Head of Financial Partnerships Job at Paribus (Ramp), San Francisco, CA

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  • Paribus (Ramp)
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Ramp Financial Partnerships Director

Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 30,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $2B and 20M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $55 billion in purchases each year.

Ramp's investors include Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companiesStripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital Oneas well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.

Ramp has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn's Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies.

About the Role

Put simply, Financial and Issuing Partnerships is a top 3 priority for us and this role allows you to shape the fintech ecosystem with critical, revolutionary deals. Ramp is hiring a Director of Financial Partnerships to identify, execute, and lead our most critical relationships across issuing, banking, and financial technology partners both domestically and internationally. As Ramp expands its global footprint, the strength and structure of our financial partnerships are essential to enabling our product roadmap and delivering on our mission to save customers time and money.

In this high-visibility, high-impact role, you'll oversee both our issuing partnerships and broader financial partner ecosystem globally. This includes banks, payment infrastructure providers, and fintech vendors. You'll lead strategic planning, execution, and ongoing optimization of these partnerships to support product launches, regulatory needs, and long-term scalability. This is a leadership role that requires a blend of strategic thinking, deal execution, product collaboration, and people management.

What You'll Do

Own and lead Ramp's financial partnerships strategy across issuing, account-to-account payments, stored value, and international expansion

Develop, mentor, and lead a high-performing team across financial and issuing partnerships

Oversee existing issuing partnerships while identifying new opportunities to deepen value and support product innovation

Identify, negotiate, and execute complex deals with financial institutions, issuing banks, payment networks, and fintech providers

Launch and scale international partnerships, including cross-border issuing and account-to-account money movement, in partnership with Product, Legal, and Compliance

Formalize and maintain relationships with banks and infrastructure providers across multiple geographies

Work closely with Product and Engineering to identify opportunities to leverage partner APIs and infrastructure to power new features, enable international expansion, and improve customer experiences

Serve as an internal subject matter expert on issuing, payments infrastructure, and partner capabilities to inform product roadmaps and long-term infrastructure strategy

Stay informed on industry trends including regulatory changes, stablecoin innovation, and global financial infrastructure

What You'll Need

Working knowledge of and a body of deal reflective of that:

International money movement involving banks, fintechs, and all payment rails; this should be reflected in a strong body of work involving multiple deals with established partners and startups

Domestic money movement

Issuing, ideally (not required) in multiple countries

Your depth of knowledge in each area may vary but the first (international money movement) is essential and should be deep

10+ years of experience in Business Development, Partnerships, or related functions in fintech or financial services, including 57+ years managing high-performing partnerships organizations across direct and indirect partner relationships

Proven track record of setting and executing impactful partnership strategies that directly support product and business outcomes

Strong understanding of account-to-account payments, stored value systems, and issuing models (domestic at minimum; global a plus)

Experience negotiating and managing deals with banks, card networks, processors, or fintech providers

Demonstrated success launching or expanding international financial partnerships

Strong collaboration skills especially with Product, Legal, Compliance, and Risk

Excellent negotiation and communication skills, with an ability to manage executive-level relationships

Experience leading and scaling teams in a high-growth, fast-paced environment

Nice-to-Haves

Experience launching issuing programs abroad

Familiarity with stablecoins and digital asset-based payments

Understanding of local regulatory and compliance frameworks in international markets

Experience in high-growth tech or fintech startups

Background in managing both technical and commercial elements of complex partnerships

Benefits

100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you

Partially covered for your dependents

One Medical annual membership

401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)

Flexible PTO

Fertility HRA (up to $5,000 per year)

WFH stipend to support your home office needs

Wellness stipend

Parental Leave

Relocation support to NYC or SF

Pet insurance

Other Notices

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ramp Applicant Privacy Notice

Paribus (Ramp)

Job Tags

Local area, Work from home, Home office, Relocation package, Flexible hours,

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