Hybrid Head of Data Strategy – Access

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About the role

  • Head of Data Strategy & Access at Method, connecting financial accounts to services. Drive critical data access negotiations with financial institutions while innovating the user experience.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute Method's data access strategy with financial institutions.
  • Build and manage a pipeline of target data provider relationships across technical and business stakeholders; drive outbound, conference-based networking, and warm introductions.
  • Co-design and negotiate bank authentication and user experience specifications as part of data integration agreements.
  • Participate in and represent Method within industry consortia working groups; develop and advance proposals for technical standards and authentication protocols.
  • Own the commercial negotiation on direct access agreements including build cost contributions, data licensing terms, and implementation timelines.
  • Evaluate and pursue financial institutions and digitally native lenders integrations to move manual repayment flows to digital alternatives.
  • Manage various Method internal and external resources supporting our data access efforts.
  • Build internal visibility and alignment on the data access agenda across Product, Legal, and Engineering.

Requirements

  • You've done this job , or something very close to it, at a financial data aggregator (Plaid, MX, Yodlee, Intuit IDX) or from within a financial institution's digital partnerships or open banking team.
  • You're fluent in open banking and financial data standards, FDX, FAPI, OpenID Connect; you've sat in the rooms where these decisions get made.
  • You have an MBA or equivalent business background and have closed or contributed to commercial agreements with large financial institutions.
  • You know how banks move, who the real stakeholders are, and how to build momentum when every counterparty has competing priorities and limited urgency.
  • You have a bias toward ownership; this role requires sustained effort against institutional inertia with limited short-term feedback loops.
  • You're technically fluent enough to engage with bank engineering and product teams without an interpreter.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

Job title

Head of Data Strategy – Access

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$200,000 - $230,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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