Corporate Development Portfolio Manager ( Fintech & Emerging Markets)
Tether Operations Limited
WorldwideremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Senior-level role (7–15 years of experience required)
- Remote work with a global team
Role overview
Join Tether to shape the future of digital finance by pioneering global financial solutions with reserve-backed tokens across blockchains. Tether enables secure, instant, and low-cost digital transactions, with a focus on transparency and trust. The company operates across multiple innovative verticals, including Tether Finance (stablecoins and tokenization), Tether Power (sustainable Bitcoin mining), Tether Data (AI and peer-to-peer technology), Tether Education (digital learning), and Tether Evolution (cutting-edge technology and human potential). The team is a global, remote talent powerhouse driving industry leadership in fintech.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary relationship owner for a portfolio of strategic (majority) investments across multiple sectors and geographies.
- Identify, develop, and execute commercial partnerships between portfolio companies and Tether business units.
- Drive measurable strategic outcomes including revenue generation, customer acquisition, product integrations, distribution agreements, infrastructure partnerships, regulatory cooperation, and ecosystem expansion.
- Act as a trusted advisor to founders and executive teams, helping them leverage Tether's network, resources, and global footprint.
- Build and maintain a systematic value-creation framework, tracking strategic initiatives and measuring realized impact across the portfolio.
- Coordinate introductions across Tether's operating businesses, executive leadership, customers, partners, regulators, and strategic stakeholders.
- Support portfolio companies on strategic planning, organizational development, fundraising, market expansion, and major commercial initiatives.
- Evaluate strategic partnership opportunities, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, and other transactions involving portfolio companies and the broader Tether ecosystem.
- Develop strategic theses around emerging market opportunities, competitive dynamics, and industry trends.
- Identify opportunities where portfolio companies can strengthen Tether’s long-term strategic positioning.
- Support integration planning and execution for acquisitions, strategic investments, and partnership initiatives.
- Provide regular market intelligence and strategic recommendations to Tether leadership regarding industry developments, competitive threats, and emerging opportunities.
- Represent Tether as a board director, board observer, or shareholder representative where appropriate.
- Provide governance oversight and ensure portfolio companies maintain strong operational, financial, and strategic discipline.
- Review company performance, budgets, forecasts, fundraising plans, and key strategic decisions.
- Support management teams through critical growth milestones including expansion initiatives, financings, acquisitions, and organizational scaling.
- Monitor portfolio company performance and provide regular updates to senior leadership and the Investment Committee.
- Maintain comprehensive oversight of portfolio company performance, strategic initiatives, and key risks.
- Lead portfolio review processes, board preparation, KPI monitoring, and strategic reporting.
- Support follow-on investment decisions, capital allocation recommendations, and liquidity planning.
- Partner with investment teams to ensure continuity between investment underwriting and post-investment value creation.
- Develop and maintain portfolio management frameworks, governance processes, and reporting systems that scale with the platform.
- Assist investment professionals during diligence processes by evaluating strategic fit, value-creation opportunities, and post-investment operating plans.
- Assess potential synergy opportunities prior to investment and develop actionable post-close execution plans.
- Support transaction structuring and negotiation from a governance and strategic perspective.
- Contribute to investment recommendations and Investment Committee materials where relevant.
Requirements
- 7–15 years of experience in corporate development, private equity, growth equity, strategic investing, management consulting, operating leadership, or value creation roles.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with executive teams, boards, and founders of high-growth businesses.
- Strong track record of driving commercial partnerships, strategic initiatives, and measurable business outcomes.
- Experience managing portfolio companies, subsidiaries, business units, or strategic investments.
- Strong understanding of corporate governance, board processes, and shareholder oversight.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills with the ability to influence senior executives across multiple organizations.
- Experience evaluating business models, growth strategies, competitive positioning, and operational performance.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to operate independently in a highly entrepreneurial and fast-moving environment.
- Excellent English communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech, financial infrastructure, payments, digital assets, banking, software, AI, or adjacent technology sectors.
- Prior board director or board observer experience.
- Experience supporting transactions, strategic partnerships, integrations, or corporate development initiatives.
- Background in venture capital, growth equity, private equity, investment banking, consulting, or operating leadership roles.
- Existing relationships across founders, investors, financial institutions, regulators, and strategic partners.
Additional details
- The role sits at the intersection of corporate development, portfolio management, strategy, and operating execution.
- Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world.
- We’ve grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.
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