self’s existing employer channel strategy by prospecting into and securing partnerships directly or indirectly
- Aid in the further development of our strategy as it relates to to making Self available to the higher education audience
- Contribute to the creation of new, channel-specific partner materials and processes
- Contact targeted potential partners to educate them about the value of partnering with Self
- Partner closely with legal, marketing, finance, technology, partner management and other departments to seek guidance through the process and align on business implications
Benefits and Perks:
We have the compensation and benefits you expect. But, there's one thing that Self Financial can offer that many startups cannot: we can positively change the world, while making a profit. We are a team of Builders, empowering our customers to build their dreams. We have a Do the Right Thing ethos in all that we do, and we hope you value that approach, too.
Our perks include:
- Stock options
- Quarterly performance-based bonuses
- Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Educational assistance
- Free gym membership
- Free at-home workout through Sworkit
- Casual dress code
- Team building events and activities
- Remote work arrangements/ flexible work schedule
- 401K
Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.