zilch - Director of Strategic Partnerships

• A track record of closing complex, multi-party commercial deals end-to-end - not supporting them, not being in the room, but owning the outcome from origination to signature • Experience operating at C-suite and senior stakeholder level, both internally and externally, with the credibility to move fast and the authority to commit • Demonstrated ability to build commercial models from scratch - not optimising existing structures, but conceiving and structuring novel commercial arrangements • Meaningful experience with regulated or technically complex products - credit, lending, payments, or financial infrastructure - and a clear understanding of what that complexity means for deal structuring • An active, senior network in relevant industries: people who will take your call and trust your read on an opportunity • Experience working in or alongside a high-growth or scale-up environment, with comfort navigating pace, ambiguity, and resource constraints • Strong analytical and commercial modelling skills - able to size an opportunity, stress-test a deal structure, and present a clear business case • Excellent communication and influencing skills at executive level, internally and externally • A degree in a quantitative, analytical, or commercial discipline (STEM, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or Business) from a strong academic institution • A second European language - a meaningful advantage as the function expands across markets • Background in strategy or management consulting, with a subsequent move into commercial partnerships or enterprise BD • Experience with enterprise partnerships or business development in a technology-led or platform business • Familiarity with Retail, Embedded finance, or financial infrastructure licensing models • Professional Memberships. • Learning Suite for e-courses. • Internal Training Programmes. • FCA & Regulatory training.