Chief Payments Officer
Nium provides global payments infrastructure for businesses, banks, fintechs, marketplaces, payroll providers, and travel companies. Its platform supports multi-currency accounts, global payouts, foreign exchange, card issuing, account verification, APIs, and stablecoin-backed cards.
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About Nium
Nium is a global payments infrastructure company that helps businesses collect, hold, convert, and disburse funds across borders. Its products include multi-currency accounts, global payouts, foreign exchange, physical and virtual card issuing, bank account verification, the Nium Portal, APIs, and stablecoin-backed card programs. Nium serves banks, financial institutions, money transfer operators, marketplaces, payroll providers, enterprises, creators, airlines, hotels, and online travel agencies.
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About the Role
You will define and execute the global payments network strategy across 190+ countries, building the architecture for domestic collection, local disbursement, settlement accounts, and card issuance at scale. You will own the P&L for the payments network, bringing strong commercial instincts to pricing, partner economics, and margin management. You will own the roadmap for next-generation capabilities such as stablecoin rails, programmable money, and real-time cross-border settlement. You will build and grow relationships with financial institutions worldwide, from identifying partners to negotiating terms and going live. You will lead, coach, and inspire 25 payments specialists across India, the US, Singapore, and the Middle East. You will strengthen the risk and governance framework across 40+ licensed jurisdictions and lead regulatory engagements, audits, and licensing processes. You will represent the company externally to regulators, financial institutions, industry forums, and media, speaking at industry events and shaping the external narrative on payments infrastructure.
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 across multiple jurisdictions
- Proven track record of building and managing complex institutional banking relationships
- Experience with or a forward-leaning point of view on stablecoin infrastructure, programmable payments, and next-generation cross-border settlement
- Hands-on expertise in treasury risk management, intra-group funding, and FX and interest rate hedging strategies at scale
- Background in fintech, payments infrastructure, or a regulated global financial institution operating at significant scale
- Executive presence with regulators, boards, institutional partners, and teams
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the global payments network strategy across all licensed markets
- Build the network architecture enabling domestic collection, local disbursement, settlement accounts, and card issuance at scale
- Own the P&L for the payments network, including pricing, partner economics, and margin management
- Own the roadmap for next-generation network capabilities including stablecoin rails, programmable money, and real-time cross-border settlement
- Own operational accountability for network performance and issue resolution
- Own and grow relationships with financial institutions worldwide, from identification through negotiation, due diligence, and launch
- Build new banking partnerships in priority markets and deepen existing ones
- Represent the company to regulators, central banks, and tier-1 financial institutions globally
- Lead, coach, and inspire 25 payments specialists across India, the US, Singapore, and the Middle East
- Partner with Regional Product teams to align network capability with commercial demand
- Develop the team's depth in regulatory strategy, risk governance, and institutional relationship management
- Strengthen the risk and governance framework across all markets with Risk, Compliance, and Company Secretary teams
- Ensure payment operations remain within regulatory policy across 40+ licensed jurisdictions
- Lead regulatory engagements, external audits, and licensing processes
- Represent the company externally to regulators, financial institutions, industry forums, and media
- Speak at industry events and engage with market stakeholders
- Work with PR and Product Marketing to shape the external narrative on payments infrastructure
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 shut down
- Flexible hybrid working environment (3 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