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title: 'Data Partnerships Lead at Method Financial'
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# Data Partnerships Lead at Method Financial

- **Company:** Method Financial
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $240k–$280k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-04-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/method/086b5c53-4927-47da-b38f-5d6c73f72568/application

**Skills:** Open banking, Financial data standards, FDX, FAPI, OpenID Connect, Commercial negotiation, Data access strategy, Experience with FDX, Experience with Open ID Connect, Experience with banking standards bodies, Government affairs or regulatory strategy experience, Startup experience

> The Head of Data Strategy & Access leads Method's external data partnership efforts, negotiating data access agreements with financial institutions and engaging with industry standards bodies. This role involves building relationships with stakeholders, co-designing integration specifications, and driving commercial...

## Job description

## MEET METHOD

Method has built the most modern way to connect to consumer financial accounts. Combining real-time liability connectivity with instant payment execution, Method’s API is designed to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use.

We have helped 45+ million users connect 350+ million liability accounts credential-less and processed over $2.5B in payments, helping users save millions in interest. One in every three credit cards in the United States is in the Method ecosystem and leading financial institutions like SoFi, Bilt, Cleo, Sezzle, Figure & Aven rely on our APIs to build magical experiences for millions of consumers.

We’re a team of 50+ people spread across offices in Austin, SF, New York City, and Washington D.C! We’re excited to continue the momentum working alongside our investors and advisors from Andreessen Horowitz, Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, Avra, and Ardent. To learn more about us, check out our blog https://methodfi.com/resources/company-updates!

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We're hiring a Data Partnerships Lead to own Method's most consequential and technically complex external partnership effort. You’ll be responsible for negotiating and securing the data access agreements with financial institutions and other data providers that power Method’s platform. You’ll also engage with industry associations and other industry consortia to advance the technical standards that govern how financial data is shared across the industry.

You're operating at the intersection of commercial negotiation, industry relations, product co-design, open banking and industry standards work in an environment where the counterparties are major financial institutions, the stakes are high, and progress is slow and hard-won. You'll build trust with technical and business stakeholders at institutions that are simultaneously your partners and your infrastructure providers. You'll need to know when to be transparent, when to be patient, and when to push.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Own and execute Method's data access strategy with financial institutions.
- Build and manage a pipeline of target data provider relationships across technical and business stakeholders; drive outbound, conference-based networking, and warm introductions.
- Co-design and negotiate bank authentication and user experience specifications as part of data integration agreements.
- Establish Method as a credible domain expert in the FI data and BNPL ecosystem.
- Own the commercial negotiation on direct access agreements including build cost contributions, data licensing terms, and implementation timelines.
- Evaluate and pursue financial institutions and digitally native lenders integrations to move manual repayment flows to digital alternatives.
- Manage various Method internal and external resources supporting our data access efforts.
- Build internal visibility and alignment on the data access agenda across Product, Legal, and Engineering.

## WHO YOU ARE

- You've done this job , or something very close to it, at a financial data aggregator (Plaid, MX, Yodlee, Intuit IDX) or from within a financial institution's digital partnerships or open banking team.
- You're fluent in open banking and financial data standards, FDX, FAPI, OpenID Connect.
- You have an MBA or equivalent business background and have closed or contributed to commercial agreements with large financial institutions.
- You understand how FIs think about sharing card-level data, and you know the difference between open-banking access and direct issuer agreements.
- You have a bias toward ownership; this role requires sustained effort against institutional inertia with limited short-term feedback loops.
- You're technically fluent enough to engage with bank engineering and product teams without an interpreter.

## EXTRA AWESOME

- Existing network within FDX, Open ID Connect, or banking standards bodies.
- Experience working alongside or within a government affairs or regulatory strategy function.
- Prior startup experience or demonstrated comfort operating at a company where the process is yours to build.
- Prior relationships at top-10 US financial institutions.

The annual US base salary range for this role is: $165,000-$220,000.

## BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES

- Medical, Dental, Vision; basic medical plans 100% covered
- Flexible PTO
- $30/day Lunch allowance when working from the office
- 12 weeks parental leave
- Commuter benefits; employer-sponsored
- Phone/internet stipend
- WFH stipend
- Student loan repayment contribution
- Lifestyle Spending stipend
- Learning & Development stipend
- Hybrid-office stocked with snacks
- Quarterly team off-sites

## IN-OFFICE POLICY

For most roles are Method, we expect a regular in-person presence at one of our hubs in NYC, Austin, SF or DC. We have embedded flexibility to work remotely for a week here and there, but the general expectation is a minimum 2-3 days/week in office on average. What does not work is full-time remote.

## ACCOMMODATIONS

Method provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance with your application due to a disability, please contact us at talent@methodfi.com to request an accommodation.

## About Method Financial

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Method provides a financial API that connects lenders, fintechs, and financial institutions to consumer credit and liability accounts, enabling real-time data, end-to-end payments, and embedded lending experiences.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY (also offices in Austin, TX and Bethesda, MD)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Jose Bethancourt (CEO) and Jesus Marco del Carmen

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Fintech / Financial Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B – lenders, fintechs, banks, credit unions (enterprise and growth-stage financial services)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We empower lenders, fintechs, and other FIs to build products that unlock a level of autonomy never before seen by consumers.”

## Products & Services
- **One Auth**: Single phone-based authentication to connect and verify users across 10,000+ financial institutions – no login credentials required.
- **Data API**: Real-time access to balances, transactions, due dates, payoff quotes, APR ranges, credit limits, and 300+ data points across credit cards, student loans, auto loans, personal loans, mortgages, and more.
- **Pay API**: Embedded payment initiation for balance transfers, loan payoffs, and bill pay, with real-time settlement and compliance handling.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Total funding: $58M ( $16M Series A in 2023 + $42M Series B led by Emergence Capital)
  - 45M+ consumer users connected
  - $3B+ in payment volume processed
  - 20K+ financial institutions covered
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Lead Series B: Emergence Capital
  - Also backed by Y Combinator (batch Summer 2019)
  - Customers/partners: SoFi, Aven, Happy Money, Cleo, Bilt
- **Growth Signals**: 55-person team (as of 2025); high-profile customer wins; expanding from initial loan payoff use case into broad balance transfer and bill pay; increasing coverage and data depth.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Differentiator**: Focuses specifically on liability accounts (credit cards, loans, lines of credit) unlike most open banking APIs that only cover deposit accounts.
- **No credential storage**: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) based connectivity eliminates the need to store sensitive login details, reducing security overhead.
- **Real-time, comprehensive data**: Direct connection to each system of record enables up-to-date balances, alerts, and payoff quotes, not just historical credit report data.
- **All-in-one**: Combines account connectivity, real-time data, and payment initiation into a single API, simplifying integration for lenders.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expansion of coverage**: Increasing the number of financial institutions and biller connections across the U.S.
- **Deepening payment capabilities**: Growing balance transfer, loan payoff, and bill pay use cases to become the standard for embedded liability payments.
- **Platform adoption**: Empowering partners like SoFi and Bilt to embed Method’s API into their own products, driving network effects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a “tight-knit crew” of ~55 people who are interdisciplinary, high-trust, and enjoy building end-to-end. Values include “move (uncomfortably) fast”, “take informed risks”, “lead by action”, and “stay resilient”.
- **Work model**: Hybrid / in-office presence in three hubs: Austin (The Domain), New York (SoHo), and Washington D.C. (Bethesda). Employees are evenly split across locations.
- **Perks**:
  - 100% paid medical, dental, vision for employee (up to 50% for dependents)
  - Flexible PTO
  - $1,000 WFH stipend + MacBook Pro M4
  - $1,000 annual learning & development allowance
  - Up to $5,250/year student loan contributions
  - $750/year lifestyle stipend
  - 401(k) with employer contributions
  - Commuter benefits
- **Growth**: Employees are encouraged to be “interdisciplinary” and own projects from start to finish, with a strong engineering and product culture.

## Sources
1. [methodfi.com](https://methodfi.com/company/about) – About page
2. [methodfi.com](https://methodfi.com/) – Homepage (products, metrics, partners)
3. [methodfi.com](https://methodfi.com/company/careers) – Careers page (culture, perks, values)
4. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/method-financial) – Y Combinator profile (founding, team, funding, news)

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