Job ID: 37556
Location: Dubai, AE
Area of interest: Change and Transformation
Job type: Fixed Term Worker
Work style:
Opening date: Aug 18, 2025

JOB SUMMARY

We are building an integrated B2B marketplace that will transform how SMEs trade, access finance and grow their business, co-created with leading local institutions in the UAE.
As Head of Partnerships, you will lead the development and execution of our partnership strategy to accelerate growth across our B2B platform. Your focus will be on building a high-quality ecosystem of financial institutions, integration partners, technology providers, and commercial collaborators. You’ll manage the full lifecycle — from identifying and onboarding strategic partners to delivering measurable value for both sides. This is an opportunity to shape a high-impact platform at day zero, working closely with the founding team and leading institutions in the UAE.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Change and Transformation
Procurement & Supply Chain
Solutions Architect
Technology
Ventures
Corporate Strategy
Data and Analytics

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in partnerships, strategic business development, or alliances, ideally in banking, fintech, marketplaces.
• Proven experience building and managing partnerships with banks, financial institutions, fintech, SaaS companies, or enterprise platforms.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills — you’re able to build credibility and influence at all levels.
• Confident operating in a fast-moving early-stage startup and can build credibility with partners when representing a growing brand
• Bonus: understanding of SME lending, embedded finance, or B2B trade infrastructure

ABOUT STANDARD CHARTERED

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term