Business Development Operations Associate

Summary

Join NerdWallet as a Business Development Operations Associate to support the growing SMB Lending business. This contractor role involves building, optimizing, and supporting business development processes, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, and managing partner relationships. You will lead partner onboarding and offboarding, manage contracts, collaborate with various departments, develop business tools, and support forecasting and resource planning. The role requires strong organizational, communication, and analytical skills, along with experience in business development or project management. This remote position offers a competitive hourly rate and a flexible schedule.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in business development, operations, or project management
• Strong analytic and project management skills with a history of driving cross-functional programs
• Resourceful and eager to learn with a curiosity to become an expert in your field
• Proficient in productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, Looker/Tableau, and MS Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Organized: Excellent at time management, balancing multiple priorities, and staying structured
• Self-directed: A proactive self-starter who drives initiatives to completion
• Highly productive: Skilled at coordinating with diverse stakeholders to deliver high-value outcomes
• A strong communicator: Able to clearly articulate challenges and solutions while fostering collaboration
• Creative and entrepreneurial: Comfortable with ambiguity and eager to build and improve processes

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve partner onboarding, integration, and offboarding processes
• Manage individual contracts, ensuring smooth review and resolution with internal teams
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and accounting to address vendor compliance and audit requests
• Develop and enhance business development templates and tools as needed
• Support forecasting, resource planning, and timeline management for BD initiatives
• Define and implement operational processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Build strong internal relationships to prioritize and execute key initiatives
• Tackle complexity and ambiguity with innovative, friction-reducing solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in financial services, affiliate marketing, or small business lending

Benefits

• The hourly rate for this position is $50/hour
• This is a W2 contract role hired by Magnit
• The estimated schedule for this engagement would be 20-25 hours per week from January-June
• This role will be remote (based in the U.S.)