Internal Partnerships Lead

Why Meridian? 

At Meridian our aspiration is to integrate our purpose into everything we do for people, the planet, and communities. We believe that our greatest opportunity is to create opportunity and meet people where they are. 

Factor us into your next career opportunity. We want you to grow with us and have an experience that’s different. This is a place where you can expect the unexpected.  

Find our story here: About Meridian 

The role: 

The Internal Partnership Lead plays a crucial role in supporting the Internal Partnerships team within Meridian’s Marketing department. This position is responsible for liaising with business partners to capture marketing objectives, evaluating their alignment with organizational goals, and briefing them into the appropriate marketing teams. The Marketing Strategist will work closely with the Senior Manager, Internal Partners Marketing, to ensure effective communication and collaboration between the Line of Business (LOB) teams and Marketing.

What You’ll Do:

Line of Business Success:

• Assist in translating revenue targets and Business goals into measurable Marketing goals (i.e. number of Mbrs onboarded to hit goal)


• Act as a liaison between LOB, Corporate, senior/executive leadership, and Marketing teams, facilitating communication and collaboration on objectives, plans, timelines, in-market dates, approvals, and debriefs.


• Help secure approvals from the Business on rate promotions and activations across Front Line networks.


• Create briefs for the Marketing team on Business requirements, ensuring necessary details are included.


• Report on marketing results to the Business and facilitate post-campaign evaluations.


• Participate in quarterly business review and planning meetings to share accomplishments, goal achievement, and lessons learned.


• Manage the intake process for collateral requests from the Business, brief requirements to the Creative team, and communicate deliverables and timelines back to the Business.


• Lead the team who will build marketing collateral for the Marketing Shop and front-line staff, ensuring appropriate creative integrity and brand adherence.
  
  

Marketing Program Oversight:

• Gather inputs from across the Marketing team to create proposals for key Marketing programs, building the case for how an initiative will drive the goals of the Business and securing buy-in.


• Brief objectives to the Marketing teams, document work plans, and stand up cross-functional working teams to accomplish the objectives.


• Report on results during and after project completion, document lessons learned, and ensure they are incorporated moving forward.

Continuous Improvement:

• Be constantly looking for ways to make the process more efficient and help the Business on the path to producing their own collateral.


• Communicate pain points from the Business and help solution them within the circle of influence.


• Recommend A/B tests and new technologies to improve marketing efficiencies and processes.
  
  

What You Bring:

• Strong understanding of marketing principles and practices.


• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.


• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.


• Marketing goal setting and budgeting.


• Marketing performance reporting.


• Strategic thinking and planning.


• Negotiation and conflict resolution.


• Excellent written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.


• Analytical and problem-solving, a self-starter constantly looking for ways to improve.

This role represents an existing vacancy. Internal candidates are being considered as part of our standard process

Salary Range: CAD $59,800 – $89,800 annually

Compensation for this role is based on a combination of skills, experience, and internal equity. Candidates with stronger alignment to the role’s requirements may be placed higher within the range. Your recruiter will share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.

Office Location:  Our St. Catharines corporate office with the ability to travel to our Toronto office as needed. This is a hybrid work opportunity.

Meridian has a remote work policy that allows flexibility for employees to work remotely but also requires a minimum of one day per week in the office for purposeful meetings to collaborate, innovate and build effective relationships with your team, your colleagues and your leader which is important to us.

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages teamwork, creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!


• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to delight your candidates and clients!


• You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders and colleagues, who have hailed from top organizations.


• Hybrid work arrangements with in-person office time to collaborate, innovate and build relationships with your colleagues.


• This is not your typical "corporate" job. We work hard and we have fun!

Build the Future of Banking with Us

At Meridian, we’re not just adapting to the future—we’re shaping it. We see talent as a catalyst for sustainable growth, community impact, and future-readiness. As the financial landscape evolves, we’re looking for team members who bring:

• Embedding & leveraging technology – Confidence and willingness to learn and integrate AI and emerging technologies into new ways of working.  Experience with low/no code tools like the Microsoft Power Platform and generative AI productivity tools like Microsoft Copilot is considered an asset


• Critical Thinking – The ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret information from various sources and apply logic and problem solving to make decisions.


• Data Driven– Leverage data and insights to identify, prioritize and improve member experience and business efficiency.


• Curiosity & Flexibility – Comfortable navigating and embracing change and uncertainty, ask more questions, explore more options. Continuously learn and grow.

Who we are:

Meridian is Ontario’s largest credit union, and second largest in Canada, helping to grow the lives of our more than 380,000 Members. Meridian has more than 80 years of banking history and is 100% owned by its members. With 87 retail branches and 15 Business Banking Centers across Ontario and $ 32B in assets under management, Meridian offers a full range of financial products and services to its retail, business banking and wealth members. With over 2200 employees and corporate offices located in Toronto and St. Catharines, Meridian has a track record of creating and delivering innovative new offerings and is committed to investing in the communities that we serve.  Our plan is to build on our momentum as we deliver on our purpose - helping our members achieve their best life. 

Find our story here: About Meridian

Experience the Difference!

Meridian committed to promoting an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to employing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and Members in which we live and serve.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.

Please note that due to the volume of applications, only those under consideration will be contacted for an interview.

Thank you for your interest in Meridian Credit Union.

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