Nium, Global Leader in Payments
Nium, the global leader in real‑time, cross‑border payments, was founded to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders.
Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real‑time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 35 markets. Nium’s growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorisations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co‑headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
The Role
We’re looking for a driven Manager – LATAM Expansion Licenses to own Nium’s regulatory licensing strategy across Latin America. You will lead new market entries across priority countries, from regulatory strategy to licensing to launch readiness. This is a high‑impact role collaborating closely with Legal, Compliance, Product, Treasury, Tech, Ops, and Commercial teams to deliver successful market launches.
What You’ll Own
- Work with the Head of Global Expansion to execute Nium’s LATAM license roadmap and, for each market in the roadmap, identify the optimal route to market based on regulatory environment, banking ecosystem, and Nium’s product requirements.
- Lead licensing strategy and regulatory engagement in each target market, owning the end‑to‑end application and authorisation process.
- Establish local entities and create a hiring plan based on license requirements.
- Track budgets, risks, timelines, and report on a periodic basis to the Head of Global Expansion and the wider senior leadership at Nium.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in the legal, compliance, or consulting space.
- Strong experience in fintech, payments, e‑money, cards, or stablecoins.
- Proven experience managing licensing projects in LATAM markets.
- Strong understanding of regional regulatory frameworks covering payments and electronic money.
- Experience working with regulators.
- Strong commercial and project‑management skills.
- Fluency in Spanish and English required.
What We Offer at Nium
We provide competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, and equity for specific roles, along with medical coverage, a 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation, and a flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office). Upskilling is supported through role‑specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
Nium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Nium complies with applicable state and local laws governing non‑discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Nium expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment.
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