Growth Partnerships Manager

Overview

In this senior role, you shape and own the partnerships strategy to fuel growth for Lendable’s rebrand and marketing build. You’ll manage budget, evaluate investments, and lead end-to-end partnership activations with data-backed decisions. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and report to the Head of Growth Partnerships, influencing senior leadership with ROI-focused insights. This is a high-impact role in a fast-growing fintech that values innovation and performance.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working
• Health coverage
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee referral bonus
• Office meals & snacks
• Hybrid/work-life balance options

Responsibilities

• Set partnerships strategy and roadmap; justify investments to senior leadership
• Manage partnerships budget and unit economics for live activations
• Negotiate terms with affiliates, influencers, and sponsorship partners
• Oversee end-to-end activation of partnerships and maintain partner relationships
• Track performance against CPA, CAC, LTV, ROI and optimize spend
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts with creative, growth, lifecycle and legal teams
• Build scalable playbooks and tooling; integrate AI for research, briefs, and reporting
• Represent partnerships in leadership and budget reviews

Key requirements

• 5+ years in partnerships, affiliate marketing, sponsorships, BD or growth for a consumer brand
• Fluent in CPA, revenue share, LTV, ROI and blended CAC; able to structure deals
• Experience with channel economics including payback period and cohort behavior
• Direct end-to-end affiliate/influencer partnership experience including negotiations
• Track record of activations delivering measurable results
• Strong account/relationship management skills
• Comfort with data, attribution, ROI, and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Experience owning a partnerships budget or channel P&L and adapting spend by performance
• Ability to present strategy and performance to senior leadership with data
• Demonstrable use of AI in workflow

• Relationship-builder with trust from partners and team
• Strategic thinker who can set plans and execute
• Commercially literate with growth focus
• CPA, Revenue share, LTV, ROI, blended CAC
• Channel economics; payback, cohort behavior
• Affiliate networks and tracking platforms (Impact, Awin, CJ, Partnerize)

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