Affinity Partnership Manager

September 16

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BECU

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Consumer Banking • Consumer Lending • Business Services • Financial Education and Literacy • Auto Loans

1001 - 5000

Description

• As the Affinity Partnership Manager, you'll be the driving force behind our strategic partnerships. • Your expertise will enhance existing relationships and forge new ones. • By collaborating across departments, you'll ensure our partnerships reflect and amplify BECU’s brand. • Develop and implement strategies for affinity and preferred partnerships that align with BECU’s business growth objectives. • Cultivate and strengthen relationships with existing and new affinity and preferred partners. • Research and identify potential new partnerships, developing business cases that demonstrate the value of these opportunities. • Lead high-level negotiations and coordinate complex partnership and sponsorship agreements. • Serve as a trusted adviser to both external partners and internal BECU teams. • Define and manage cross-functional plans, ensuring all required tasks are documented, assigned, tracked, and completed on time. • Connect key internal stakeholders with external partners, developing and executing communication plans. • Ensure that the strategy for affinity and preferred partners aligns with BECU’s broader community initiatives. • Identify and address issues that affect partnership performance. • Provide direction, motivation, and support to project teams, driving the success of affinity programs.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in business administration or equivalent work or educational experience. • Minimum of 3 years leading cross-functional programs/projects that involve key third-party partnerships. • Minimum of 3 years of experience in establishing and/or managing strategic business partnerships. • Minimum of 5 years in sales, business development, or strategic alliance management within a financial services organization or financial institution. • Desired Qualifications: • Excellent relationship-building, networking, planning, negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills. • Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively present to individuals and groups and provide top-tier customer service. • Proven ability to create and execute long-term sales strategies. • Additional experience in high-level partnership negotiations and strategic business development. • Demonstrated leadership capabilities in driving complex, cross-functional initiatives. • A proactive approach to identifying and leveraging new business opportunities. • Full-time availability with additional hours as necessary, and occasional travel.

Benefits

• Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage. • Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance. • We also offer health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to eligible employees. • Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and employer-funded retirement plan. • Newly hired employees accrue 6.16 hours of paid time off (PTO) on a per pay period basis based on hours worked (up to a maximum of 160 PTO hours per year) and receive ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.