Senior Commercial Counsel
Nium provides global real-time payments infrastructure for businesses, banks, fintechs, marketplaces, payroll providers, and travel companies.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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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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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead the drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex commercial agreements and own strategic transactions from start to finish. You will support launches of payment, card, treasury, and digital-asset products. You will develop templates, playbooks, contracting standards, and self-service resources, advise on vendor and technology agreements, and collaborate with compliance, regulatory, privacy, finance, and product stakeholders. You will also drive AI-enabled legal workflows, contract automation, and knowledge-management tools.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a qualified lawyer
- Commercial-contract expertise
- Experience building scalable legal infrastructure
- Experience in payments, fintech, banking, digital assets, treasury, card, or regulated financial services
- Communication skills for translating legal concepts into business advice
- Technology and AI adoption
Responsibilities
- Lead the drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex commercial agreements
- Own strategic transactions end to end
- Support payment, card, treasury, and digital-asset product launches
- Develop legal templates, negotiation playbooks, contracting standards, and self-service resources
- Advise on vendor, technology, SaaS, data, and infrastructure agreements
- Collaborate with compliance, regulatory, privacy, finance, and product teams
- Drive AI-enabled legal workflows, contract automation, and knowledge-management tools
Benefits
- Performance bonuses
- Equity for specific roles
- Recognition programs
- Medical coverage
- 24/7 employee assistance program
- Generous vacation programs
- Year-end shutdown
- Hybrid work arrangement with three office days per week
- Company-wide social events
- Team bonding activities
- Happy hours
- Team offsites
