Partnerships Director

About UsWe're an award winning FinTech, most recently listed by the Financial Times as one of the top 10 fastest growing fintechs in Europe. Divido is a global software platform enabling lenders, retailers and payments processors to provide checkout finance to their customers. Our mission is to transform retail finance with proven technology and industry expertise and create frictionless finance for moments that matter.Founded in 2014, Divido currently comprises around 80 people based in a single office in London, although it services clients across 7 markets. In June 2021, Divido announced a $30mn Series B round that will be used to accelerate international expansion and product development. Divido is backed by a blend of high-calibre VCs (Dawn Capital, DN Capital) and strategic partners (HSBC Holdings, ING Ventures, American Express Ventures, Mastercard). Coupled with the significant financial backing received, the business is on the precipice of rapid growth and internationalisation.About The RolePoint of sale finance is growing at an exceptional rate, replacing traditional transaction and lending models, presenting significant opportunities to banks, intermediaries, retailers, and ecosystem players who can capitalise on this change.Divido, as a white label lending platform, is uniquely positioned to help partners capture the market and already has a rapidly growing list of global banks and payment intermediaries that whitelabel and sell the Divido retail finance platform to their own merchant base.As Divido’s Partnerships Director, you’ll lead the formulation and execution of Divido’s commercial partnerships strategy, engaging with a range of partners across the ecosystem to drive the distribution, deployment, and adoption of Divido’s solution.Responsibilities

• Securing distribution partnerships with PSPs, acquirers, and aggregators
• Activate existing distribution partnerships to ensure existing PSPs become ongoing lead generators
• Secure new, and manage existing, referral partners to generate leads and help win business
• Develop a structured and well thought out partnership strategy that grows partners from distribution agreements to a fully integrated product partnership
• Exploring additional partnerships channels beyond PSP and acquirers to drive more value to merchants
• Enabling PSPs, acquirers, aggregators to offer a white label solution to merchants
• Educate, inform, and partner with strategic consultancy firms advising banks and merchants in BNPL to ensure Divido is well-positioned as both a thought leader and a potential technology partner
• Work with internal Divido stakeholders to develop a compelling partner's value proposition
• Influence internal product roadmap to ensure partners needs are met
  
  

Requirements

• Proven success (10+ years) with a combination of experience across Product, Sales and or Partnerships
• A self starter with the ability to drive forward the partnership strategy with minimal supervision
• A thought leader, with a detailed understanding of the payments ecosystem and commercial landscape and the ability to design an execute a comprehensive partnership strategy
• Highly consultative, with the ability to blend technical and commercial insight to build innovative partnership offerings and solutions
• A highly collaborative team player with the desire to invest in your colleagues and our culture - curious to understand and influence how all parts of the organisation work together to deliver a better result for our customers
• Flexible, resilient with the self drive and determination to embrace the exciting challenges of a start-up
  
  

At Divido, you will not only have the opportunity to work with the brightest and best from the fintech industry, you will get to collaborate and share your expertise to transform retail finance.Our multinational and diverse team is focussed on setting a new global standard for retail finance and you could be a part of this exciting mission at a time of high-growth in the sector.As well as a joining a group of passionate of people, here are some of the other benefits you'll receive:

• Options in the company - no matter your level, every Divido employee is a shareholder in the business
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays - with the addition of one extra day for every year worked
• Private healthcare with Vitality and a cycle to work scheme to keep you fit and healthy
• Life assurance and income protection
• International remote working: giving you the flexibility to be with family and friends, or a change of scenery
• Matched paid parental leave, to support new parents, equally
• Home set-up allowance to help you work comfortably and safely at home