Director, Business Development

Overview

Intuit Credit Karma is a mission-driven company, focused on championing financial progress for our more than 140 million members globally. While we're best known for pioneering free credit scores, our members turn to us for everything related to their financial goals, including identity monitoring, applying for credit cards, shopping for insurance and loans (car, home and personal) and savings accounts and checking accounts* – all for free.

Credit Karma has grown significantly through the years: we now have more than 1,700 employees across our offices in Oakland, Charlotte, Culver City, San Diego, London, Bangalore, and New York City.

* Banking services provided by MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC

• Partner with the largest financial institutions in the country to enable the success of their marketing programs on Credit Karma
• Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing team responsible for partner management, deal negotiation, and cross-functional project leadership
• Build strong relationships with teams at financial institutions, ranging from EVP+ level executives all the way to hands-on partner managers, analysts, product managers, and legal/compliance associates
• Develop an in-depth understanding of our partners' and Credit Karma's business goals to identify win-win opportunities for our partnerships that can further Credit Karma's mission of making financial progress possible for our members
• Develop, manage, and help execute the partnership team's strategic roadmap. In this capacity, you will collaborate with Credit Karma's C-level executives and leaders/VPs of our product, engineering, marketing and data science functions, in addition to leaders and operators from the partners' teams

• Direct access to Credit Karma senior leadership and highly engaged with leaders at various financial institutions
• High impact, high visibility - play a key role in guiding strategy for Credit Karma
• Work in a highly cross-functional, highly collaborative environment - you are the hub of many spokes within Credit Karma
• Use business acumen, analytical skills and relationship experience to market and execute complex initiatives with both new and existing partners

• 10+ years of progressive experience in consumer lending, customer acquisition, or digital marketing, with at least 5 years dedicated to direct people management of high-performing business development, sales, or account management teams.

• Executive presence with the ability to succinctly, confidently and articulately defend and challenge positions in verbal and written communications
• Hyper-focused on partner satisfaction and substantial experience developing and managing complex relationships, proven by experience running teams in a client-facing or senior management role in a sales/consulting/business development capacity
• Develops senior relationships to serve as a trusted advisor with major partners to optimize their digital acquisition, activation and engagement strategies
• An understanding of the consumer finance industry's challenges, a vision for its growth and a commitment to advance Credit Karma’s forward-looking initiatives within the marketplace
• Work collaboratively with a cross-functional team that is passionate about innovation and disruption to the benefit of members and partners. Leverage proven frameworks to evaluate potential business opportunities, structure the team’s thinking, and reach insightful answers
• Possess a natural ability for analyzing & synthesizing information to develop plans and strategies. Moreover, you can effectively use data to make decisions and communicate this to others in a succinct and easy to understand manner
• Proven performance in independently researching and resolving complex partner questions or concerns. Has the ability, acumen and confidence to know when and how to say “no” when necessary

• Medical and Dental Coverage
• Retirement Plan
• Wellness perks
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Baby Bonding, Cultural Observance, & More)
• Paid Gift Week in December

Credit Karma is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We welcome…