Chief Payments Officer

What You Will Own

Global Payments Network Strategy

• Define and execute the global payments network strategy across all licensed markets, aligned to Nium’s commercial and product objectives.

• Build the network architecture enabling domestic collection, local disbursement, settlement accounts, and card issuance at scale.

• Own the P&L for Nium's payments network — you will be accountable for the commercial performance of the network and expected to bring strong payments commercials instincts to 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 infrastructure — positioning Nium at the forefront of the next era of global payments.

• Own operational accountability for the performance of the network. When things break, you own getting them fixed — fast, completely, and with the confidence of your partners intact.

Global Banking Relationships

• Own and grow Nium’s relationships with financial institutions worldwide — from identifying the right partners and pitching Nium as a client, to negotiating commercial terms, completing due diligence, and going live.

• Build new banking partnerships in priority markets while deepening and expanding existing ones.

• Represent Nium as a credible, trusted counterpart to regulators, central banks, and tier-1 financial institutions globally.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and inspire 25 payments specialists across India, the US, Singapore, and the Middle East.

• Set a high performance bar and build a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.

• Partner closely 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.

Risk, Governance & Compliance

• Strengthen the risk and governance framework across all markets in partnership with Risk, Compliance, and Company Secretary teams.

• Ensure payment operations remain within regulatory policy and best practice across all 40+ licensed jurisdictions.

• Lead with confidence in regulatory engagements, external audits, and licensing processes.

External Representation

• Represent Nium externally to regulators, financial institutions, industry forums, and media, you will be a visible, credible face of Nium in the global payments ecosystem.

• Speak at industry events and engage with market stakeholders to raise Nium's profile and reinforce our position as the defining global payments infrastructure company of our era.

• Work with PR and Product Marketing to shape Nium's external narrative on payments infrastructure, next-generation rails, and market leadership.

What Makes You Successful Here

Experience

• Significant senior leadership experience — typically 15+ years — building and scaling global payments network functions at a level of complexity comparable to Nium’s.

• Deep expertise in global payments infrastructure: licensing, correspondent banking, regulatory frameworks, and strategic market entry across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously.

• A proven track record of building and managing complex institutional banking relationships from first conversation to live partnership.

• Experience with or a credible, forward-leaning point of view on stablecoin infrastructure, programmable payments, and next-generation cross-border settlement — you are building for the future, not managing the present.

• 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.

Leadership

• Executive presence: credible and composed in front of regulators, boards, institutional partners, and your own team.

• A builder and a coach: you grow people, set high standards, and hold them with respect.

• You operate with extreme ownership — your team’s results are a direct reflection of your leadership.

• You communicate with precision: your team always knows what good looks like, and your partners always know where you stand.

• You decide and deliver: you make high-stakes calls with available information and adjust fast.

How You Work

• You are a driver, not a passenger. You see what needs to happen and you move — without being told.

• You thrive in complexity and bring clarity and momentum where others see noise.

• You close the loop. You do what you say. Your team and partners can count on that absolutely.

• You are as effective in a regulatory meeting in Singapore as you are pitching a partner in London or presenting strategy in San Francisco.

Leadership at Nium

We hire, develop, and promote against six principles: Extreme Ownership, Drivers Not Passengers, Clarity as Default, Decide and Deliver, Close the Loop, and Always-On Feedback. This role lives all six — visibly, consistently, and at scale.

$252,000 - 378,000 a year