Partner Marketing Manager

The Role

Ziina is looking for a Partner Marketing Manager to join our team. This role is an exciting opportunity to lead and scale Ziina’s Partner Marketing function. You will be responsible for conceptualizing and executing creative campaigns with our partners, with the goal of unlocking new audiences, building brand equity, and driving product growth.

As a Partner Marketing Manager at Ziina you will:

• Work directly with partners to conceptualize and execute high-impact activation campaigns
• Develop multi-layered strategic marketing plans with long-term impact
• Leverage partner customer bases to create mutually beneficial value propositions
• Build business cases to quantify ROI on proposed campaigns and tie outcomes to core business KPIs
• Collaborate with product, brand, and growth teams to integrate partnerships across the broader marketing mix
• Ensure continued value and engagement across the partnership portfolio
• Monitor and report on campaign performance, using data to iterate and improve
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders at partner organizations
• Stay on top of emerging trends in fintech, brand collaborations, and partner marketing best practices

To succeed in this role, you likely:

• Bring 4+ years of experience in partner marketing, brand partnerships, or strategic marketing roles
• Combine strong creative instincts with the ability to turn ideas into actionable marketing campaigns
• Possess a commercial mindset and experience building and presenting business cases
• Collaborate effectively and manage a wide range of stakeholders with ease
• Have a deep understanding of marketing strategy, customer journeys, and value exchange mechanics
• Communicate clearly and confidently, both in writing and speaking
• Are analytical and data-driven, with the ability to turn performance data into insight
• Thrive in ambiguity and bring structure to complex projects
• Take initiative and show strong ownership in driving work forward
• Are based in, or open to relocating to, the UAE

What would amaze us:

• A background in business development alongside your marketing expertise
• A deep passion for fintech, startups, and the Middle East market
• The ability to zoom out for strategic clarity while obsessing over the details

About Ziina

Ziina’s mission is to bring financial freedom to every person in the Middle East. We are building MENA’s consumer and SMB financial platform, starting with a peer-to-peer and merchant wallet. Our team have backgrounds from Apple, Uber, Stripe, Klarna, Revolut, Yandex, and Nubank. Ziina’s payments volumes have grown by 10x YoY for the last two years. The team have built a product that is beloved by the UAE and is the recipient of 8 international design awards, including the Red Dot Award and the UX Design Award. Our last round was a $22 million Series A from top-tier investors globally including Altos Ventures, Fintech Collective, Activant, Long Journey Ventures and Y Combinator. Our angel investors include early employees and executives at Revolut, Stripe, Venmo, Brex, Checkout.com, Notion, and Deel.

Join us in shaping the future of financial freedom. Every role here is an opportunity to make a real impact. Let’s build something that matters—together.