Remote Senior Partnerships Manager – Banking & Payments

541; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Part-time option

In-office equipment collection on day

Job summary

541 is seeking a commercially focused senior role to shape sponsor-bank partnerships and operating models enabling payment services in new markets. The position blends senior relationship management with strategic planning to translate banking, payment, regulatory, and operational needs into scalable product capabilities.

You will set strategy for sponsor banks across markets, build relationships with banks and payment providers, and translate requirements into product decisions with product,

Qualifications

• Experience developing complex strategic partnerships with banks, financial institutions, or payment providers.
• Experience working with product teams in payments, banking, financial infrastructure, or fintech.
• Ability to turn complex payment and operational needs into clear product direction.
• Strong commercial judgment, including experience with business cases, partnership models, or go-to-market proposals.

Responsibilities

• Set partnership and enablement strategy for sponsor banks across current and prospective markets.
• Build and manage relationships with banks, financial institutions, and payment infrastructure providers.
• Create repeatable engagement, onboarding, and market-entry approaches.
• Structure and commercialize network partnerships while accounting for business, regulatory, and operational considerations.
• Translate payment-system and bank requirements into product recommendations, working with product, engineering, and architecture teams.
• Assess payment flows, clearing, settlement, liquidity, and market opportunities; develop business cases and success measures.

Job description

541 is seeking a commercially focused senior role to shape sponsor-bank partnerships and operating models enabling payment services in new markets. The position blends senior relationship management with strategic planning to translate banking, payment, regulatory, and operational needs into scalable product capabilities.

You will set strategy for sponsor banks across markets, build relationships with banks and payment providers, and translate requirements into product decisions with product,