Senior Product and Regulatory Counsel (APAC & Middle East)

Nium, Global Leader in Payments

Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission 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 authorizations 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.

Where do you come into the picture? Nium’s Global Legal Team works at the intersection of financial technology and the law. Our work helps Nium build delightful and innovative products, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate complexity and challenges, both external and internal.  We’re looking for a Senior Product and Regulatory Counsel (APAC & Middle East), based in our Singapore office, with deep familiarity with payments, digital assets, banking, and financial services laws. You will be the Lead Counsel covering the APAC & Middle East regions and will be a deeply embedded and strategic advisor to many teams across Nium. You’ll help design and build new payments products and services, provide strategic advice about Nium’s legal and regulatory obligations, and help drive our expansion into new markets.

What would a day in your life @ Nium look like? : You'll partner closely with our global product, engineering and business teams to advise on financial services regulations, payments, digital assets, market expansion and licensing, data privacy and intellectual property.

You’ll be the Lead Counsel covering the APAC & Middle East regions, and advise on our engagement with key regulators, including, MAS in Singapore; HKMA and C&ED in Hong Kong; JFSA and KLFB in Japan; the RBI in India, and others.

You’ll drive our market expansion and licensing efforts, across Singapore, Indonesia, Malayasia, Philippines, Japan, and the Middle East.

You’ll be a leader on Nium’s Global Legal Team and will work collaboratively to support Nium’s legal and regulatory structure, strategic partnerships, and client agreements.

You’ll help build scalable and effective processes, using AI and legal technology, to accelerate legal review.

What we’re looking for? : You have 8 years of experience as a qualified lawyer in an in-house legal team, top law firm and/or government agency.

You have deep familiarity with payments, fintech, digital assets, or financial services laws and regulations, especially throughout APAC, including demonstrated experienced dealing with key payments and financial services regulators in the region.

You’re highly collaborative, are inquisitive and solutions-oriented, and have prior experience advising on product development at fast-moving technology companies.

You’re biased towards action and impact, and no task is too big or too small for you; you can roll up your sleeves and get things done.

You have exceptional verbal and interpersonal communication skills, can build strong relationships with business colleagues, and can simplify legal concepts and communicate them in easy-to-understand language.

You exhibit genuine curiosity, are passionate about your work, and enjoy a fast-paced working environment.

You’re humble with low-ego, have a strong desire to grow and learn, and have a deep commitment to your teammates.

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