Rate · 17 hours ago
National Community & Corporate Partnership Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$100K/yr - $100K/yr
3+ years expRate Companies is a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services, seeking a National Community & Corporate Partnerships Director to enhance homeownership access. This role involves strategizing and executing community and corporate benefits engagement to drive production growth and manage partnerships with nonprofits and employers.
Consumer LendingFinanceFinancial ServicesLendingMortgagePersonal FinancePropTech
Hiring Manager
Lisa Cox, CDR
Responsibilities
Develop and evolve Rate’s community outreach and engagement strategy aligned with inclusive lending and market growth priorities
Identify grassroots opportunities through local nonprofits, housing counselors, community leaders, and trusted organizations
Evaluate markets to determine where community engagement can most effectively advance first-time and emerging-market homeownership
Translate local insights into scalable, repeatable engagement models for national deployment
Identify, vet, and manage partnerships with local and national nonprofits advancing homeownership, housing stability, and financial education
Build long-term relationships that enhance Rate’s credibility and trust within communities
Collaborate with partners to co-create first-time homebuyer education and financial literacy programming
Ensure all partnerships align with fair lending, compliance, and brand standards
Own Rate’s national outreach and corporate benefits growth strategy, integrating community-based and employer-based channels into a single scalable acquisition engine
Identify how employers and workforce ecosystems can be activated as homebuyer pipelines
Determine which industries, employers, and workforce segments (healthcare, logistics, hospitality, education, manufacturing, municipalities) represent the highest mortgage growth opportunity
Translate grassroots and employer insights into repeatable national playbooks
Build and scale Rate’s Corporate Homeownership Benefits platform nationwide
Identify, secure, and manage partnerships with:
– Mid-size and large employers
– Unions and trade organizations
– Multicultural chambers of commerce
– Healthcare systems, school districts, hospitality groups, and logistics employers
Lead end-to-end strategy, planning, and execution of multi-market outreach initiatives, including Rate University (RateU), Alianza de Fútbol, first-time homebuyer education events, community expos, and grassroots activations
Build and manage annual and quarterly outreach calendars aligned to priority markets and growth objectives
Oversee all aspects of execution including logistics, staffing, vendor coordination, budgets, sponsorship deliverables, and on-site leadership
Travel regularly to markets to ensure best-in-class execution, strong brand presence, and compliance alignment
Develop and maintain plug-and-play toolkits (event guides, presentations, staffing models, checklists) to support scalable execution
Ensure community education objectives, sponsor obligations, lead capture, and conversion goals are consistently met
Manage post-event reporting, insights, and ROI analysis to inform optimization and executive decision-making
Define KPIs and track performance including reach, engagement, leads, conversions, cost per lead, and ROI
Deliver executive-level dashboards, reports, and strategic insights
Ensure all outreach activities are compliance-aligned, fair-lending conscious, and audit-ready
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience in community outreach, partnerships, program management, or engagement strategy
Proven experience executing multi-market, on-the-ground programs
Experience building and managing nonprofit or community-based partnerships
Strong strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution
Willingness and ability to travel up to 30–40%
Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder-management skills
Preferred
Bilingual (English & Spanish)
Experience in mortgage, financial services, housing, or fintech
Familiarity with fair lending, financial education, or housing counseling ecosystems
Experience working with multicultural or emerging-market communities
Experience managing sponsorships, non-profit relationships and large-scale community events
Benefits
Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k)
Vacation benefits
Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits
Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
Life insurance and death benefits
Critical care insurance
Personal accidental insurance
Commuter benefits
Pet insurance
Certain time off and leave of absence benefits
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program)
Other supplemental benefits (e.g. legal planning assistance; identity theft protection; pet insurance; wellness resources)
Company
Rate
Rate is a mortgage company that provides mortgage-related services and solutions.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
THL
2017-12-14Private Equity
Leadership Team
Victor Ciardelli
President & CEO
Ramesh Sarukkai
CPO & CTO
Recent News
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