Corporate Strategy and Business Development Manager

Tarfin; Şişli; On-site; TRY 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tarfin, a fintech company, seeks a Corporate Strategy and Business Development Manager to drive strategic growth across Tarfin and subsidiaries. You will build collaborations that combine Tarfin's customer base, retailer network, technology, data, and financial capabilities with partners’ offerings.

The role reports to the Chief of Staff and requires high ownership in a dynamic, multi-entity environment, with excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in corporate strategy, business development, or related fields.
• Experience delivering cross-functional initiatives and partnerships.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent English; ability to work across multi-entity environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic growth and business development initiatives across Tarfin and subsidiaries from opportunity identification through execution of financial products.
• Act as primary coordination point with financial and business partners, ensuring ownership, timely delivery and resolution of dependencies.
• Translate Tarfin's capabilities into compelling partner propositions and identify new product/partnership models.
• Develop business cases and execution plans covering customer proposition, commercial model, financial impact, and technology needs.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery and monitor KPIs for senior leadership and board updates.
• Prepare decision materials for the Chief of Staff, CEO, and Board of Directors.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Business development

Stakeholder management

Market analysis

Job description

Tarfin is a fintech company initially focused on agriculture and now expanding its technology, distribution, and financing model into new industries. Operating across multiple markets and business lines, Tarfin works with financial institutions, technology partners, retailers, and local stakeholders to simplify access to essential products and financial resources.

We are looking for a Corporate Strategy and Business Development Manager to report to the Chief of Staff and lead strategic growth initiatives across Tarfin and its subsidiaries. The role will develop collaborations that bring together Tarfin's customer base, retailer network, technology, data, and commercial capabilities with those of current and prospective partners, turning opportunities into viable business models and driving them through execution.

About the Job

Tarfin is a fintech company initially focused on agriculture and now expanding its technology, distribution, and financing model into new industries. Operating across multiple markets and business lines, Tarfin works with financial institutions, technology partners, retailers, and local stakeholders to simplify access to essential products and financial resources.

We are looking for a Corporate Strategy and Business Development Manager to report to the Chief of Staff and lead strategic growth initiatives across Tarfin and its subsidiaries. The role will develop collaborations that bring together Tarfin's customer base, retailer network, technology, data, and commercial capabilities with those of current and prospective partners, turning opportunities into viable business models and driving them through execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic growth and business development initiatives across Tarfin and its subsidiaries regarding from opportunity identification through implementation in financial products.
• Act as the primary coordination point between Tarfin and its current and prospective financial and business partners, ensuring clear ownership, timely delivery, and effective resolution of dependencies.
• Build a strong understanding of Tarfin's businesses and translate their commercial, technological, operational, and data capabilities into compelling partner propositions.
• Identify and develop new products and partnership models that connect Tarfin's customer and retailer ecosystem with the products, funding capacity, and infrastructure and technology
• Generate and assess new business opportunities through market analysis, customer insights, regulatory developments, competitor benchmarking, and emerging financial technologies.
• Develop business cases and execution plans covering the customer proposition, commercial model, financial impact, operational requirements, technology needs, risks, and key success metrics.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery, manage relationships with external legal counsel and other professional advisers, monitor business performance and strategic KPIs, and prepare decision-oriented materials and progress updates for the Chief of Staff, CEO, and Board of Directors.
  

What We Are Looking For

• At least 10 years of professional experience in corporate strategy, business development, management consulting, banks, financial services, fintech, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing strategic partnerships and delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Strong commercial judgment, market analysis, problem-structuring, and business-case development skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work with senior executives and external partners.
• Comfortable operating with a high level of ownership in a dynamic, multi-entity environment; excellent written and spoken English.