Lean Technologies
Product Partnerships Manager (Fintech - Banking Integrations)
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 20/03/2026
Job overview
Date posted
03/02/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
20/03/2026
Job description
The Product Partnerships Manager is responsible for managing and operationalizing integrations with banks and financial institutions that enable Lean’s payment, open banking, and digital asset products. The role focuses on technical enablement, compliance onboarding, and operational alignment rather than commercial sales. Key duties include driving the end-to-end lifecycle of bank partnerships, managing account opening, operational setup, compliance documentation, integration testing, go-live processes, and ongoing relationship management. The role requires close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Finance, and Operations teams, maintaining operational runbooks, project plans, dashboards, and integration documentation. The position demands experience navigating banking and regulatory complexities while ensuring operational efficiency and alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Act as the operational owner for assigned bank relationships
- Maintain strong working relationships across the bank
- Manage operational issues, incident escalations, and day-to-day coordination
- Lead weekly or biweekly operational syncs with bank partners and Lean internal teams
- Organize and maintain operational runbooks, escalation paths, and integration documentation
- Drive the account opening lifecycle across multiple banks for multi-currency accounts
- Coordinate documentation with internal Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Treasury teams
- Manage signatories, mandates, pricing schedules, and bank operational requirements
- Own cross-functional workstreams between Product, Engineering, Compliance, Finance, and Operations
- Maintain shared project plans, dashboards, and integration timelines for internal visibility
- Drive structured communication to ensure all teams stay aligned and unblock roadblocks promptly
- Prepare internal briefs, integration memos, and updates for leadership
- Support engagement and outreach to new financial institution and bank partners
- Identify and engage strategic partners to support product operations
Experience & skills
- 5+ years of experience in product operations, product partnerships, or technical partnership management within fintech
- Experience managing complex integration projects involving engineering, compliance, and operations
- Familiarity with bank compliance and regulatory requirements
- Strong project management capabilities and ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Strong analytical, structured thinking, and documentation skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Able to maintain calm, clarity, and organization when dealing with bank bureaucracy or operational issues