Responsibilities
- Identify, negotiate, and close strategic partnerships with community organisations, ethnic media, cultural associations, religious institutions, and remittance-adjacent businesses (travel agents, grocery chains, money exchanges) across key US cities
- Build and manage a structured partnership pipeline, tracking deal value, activation timelines, and revenue impact
- Develop co-marketing and referral arrangements that drive measurable customer acquisition at efficient CAC
- Represent TTS at senior levels with external partners, acting as the face of the corridor
- Design and execute a multi-channel growth strategy across the South Asia corridor, combining offline community activations, digital campaigns, ambassador programmes and influencer partnerships
- Source, onboard and manage a network of community champions and brand ambassadors, setting clear KPIs and maintaining ongoing engagement
- Lead localised campaign planning across communities, ensuring cultural relevance and message resonance
- Monitor competitive activity and identify whitespace opportunities across communities
- Build a test-and-learn framework across acquisition channels, using data to double down on what works and kill what doesn't
- Report regularly on growth metrics, partnership performance and market opportunities
Requirements
- 6–8 years of experience in growth, partnerships, business development or community marketing — ideally within fintech or a consumer startup
- A proven track record of building and closing partnerships that delivered measurable commercial outcomes
- Deep existing networks within South Asian communities in the US — you are known and trusted in these spaces
- Strong commercial acumen — you can connect partnership activity to business results
- Excellent negotiation and relationship management skills, with the ability to operate credibly at a senior level
- Highly organised with strong project management skills; comfortable running multiple workstreams simultaneously
Nice to Have
- Serving diaspora communities a plus
- Ideally within fintech or a consumer startup
Work Arrangement
Remote (City/Region) — US
Team
Team size: 250+. Structure: global team
About Us
- We’re building the world’s leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets - empowering families, fueling local economies, and changing how millions access financial services.
- Since our launch in 2019, we have transformed how money moves across borders with our operations spanning 6 out of 7 continents and covering both the busiest and most underserved (remittance) corridors.
- We tapped into a massive shift - from banks to phones - bringing digital finance to places where traditional systems never reached.
- The next stage of growth will fuel a network of services and products especially designed to make money more accessible to diaspora communities including local cards, and additional savings and payments features.
- Founded by Harvard grads and 3-time founders who previously built Segovia (acquired) and GiveDirectly (> $300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO in the world)
- Backed by top investors including Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, Unbound, Wamda, and more
- Built by global top performers from Bain, Google, McKinsey, Uber, Checkout, Bolt, and beyond - we move fast, stay humble, and care deeply about our mission
- Truly global team - 250+ people, 50+ nationalities, 50+ languages
- Guided by our values - ownership, impact, humility, and heart - in deed, not just word
Taptap Values
- Impact first
- Team next
- Accept reality
- Propose solutions
- Win with grit
- Be proactively candid, with yourself and others
- Love the particular
- Own it
- Create positive energy
- Maybe, even have fun
Additional Information
- Must be comfortable working nights and weekends for events or customer meetings
- Must be able to operate in a fast-paced, scrappy startup environment
- Must be comfortable with ambiguity