Senior Partnerships Manager

YouLend; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

YouLend is seeking a Senior Partnership Manager to develop and manage key partnerships in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in sales or partnership management, with a strong ability to cultivate effective relationships and drive growth. Join a recognized fintech leader and be part of shaping the future of financial services.

Benefits

Stock Options

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave

Modern Office in Central London

Free Gym

Subsidised Lunch

Deliveroo Allowance

Monthly Masseuse

Team and Company Socials

Football Power League / Paddle Club

Qualifications

• 5+ years in partner-facing sales role (Key Account Manager or similar).
• Strong aptitude for establishing effective relationships.
• Proven ability to assess and grow partnerships strategically.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with key strategic partners.
• Deliver on growth targets and interact with senior stakeholders.
• Create and deliver the partnership strategy.

Skills

Relationship Management

Sales Strategy

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Multi-tasking

Job description

About Us

YouLend is the preferred global embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Mollie, Dojo, Paysafe, Just Eat Takeaway and Takepayments. Our software platform and APIs enable our partners to offer flexible financing products, in their desired branding, to their merchant base. With YouLend's AI-driven credit risk assessment solutions, more merchants and SMEs than ever can receive fast, flexible and affordable funding. We operate in 9+ geographies across the UK, EU and the US.

We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.

The Role:

As a Senior Partnership Manager at YouLend, you will be responsible for managing relationships with YouLend’s key strategic partners in the payments, e-commerce, food delivery and technology space.

You will be responsible for delivering on growth targets, and will interact daily with senior external stakeholders in a broad range of departments. In this role you will be responsible for creating and delivering the strategy for YouLend’s key partners, with the focus always on delivering value for our partners.

Operating in a fast paced high-growth environment, the ideal applicant will have a proven track record of successfully managing commercial partnerships and building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders across all departments including Product, Sales and Risk.

• Autonomous individual with 5+ years’ experience in a partner facing sales role, for example as a Key Account Manager, Senior Partnership Manager, or Relationship Manager
• Strong aptitude for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships and the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of an organisation
• Proven ability to assess partnerships with a strategic lens, and identifying key areas for partnership growth/ improvement
• Ability to multi-task and manage many different projects or task at once
• Comfortable working with data
• Strong problem-solving skills

Desirable

• Track record managing and growing key accounts within the financial services, tech or SAAS industries
• Fluency/ business proficiency in additional languages; particularly German, Spanish or French

Why join YouLend?

• Award-Winning Workplace:YouLend has been recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work 2025” by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
• Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.

We offer comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Stock Options
• Private Medical insurance via Vitality and Dental with BUPA
• EAP with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
• Free Gym in office building in Holborn
• Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
• Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
• Monthly in office Masseuse
• Team and Company Socials
• Football Power League / Paddle Club

At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.