The Marketing Manager-Lead of AI & Strategic Marketing Partnerships will lead relationship development, partner strategy, and go-to-market enablement across AI and LLM vendors, strategic distribution partners, and embedded finance opportunities.

This role is responsible for identifying, structuring, and managing high-value partnerships that expand reach, create mutual business value, and support measurable marketing and business outcomes.

The ideal candidate is a relationship-driven strategist who can work across external partners and internal stakeholders to evaluate opportunities, shape partnership models, coordinate activation plans, and ensure strong governance, performance tracking, and executive visibility. Candidate must be able to work well with a variety of business partners and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Business
• 7+ years of professional experience in a marketing or business-related field
• 5+ years of experience in marketing strategy, digital marketing, or marketing technology — with meaningful exposure to AI, automation, or emerging technology
• Working knowledge of the AI and LLM landscape — including OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, Perplexity, and adjacent tooling — and genuine curiosity about where it is heading
• Experience managing external vendor, platform or strategic partner relationships, including cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management
• Demonstrated ability to assess external partnership opportunities and translate partner capabilities into practical business, marketing and experience recommendations.
• Strong strategic thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate partnership value, business impact, operational feasibility, risk considerations, audience alignment and potential tradeoffs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and synthesizing complexity into clear narratives
• Comfort operating in ambiguity with a bias for action while maintaining strong judgment, governance, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience working cross-functionally in a matrixed organization
• Works well under pressure and able to meet tight deadlines
• Knowledge of financial services, fintech, embedded finance, or regulated industry experience preferred

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at hrpolicy@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.