Partnerships MBA Intern

Meet Method

Method has built the most modern way to connect to consumer financial accounts. Combining real-time liability connectivity with instant payment execution Methods API is designed to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use.

We have helped 45 million users connect 350 million liability accounts credential-less and processed over $2.5B in payments helping users save millions in interest. One in every three credit cards in the United States is in the Method ecosystem and leading financial institutions like SoFi Bilt Cleo Sezzle Figure & Aven rely on our APIs to build magical experiences for millions of consumers.

Were a team of 50 people spread across offices in Austin SF New York City and Washington D.C! Were excited to continue the momentum working alongside our investors and advisors from Andreessen Horowitz Emergence Capital Y Combinator Avra and Ardent. To learn more about us check out our blog!

About the role

Methods Partnerships team is responsible for identifying and cultivating relationships that give Method better distribution improved economics and new product capabilities. Were looking for a sharp curious and hardworking MBA intern to join Brett Twomey this summer and make a real contribution to how we grow through partnerships.

This isnt a research-and-observe internship. Youll own work product from day one building partner analyses modeling deal economics drafting proposals and helping shape our perspective on where Method should be investing in the partnership landscape. Youll work directly with the Head of Partnerships and operate cross-functionally across Methods team.

We care a lot about building early relationships with talented people. If youre thinking about fintech payments or BD as a long-term path this is a chance to go deep in a fast-moving environment and understand how the infrastructure behind financial products actually works.

What youll do

You will aid the Partnerships org with special projects. These could include the following:

• Build a structured map of Methods partnership landscape who the key players are where were underinvested and where the highest-leverage opportunities lie.

• Model the financial and operational impact of active and prospective partner deals.

• Support prep and follow-up for partner conversations: briefs decks business cases and proposals.

• Research prospective partners understanding their business model product capabilities and how a partnership with Method could be structured.

• Analyze vendor and conversion data to identify cost optimization opportunities in Methods payment waterfall.

• Aid in renegotiating or restructuring existing vendor and contract arrangements.

• Operate as a true generalist on the Partnerships team owning ad hoc work handling ambiguity and moving fast.

Who you are

• First-year MBA student at a top program with a strong undergraduate track record.

• Prior experience in consulting banking VC or BD/strategy you know how to structure a problem and write a clear recommendation.

• Comfortable in Excel and able to build financial models or analyses from scratch.

• A strategic thinker who can connect Methods product to a partners business model and articulate the why behind a deal.

• Low ego high initiative the kind of person who puts pen to paper first and improves from feedback.

• Genuinely excited about fintech payments infrastructure or the problem Method is solving.

Extra Awesome

• Background in payments card tokenization or fraud not expected but a massive plus.

• Experience at a payments company neobank or fintech-adjacent firm.

• Youve worked with messy data sets and know how to clean model and extract insight from them.

• Strong storytelling skills can turn analysis into a compelling narrative.

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Location: Hybrid NYC
Compensation: $175000 base annualized

Required Experience:

Intern