
Director, Benefit Partnerships - Business Vertical at FoundersCard (New York, NY)
FoundersCard· New York, NY· $150k–$180k·
Role details
Job description
The Opportunity FoundersCard is hiring a Director, Benefit Partnerships to lead our Business Benefits portfolio. This is a senior commercial partnerships role for someone who knows how to identify great opportunities, build executive relationships, negotiate strong deals, and turn partnerships into measurable business results. Reporting to the VP, Partnerships & Experiences, you’ll own the strategy and commercial performance of the Business Benefits vertical—from pipeline development and partner sourcing through negotiation, launch, renewals, and expansion.
What You'll Own
-Own the strategy, growth, and commercial performance of the Business Benefits portfolio.
-Build and manage a high-quality pipeline of brands and services relevant to founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.
-Lead partnerships end-to-end: prospecting, negotiation, contracting, launch, activation, renewal, and expansion.
-Structure compelling commercial partnerships that balance member value, partner ROI, and FoundersCard economics.
-Build and maintain senior-level relationships with key partner stakeholders.
-Drive revenue growth, renewals, expansion, engagement, and utilization across the portfolio.
-Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Member Services, Finance, Operations, Engineering, and other teams to bring benefits to life and optimize performance.
-Use revenue, engagement, conversion, utilization, and other performance data to make portfolio and partner decisions.
-Identify opportunities to improve underperforming partnerships and strengthen the overall portfolio.
-Build scalable processes and best practices for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and managing partnerships as the business grows.
What you bring
-8+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, sales, account management, or another commercial role.
-A track record of building and managing strategic partnerships, including prospecting, negotiation, renewals, expansion, and revenue ownership.
-Experience owning a business vertical, portfolio, or significant area of responsibility.
-Strong commercial judgment and negotiation skills.
-Confidence building relationships and leading strategic conversations with senior and executive-level stakeholders.
-Strong cross-functional leadership and project management skills.
-Highly organized, detail-oriented, and operationally disciplined.
-Comfortable working autonomously, making decisions, and taking ownership in a fast-moving environment.
-Entrepreneurial, proactive, and motivated by building something meaningful—not just managing an existing book of business.
What success looks like
You’ll build a high-performing Business Benefits portfolio with:
-A strong, differentiated pipeline of prospective partners.
-High-quality partnerships that deliver meaningful value to members.
-Growing partner revenue, engagement, and utilization.
-Strong renewal and expansion rates.
-Improved partnership economics over time.
-Strategic partners who see FoundersCard as a valuable growth channel.
-A scalable partnership function that can grow with the business.
Why work at FoundersCard
- Culture highlight: A privately held, founder-led company with a mission-driven ethos rooted in supporting entrepreneurship — relevant for people who want to work directly on products that serve founders and business leaders.
- Work arrangement: Hybrid presence across offices in New York (Manhattan HQ) and Austin, Texas (two locations); workforce is distributed across 10 countries including the US, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Singapore, India, South Africa, UK, Israel, Poland, and Brazil.
- Engineering culture: Modern startup tech stack including Ruby on Rails, React, React Native, Python, SQL/MySQL, and Looker, plus design tools like Figma and Adobe XD. Product, design, and data analytics sit alongside partnership and member-success teams.
- Perks & benefits: Employees likely receive access to the FoundersCard membership ecosystem (travel, hotel, and lifestyle benefits) — a staple perk of working for the company.
- Transparency: Publicly available employer reviews rate the company 3.2/5.0 overall, with work-life balance at 3.6, compensation at 3.4, culture at 3.2, and career development at 3.0 (21 reviews). Candidates should weigh these signals. Salary ranges from public data: Partnerships ~$83K, Business Development ~$68K, Member Services Specialist ~$43K (annual).
- Open roles (as of research date): Lead Analyst, Member & Product Analytics; Lead Product Manager — Member Experience & Platform; Membership Sales & Retention Specialist (Houston/Austin, TX).