Channel Partnership Associate - Builders Program

About us

Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region with a mission to help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth. The company serves millions of users in the region and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA and Amazon, as well as small and medium businesses.

Tamara is Saudi Arabia’s first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others. The company operates from its headquarters in Riyadh, with additional regional and global support offices.

About Tamara's Builders Program - Graduate Track

Our 12 month program elevates exceptional Saudi graduates into future leaders. It is a comprehensive and hands-on experience designed to accelerate your growth.

You will work with an executive mentor to help tackle company-wide initiatives with key stakeholders and gain professional development while handling live business challenges and making a mark from day one. Successful completion of this program will lead to internal opportunities based on performance.

If you have a brilliant academic track record, are a proactive problem-solver, and are ready to push boundaries, while executing with precision; this is the program for you!

About the role

As a part of the Channel Partnership team you will gain hands-on experience, and be exposed to different parts of Tamara's business and all the channel and integration partners we work with.

As a Channel Partnership Associate you’ll play a key role in identifying, developing, and managing high-impact channel partnerships that support and contribute to Tamara’s growth strategy. You will collaborate with ecosystem players such as fintechs, e-commerce platforms, and strategic distribution partners to unlock new customer acquisition channels and expand Tamara’s reach. This is a strategic and execution-focused role with direct impact on revenue and market presence.

Your responsibilities

• Build and manage relationships with key distribution and referral partners such as fintechs and e-commerce platforms
• Lead partnership proposals and agreements, ensuring smooth execution and mutual value delivery
• Monitor partner performance and drive improvements in sign-ups, engagement, and GMV
• Lead co-marketing and joint go-to-market initiatives to boost partner-led acquisition
• Track initiative performance and optimize strategies for better results
• Analyze market trends to identify new partnership opportunities
• Collaborate with internal teams (Demand Generation, Product, Integration, Onboarding) to align partnership activities
• Deliver training sessions and create scalable enablement materials for partners and their merchant networks

Your expertise

Experience:

• 1–2 years of experience in partnerships, channel sales, business development, or commercial roles
• A good understanding of fintech, payments, e-commerce, or SaaS is a plus

Skils

• Strong relationship management and communication skills
• Strategic thinking with the ability to structure and support high-impact partnerships
• Comfortable with data analysis and performance tracking
• Excellent project management and stakeholder coordination abilities
• Excellent understanding of technology with good experience in using softwares such as (Salesfroce, Tableau, Google Suite, Slack… among others)

Attributes:

• Proactive, collaborative, and commercially minded
• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Passionate about driving business growth through partnerships
• Detail-oriented and outcome-driven

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.