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As of Sep 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for lending partnership manager in the United States is $84,036.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $61,000.00 and $125,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a lending partnership manager?

A Lending Partnership Manager is a professional responsible for building and managing relationships between financial institutions and their lending partners, such as banks, credit unions, or fintech companies. They work to identify partnership opportunities, negotiate agreements, and ensure successful collaboration to expand lending products and services. Their role often includes overseeing the implementation of lending programs, monitoring performance, and acting as a key liaison between organizations to achieve mutual business goals.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a lending partnership manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Lending Partnership Manager, you need a solid understanding of lending products, financial analysis, and relationship management, typically supported by a degree in finance, business, or a related field. Familiarity with CRM platforms, loan origination systems, and compliance software is commonly required. Excellent negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills set top performers apart by enabling them to build and maintain strong partnerships. These skills are crucial for driving business growth, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering successful collaborations between lenders and partners.

What are some common challenges faced by a lending partnership manager, and how can they be addressed?

Lending Partnership Managers often face the challenge of balancing the needs and expectations of both lending partners and internal stakeholders. Navigating differing compliance requirements and aligning on risk appetite are frequent hurdles. Building strong relationships and maintaining clear communication channels are key strategies to overcoming these challenges. Additionally, staying informed about industry trends and regulatory changes helps ensure successful, long-term partnerships.

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Senior Financial Partnerships Manager - Lending

San Francisco, CA • On-site, Remote

Mercury
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Full-time

Re-posted 17 days ago

Job description

Mercury is building a whole stack of financial tools for startups. We work hard to create dashboards with thought and simplicity. You can check out our demo dashboard at www.demo.mercury.com.
Underneath all of our products is a massive web of partners that users don't see, requiring significant product, regulatory, and operational investment. That's where the Product Partnerships team comes in. The Product Partnerships team maintains Mercury's external relationships and streamlines our collective workflows to keep customers, partners, and Mercury employees happy.
As Senior Product Partnerships Manager for Lending, you'll own and evolve Mercury's portfolio of strategic partners that underpin our lending infrastructure and our path toward becoming a bank. This includes relationships with lending management system providers, infrastructure partners and ecosystem partners that support our underwriting model. As we become a bank, our lending products will become more complex. You'll be on the forefront of supporting the development of those products.
This is a highly cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of product, engineering, compliance, legal, operations, and executive leadership. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for these partners while internally championing their capabilities, constraints, and requirements. You'll be responsible for translating complex technical partner considerations into clear internal work-streams.
Beyond managing existing partnerships, you'll play a critical role in identifying, evaluating, and onboarding new partners that support Mercury's long-term banking strategy. This includes market mapping, due diligence, contract negotiation, and ongoing relationship management. You'll bring a thoughtful mix of product curiosity, operational depth, and relationship skills to help Mercury build durable, compliant, and scalable banking infrastructure.
Secure, reliable, thoughtful, and (perhaps) magical is how a user should describe banking* on Mercury. Your job is to ensure that our lending management partners can live up to this standard as we scale.
*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.
What You Will Do:
  • Manage a portfolio of strategic lending partnerships critical to Mercury's banking infrastructure
  • Be the driving force behind building and maintaining Mercury's lending partner ecosystem in support of our charter ambitions
  • Serve as the internal expert on lending management systems
  • Work closely with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Product, Engineering, and Finance to negotiate contracts, manage partner performance, and support regulatory readiness
  • Lead new partner selection, due diligence, and onboarding for lending partnerships
  • Translate partner requirements, constraints, and regulatory considerations into actionable internal plans and timelines
  • Unblock internal teams wherever possible and advocate for Mercury's roadmap while balancing regulatory and partner expectations
  • Clearly communicate Mercury's compliance posture, regulatory obligations, and technical architecture to external partners
What You Should Have:
  • 6+ years of of relevant banking/payment operations experience and 4+ years of strategic partnerships experience or B2B/payment product experience
  • Experience managing or working closely with lending management system providers
  • Be a strong partnership leader who enjoys owning complex, high-stakes relationships
  • Be an excellent communicator and highly organized project manager, comfortable operating across many stakeholders
  • Consistently exercise empathy, especially in highly regulated and constrained environments
  • Have a strong product sense and interest in how financial infrastructure enables customer outcomes
  • Be an effective negotiator with experience navigating complex commercial and regulatory discussions
  • Be technically inclined or comfortable interfacing with engineering and compliance teams on complex systems
  • Stay calm and focused while working on multiple critical initiatives in parallel
  • Exercise creativity while operating within regulatory and operational constraints
  • Think of customers first, always approaching problems from the customer perspective
  • Be able to simplify complex systems and regulatory requirements into clear, documented processes

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.
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The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:
US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area:
$180,900-$226,100 USD
US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area:
$162,800-$203,500 USD

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