Partnership Development Director, Product & Infrastructure – Digital Assets

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting‑edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

The Director, Product & Infrastructure Partnerships – Digital Assets will lead the sourcing, evaluation, building , structuring, and managing strategic technology partnerships across the digital asset infrastructure stack, including stablecoin, blockchain, custody, and compliance tooling providers.

This role is responsible for helping define and build the technology stack that supports Early Warning’s digital asset architecture, including partnerships across blockchain infrastructure, stablecoin issuance and ecosystem services, custody, settlement, compliance, monitoring, payments processing, messaging, and related infrastructure providers.

The position combines technical partnership strategy, executive relationship management, commercial negotiation, implementation oversight, and partner governance to ensure selected third‑party capabilities support Early Warning’s product, architecture, risk, resiliency, security, and regulatory objectives.

• Act as the primary promoter of all Early Warning vision, products and solutions across customer executive teams and business units and assists the customer in maximizing the effectiveness of existing products.
• Lead identification, evaluation, negotiation, and lifecycle management of digital asset infrastructure partnerships (e.g., blockchain platforms, stablecoin ecosystem partners, custody/settlement providers, and compliance tooling).
• Structure commercial agreements and joint operating constructs that support scalable ecosystem participation and long‑term flexibility.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Architecture, Risk, and Legal to assess partner capabilities meet security, resiliency, integration, and third‑party risk standards.
• Establish governance and performance frameworks (KPIs/SLAs) for infrastructure partners and drive ongoing health checks and optimization.
• Hold primary responsibility for identification, evaluation, and onboarding of new Early Warning partners, driving new revenue streams, capabilities, client platforms and data exchanges.
• Develop and provide both internal and external vision and business cases to support partner development.
• Provide partner executives with Early Warning value summaries, product usage reviews, upcoming product enhancements, and overall Early Warning product roadmap.
• Working with Corporate Strategy, Product, external clients and internal teams to identify and nurture prospective partnerships aligned with the Early Warning Strategy.
• The role will partner closely with Corporate Strategy, Product and the Sales Enablement team to ensure a results‑focused approach to customer success.
• Serve as primary business conduit for partners into Early Warning for all lines of business during the relationship development and onboarding processes.
• Utilize strong understanding of customer strategy and organizational structure to develop and articulate value proposition around using Early Warning products, ensure continued product usage and identify additional opportunities for growth.
• Ensure partners understand and adhere to Early Warning’s rules, data governance policies, data security polices and business practices and standards.
• Ensure that  is kept updated and current for all partnership opportunities, contacts, projects, and legal efforts within the assigned portfolio on a weekly basis.
• Drive and own Partner Satisfaction throughout the process.
• Support the company’s commitment to protect the integrity and…