Strategic Partnerships
apexPortland (ME)
About the role
Apex is hiring an experienced Strategic Partnerships lead who has built and managed lender relationships in commercial finance. You'll bring lenders onto the Apex platform and grow our lender partnerships, working with our team on lender onboarding and deal matching. Apex (https://useapex.com) matches financing opportunities with private credit lenders. This role is focused on the lender side of that marketplace, and suits someone with a clear track record of building lender relationships and getting lenders to work with new partners.
What you'll do:
- Identify and develop relationships with lenders, including private credit funds, debt funds, banks, specialty finance companies and bridge lenders.
- Understand each lender's lending criteria and gather enough information to match them with the right financing opportunities.
- Work with Apex's team on lender onboarding and follow-up as deals progress.
- Manage your lender pipeline and maintain the lender relationship from first conversation through closed transactions.
What we're looking for:
- Experience in capital markets, lender relations, debt advisory, brokerage or business development at a lender, bank, debt fund or specialty finance firm.
- Direct relationships with lenders or capital providers, with a realistic plan for bringing them to Apex.
- An understanding of lender criteria and how to assess whether a financing request fits a lender's appetite.
- The ability to work independently and enough availability to manage your lender pipeline and follow-up.
Working with ApexThis is a remote, US-only independent contractor role, starting as a paid engagement with performance-based upside. The compensation and scope of work will be agreed before the engagement begins.
You'll work alongside Apex's team on lender matching and transaction execution, with your role focused on growing Apex's lender base and maintaining lender relationships. There may be an opportunity to move into a full-time role depending on performance and mutual fit.
Lender focus
Lender types may include private credit and debt funds, banks and credit unions, specialty finance companies, bridge and hard money lenders, and other capital providers across commercial real estate, corporate debt and asset-based financing.
To apply, share your background and the types of lenders you have worked with or brought into new partnerships, including lender type, the relationship you have, and your role in building it. Please also tell us which lender relationships you could bring to Apex today and your availability for a paid contractor engagement.
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