Partnerships Manager (f/m/d)

At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest’s Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and financial institutions can save resources and fully focus on their core business. We are proud to partner with Europe’s leading Fintechs and financial institutions such as DKB, Revolut, N26 and Raisin. Founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing, Upvest now brings together over 270 talented professionals from more than 70 nationalities. Upvest is backed by €280M in total funding from world-class investors, including BlackRock, Tencent, Sapphire Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird, Notion Capital, and Motive. Our latest €110M funding round in March 2026 - led by Sapphire and Tencent - serves as a massive catalyst for our growth, allowing us to offer premier investment experience. ABOUT THE ROLE: We’re looking for fintech enthusiasts to join us in creating the financial infrastructure of tomorrow. We aim to create the #1 partner ecosystem in the investment infrastructure space. This means teaming up with the top companies across the different partner segments, from strategy consultants and systems integrators to fund issuers and solutions providers that extend our product capabilities. We established the partnerships team in 2025, and are rapidly expanding our coverage of priority partner segments to delight our clients with modern end-to-end investment solutions. BUILD OUR PARTNERSHIPS ECOSYSTEM With your approachable and productive mindset, you will grow and further establish our partnership network. You will proactively identify and qualify high impact partners, define our value proposition for different partner types, and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders at priority partner organizations. In addition, you will lead the negotiation of cooperation agreements with our partners. EXECUTING THE PARTNERSHIPS STRATEGY As a key member of our growing team, you will play a pivotal role in bringing the partnership strategy to life. With your strong execution skills, diligence, and structured approach you will implement the partnership strategy and drive the day-to-day. As the key counterpart to our partners, you will be responsible for delivering the partner journey from onboarding and enablement to quarterly goal setting and technical integrations. In addition, you will lead the communication to the market on our partnership success stories - in collaboration with the Marketing team. WHAT YOU BRING: - Experience: You have 2+ years of experience in consulting / investment banking / investing and/or partnerships related roles. You are just as comfortable doing groundwork (research, outreach, setting up processes) as you are engaging with strategic topics and building relationships with senior leaders at our partners. - Industry exposure: You have a strong interest in investments, securities trading, and software-/infrastructure-as-a-service products (e.g., BaaS). - Methodologies & processes: You have hands-on experience in standardizing and optimizing sales-related processes. - Project management: You proactively drive complex projects to successful outcomes while making execution efficient and straightforward for others. - Mindset: You are eager to learn, highly productive, approach challenges in a data-driven manner, and solve problems with a bias to action and attention to detail. - Location: Preference for candidates located in Berlin, fluent in English and ideally German (written and verbal). HOW WE UPVEST IN YOU: - Best-in-class AI tools: Every Upvenger has €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available — so you're always working with the most powerful models and tooling on the market. - Impact-driven work: We’re building the infrastructure that will power the future of investing in Europe. It’s comp