Corporate Development – Fintech Partnerships Manager

Experience: 2 – 5 years
Job location: Mumbai - BKC
Grade: M4/M5

As part of the Corporate Development Team, you will develop product and alliance partnerships with fintech and technology startups. The position will require stakeholder management, relationship building, basic understanding of fintech products, and interest in startup ecosystem.
Corporate Development at Kotak Securities is responsible for driving development of next-generation products and adoption of future technology by partnering with start-ups, technology
partners, accelerators/ incubators, customers, and premier academic & research institutions. The corporate Development team also looks at investing in fintech and technology startups for
driving business advantages to Kotak securities.
 
Role:
 Prospect potential partners using various direct methods, networking, and research.
 Create processes & systems/integrations by tying up with various players in fintech ecosystem, especially in capital markets.
 Implementation of solutions by leveraging the startup ecosystem for various business
teams across the organization.
 Delivery of projects from ideation through prototype development, proof of concept
(PoC) and testing with stakeholders (internal and external)
 Periodic review and monitoring of the projects on an ongoing basis
 Keep abreast with emerging technology & concepts, and market trends to identify
opportunities and develop solutions.
 Ideation and brainstorming of new concepts and ideas for experimentation in different
products.
 Understanding customer behaviour and developing customer journey mapping
 Engage in research, data collection and business analysis to understand the impact
on product, process, and systems.
 Forge strong partnerships with industry partners to bring to fruition a leading-edge
proposition, have the voice of customer at the heart of everything.

Attributes:
 Professional project management knowledge of concepts and practices, specifically
the agile development methodology
 Deep interest in startup ecosystem
 Analytical and detail-oriented mindset, good presentation, and interpersonal skills
 Ability to engage senior level professionals and promoters.