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Senior Director, Affiliates
Social Finance INC · 🇺🇸 NC - Charlotte; CA - San Francisco; NY - New York City
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 186 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 49 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Social Finance INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Director Risk Management / Fraud Prevention” (Operations Research Analysts) in CA: $243k–$243k, median $243k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Social Finance INC
The US Department of Labor certified 186 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 49 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Employee Applicant Privacy Notice Who we are: Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world. The Role SoFi’s Marketing Team is seeking a Senior Director of Affiliate Marketing to provide strategy, vision, and direction for our Affiliate Partnerships business. This role is a critical leadership position directly responsible for our Lending and Banking verticals, setting the strategy and directly managing a structured team of seasoned Affiliate professionals responsible for Personal Loans, Student Loans, Home Loans, Credit Card, Deposits, Brokerage, and Crypto. It reports directly into our VP of Affiliate & Referral Marketing. Besides owning the external relationships & engagement with top affiliate partners, this role will partner closely with internal x-functional leadership across Product Marketing, the Business Units, Business Corporate Development, Finance, Risk, Data Science, and Engineering to identify opportunities and achieve our strategic objectives. There is a large business development component to this role, including helping to onboard and optimize partners and investors to our Loan Platform Business in Affiliates, and ensuring SoFi is top of mind with partners in exploring new B2B opportunities in areas such as Big Business Banking, SMB Lending, SoFi Stablecoin & Crypto adoption and Secured Lending. Importantly, this role will be accountable to driving the Strategy & Foundational Capabilities for the Affiliate Channel as a whole. This most directly involves identifying and setting stretch goals, establishing our tech capabilities & innovation roadmap, prioritizing our test & learn strategy, and diving deep into funnel optimization. What You’ll Do • Strategic Leadership: Develop strategy and direction for Lending and Banking areas of our business, driving the overall performance of the Department. • Portfolio Planning, Initiatives, and Testing: Fully responsible for finalizing business forecasts, test & learn strategies, and identifying new opportunities to meet our goals. • Business Development: Lead strategic conversations and complex negotiations with senior leadership at external partners focusing on high-impact decisions critical to long-term vision. • Talent Development: Nurture, develop, and attract talent, including coaching a team of seasoned practitioners. • Stakeholder Alignment: Drive complex initiatives across multiple stakeholder groups (Product Marketing, Business Unit, Risk, Pricing, Finance, Engineering) to drive business results and forge alignment on business outcomes. • Innovation: Anticipate factors that could impact outcomes of established strategies and solve abstract challenges across the Business/Function. What You’ll Need • Total Experience: 15+ years of related experience (or 12+ years with a Master’s degree). • Industry Expertise: 10+ years of performance marketing, with a minimum of 5+ years in affiliate and a focus on Financial Services and Lending and/or Banking products • Management Expertise: Proven track record of managing high performing teams including senior managers and other people managers. • Technical Literacy: Expert understanding of affiliate marketing platforms (Impact, Tableau, Snowflak