Partnership & Innovation
POLARIS serves as the transformation & partnership arm of GB Helios to build a robust pipeline of loans in the digital space. This is achieved through strategic partnerships with digital platforms or business ecosystems where there are high volumes of business transactions.
At the same time, POLARIS has always had the opportunity to be involved in operational projects such as live businesses and will delve deep to run and execute.
In recent years, the POLARIS footprint has extended beyond Singapore and the company is expanding into key S.E Asian markets such as Malaysia and Thailand.
As a Project Lead, the candidate will work closely with the partners and internal stakeholders to develop financing solutions through a mixture of innovative solutioning and creative loan structuring to achieve a quality and scalable loan pipeline. The candidate will also expect to be fully involved in operational projects and regional travel is expected.
Key Responsibilities include:
· Lead and manage the entire project with our selected partners to deliver key deliverables and timelines.
· Develop win-win partnerships through innovative solutioning and creative loan structuring.
· Structure and execute loan arrangements with partners and participating SMEs of loan programmes.
· Work with internal stakeholders like Credit & Risk, Operations, Legal, Finance, Marketing and Technology teams to design & execute loan programmes with partner platforms.
· Track performance of live partnerships with explicit KPIs.
· Manage partnership and loan pipelines against targets and KPIs.
· Develop a strong pipeline of loans and partnerships.
· Keep abreast of all new digital lending and related fintech initiatives in the region.
· Desktop research on latest financing products, fintech trends and business operations
· Business Operations - Brand Strategy and Marketing
o Website and social media content creation
o Liaise and coordinate resources with group marketing team
o Creation of pitch and marketing deck
· Business Operations - Loan Operations and administrative duties which includes, but not limited to:
o Data and Funds reconciliation
o Processing loan documentation
o Booking of loans in loan booking system
o Other ad hoc administrative duties
· Process Mapping
· Being able to operate in key S.E Asian markets such as Malaysia and Thailand to seek business opportunities, network and execute plans
Requirements:
· Minimum 1-3 years working experience in the areas of Business Development, Partnerships or Product/Project management.
· Proactive and can-do attitude is a must
· Healthy sense of curiosity towards learning
· Experience or exposure to Fintech or B2B Platforms / businesses is a bonus
· Highly independent and resourceful and able to thrive in a start-up like environment
· Willing to learn and actively contribute to problem solving
· Market knowledge in Malaysia or Thailand, with existing networks will be an advantage
· Proficiency in 1 additional S.E Asian language will be an advantage (Bahasa, Thai) (To be able to communicate and operate in key S.E Asian markets such as Malaysia and Thailand)
· Be willing to be stationed overseas including but not limited to South East Asian countries for extended periods of time, as and when required.
