Group President

Group President

Financial Services & AI

Partnerships & Network‑Weighted Mandate

The Mission

Group President

This role blends the scope you’d see at a network‑scale operator with the speed of a category creator: you’ll lead regulatory engagement, anchor tier‑1 partnerships (banks, processors, card networks, cloud hyperscalers, telcos, OEMs, super‑apps), build the network effects that drive adoption, and represent the company with institutions and media. You report to the Group CEO.

What You’ll Own

• Partnerships & Ecosystem (Primary Mandate)

  — Build and lead a world‑class partner network locally and globally: sponsoring banks, payment processors/PSPs, card networks, issuer/acquirer partners, cloud providers, identity/fraud vendors, telcos/OEMs/super‑apps, fintechs, and enterprise platforms. Create tiered programs, joint roadmaps, commercial models, and co‑marketing to unlock distribution and network effects.

• Network Development & Strategic BD

  — Convert personal relationships into durable, multi‑year agreements. Stand up a partner success and solutions architecture function to accelerate integrations and launches.

• Global Licensing & Regulatory Leadership

  — Orchestrate strategy and execution for authorizations (e.g., US state money transmission or equivalent regimes, EU/UK payment services or e‑money permissions). Lead engagement with regulators and policy stakeholders; ensure audit‑ready controls across AML/KYC, sanctions, fraud, cybersecurity, operational resilience, data privacy, and financial reporting.

• Trust, Risk, Treasury & Resilience

  — Oversee treasury and liquidity operations, safeguarding of customer funds per jurisdiction, incident response, and business continuity. Champion transparency and independent testing.

• Product & Technology Platform

  — Partner with Product/Engineering to build an

  AI‑native

  , multi‑region platform. Translate regulatory and market requirements into capabilities (identity, compliance tooling, treasury/settlement, developer APIs,

  real‑time risk/fraud

  ,

  LLM‑assisted operations and support

  , analytics/observability). Ensure privacy/security by design and responsible‑AI governance for models and data.

• Brand, Narrative & External Leadership

  — Serve as a senior spokesperson with regulators, investors, customers, partners, and media; help shape industry standards and alliances.

• P&L & Operating System

  — Own the subsidiary plan, KPI tree, and governance; institute QBRs, SOX‑like financial controls, and data‑driven decisioning.

Mandate Weighting

Partnerships & Network: 40% · Licensing & Regulatory Execution: 25% · Product/Tech & Narrative: 20% · Operational Scale & Controls: 15%

What You’ve Done

• Sitting CEOs/Presidents welcome

  — calibrated for network‑scale operators with board‑level gravitas.

• Mandatory pedigree:

  Senior leadership in

  top global organizations

  (e.g., Fortune 200 financial institutions, global payment networks, tier‑1 PSPs/processors, hyperscale cloud/AI platforms, or equivalent) at

  C‑suite or SVP+

  level with international remit.
• 18+ years in financial services/fintech/digital assets with

  10+ years in executive roles

  (President/CEO/COO/GM/Founder) owning P&L and multi‑function execution.

• Partnership rainmaker

  : existing C‑suite relationships across banks, PSPs, card networks, cloud hyperscalers, telcos/OEMs, and major fintechs — with a track record of nine‑figure, multi‑year deals.
• Built or scaled

  regulated

  businesses across multiple jurisdictions; credible with regulators and banking partners; understands accountable executive obligations.

• Cutting‑edge tech & AI

  : led programs applying AI/ML to risk, fraud, underwriting, or operations in regulated contexts; measurable outcomes and governance artifacts.

• Hired and led global teams

  (100+) across Risk/Compliance, Ops, BD/Partnerships, and Product/Engineering counterparts.
• Systems thinker with 0→1 and 1→100 experience; bias to measurable outcomes and high‑trust execution.
• Board‑level communicator; trusted by investors, institutions, and media.

Bonus

• Prior accountable executive under licensing regimes (e.g., Money Transmission, EMI/PSP, MPI, VARA/ADGM/DFSA, FCA equivalent).
• Contributions to standards bodies, policy working groups, or open‑source relevant to payments, identity, or responsible AI.

How We Work

• Regulation‑first by design

  — Compliance, risk, and security are product features.

• Partnerships‑led distribution

  — We compound through networks and shared economics.

• AI‑native & privacy‑first

  — We apply AI where it meaningfully improves trust, speed, cost, or UX — with governance, measurement, and human oversight.

• Trust & uptime

  — We build for institutional reliability.

• Operator’s cadence

  — Weekly dashboards, quarterly reviews, continuous improvement.

• Long‑term compounding

  — We choose systems over heroics.

Compensation & Location

Competitive with top‑tier fintech and technology companies: meaningful equity, performance bonus, and benefits aligned to a global executive.