Job title: Partnerships Lead
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Financials
Location: Sydney
Job published: 18-05-2026
Job ID: 67692

Job Description

Partnerships Lead

  • Own and scale partnerships and direct acquisition channels
  • B2B and B2C focus
  • $165k plus super

Drive growth, partnerships and digital performance in a high-impact automotive finance role.

We’re looking for a commercially minded Partnerships Lead to own and scale a growing automotive lending portfolio across OEM partnerships and direct digital acquisition channels.

This is a high-impact role focused on driving growth, conversion, customer experience and profitability across both B2B partnership and direct-to-consumer channels. You’ll be in the driving seat (no pun intended) to bring together digital growth, product optimisation, partnerships and commercial strategy.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex growth problems and love using data to optimise customer journeys, this is an outstanding opportunity to make a real impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

OEM and Partnership Growth

  • Manage and grow key automotive OEM partnerships
  • Execute incentive and campaign activity across partner networks
  • Optimise pricing, margin performance and commercial outcomes
  • Identify opportunities for deeper integration, dealer engagement and customer growth
  • Support onboarding and operational rollout of new automotive partnerships

Digital Acquisition and Funnel Optimisation

  • Own performance across direct automotive acquisition channels
  • Partner with Growth teams across paid, affiliate and organic channels
  • Lead end-to-end funnel optimisation initiatives to improve conversion and customer experience
  • Design and execute A/B testing across pricing, messaging, UX and application flows
  • Improve mobile experience, form design and completion rates

Data, Insights and Performance

  • Monitor daily, weekly and monthly performance metrics
  • Analyse funnel and customer data to identify trends and optimisation opportunities
  • Develop targeted pricing and acquisition strategies
  • Use insights to balance growth, profitability and risk-adjusted returns

Cross-Functional Impact and Connectivity

  • Work closely with Product, Technology, Risk, Operations, Marketing and Customer teams
  • Define business requirements for new features and platform improvements
  • Support strategic initiatives across automotive and lending partnerships

What It Will Take To Succeed

  • Experience in Product Management, Growth, Digital Performance, Partnerships or Commercial roles
  • Experience in fintech, lending, automotive finance will be highly advantageous
  • Strong commercial acumen with exposure to pricing, margins and performance optimisation
  • Experience improving digital funnels, acquisition performance and customer journeys
  • Strong analytical capability with confidence interpreting data and performance metrics
  • Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Experience working with OEMs, dealers or automotive ecosystems will be a huge plus
  • Basic SQL and experimentation/A-B testing experience advantageous

Why This Role?

  • High ownership and visibility across a growing business
  • Blend of commercial strategy, partnerships and digital optimisation
  • Opportunity to shape customer experience and growth outcomes end-to-end
  • Fast-paced, collaborative environment with strong career growth potential
  • Loads of connectivity with and dealings with the senior leadership team and co-founder

If you’re excited by digital growth, partnerships and building scalable customer acquisition channels, apply online or call Michelle Rubinstein at The Onset on 0413 463 043.