Chief Payments Officer
Nium provides global real-time payments infrastructure for businesses, banks, fintechs, marketplaces, payroll providers, and travel companies. Its platform supports cross-border payouts, multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, account verification, and physical, virtual, and stablecoin-backed card programs.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
About Nium Pte. Ltd.
Nium is a global payments infrastructure company that enables businesses and financial institutions to collect, hold, convert, and disburse funds across borders. Its offerings include multi-currency accounts, global payouts, foreign exchange, beneficiary account verification, physical and virtual card issuance, stablecoin-backed cards, the Nium Portal, and APIs for payment integration. Nium serves banks, money transfer operators, marketplaces, payroll providers, spend-management companies, creator-economy platforms, airlines, hotels, and online travel agencies.
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About the Role
Lead Nium’s global payments network across 190+ countries, including network architecture, banking relationships, P&L ownership, stablecoin rails, programmable money, cross-border settlement, regulatory governance, and team leadership.
Requirements
- 15+ years of senior leadership experience building and scaling global payments network functions
- Deep expertise in global payments infrastructure, licensing, correspondent banking, regulatory frameworks, and strategic market entry
- Track record managing complex institutional banking relationships
- Experience with or a forward-looking perspective on stablecoin infrastructure, programmable payments, and next-generation settlement
- Hands-on expertise in treasury risk management, intra-group funding, and FX and interest rate hedging
- Background in fintech, payments infrastructure, or a regulated global financial institution
- Executive presence with regulators, boards, institutional partners, and teams
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the global payments network strategy across all licensed markets
- Build network architecture for domestic collection, local disbursement, settlement accounts, and card issuance
- Own payments network P&L, pricing, partner economics, and margin management
- Own the roadmap for stablecoin rails, programmable money, and real-time cross-border settlement
- Own network performance and issue resolution
- Build and manage global financial institution and banking partnerships
- Lead, coach, and inspire 25 payments specialists across four continents
- Strengthen risk, governance, regulatory compliance, audits, and licensing processes
- Represent Nium to regulators, financial institutions, industry forums, and media
- Shape the external narrative on payments infrastructure with PR and Product Marketing
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Performance bonuses
- Sales commissions
- Equity for specific roles
- Recognition programs
- Medical coverage
- 24/7 employee assistance program
- Generous vacation programs including year-end shutdown
- Flexible hybrid working environment with three days per week in the office
- Role-specific training
- Internal workshops
- Learning stipend
- Company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, and team offsites