Program Manager

dopay is building the infrastructure that helps businesses move away from cash payroll and gives employees reliable access to digital financial services. We operate at the intersection of payments regulation and real-world operations with a strong focus on scale trust and financial inclusion.

As part of our next phase dopay is preparing to obtain a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license from the Central Bank of Egypt a foundational milestone for the companys long-term growth.

We are hiring a Program Manager to lead dopay through the PSP licensing process and to help design how the company operates as a licensed entity.

This is not a narrow compliance role. It is a senior cross-functional role that sits between regulation business operations product and technology. You will own the licensing program end-to-end while ensuring the business is genuinely ready to operate as a licensed PSP on Day 1 operationally commercially and organizationally.

Once the PSP license is granted this role evolves into owning critical cross-functional initiatives across the company to support our growth objectives.

You will translate PSP regulatory requirements into a clear execution plan and drive it across legal finance risk operations product and engineering. Youll coordinate internal teams and external advisors keep timelines tight surface risks early and support structured engagement with the Central Bank of Egypt and our bank partners.

In parallel youll help design dopays licensed-state operating model defining how regulated processes actually work day-to-day from onboarding and transaction monitoring to incident management outsourcing oversight and regulatory reporting. Your focus will be on embedding regulatory requirements into real workflows.

Post-license youll lead cross-functional programs related to regulated products services and operating models acting as a bridge between growth operations product platform and risk to ensure initiatives are scalable executable and defensible under regulatory scrutiny.

The PSP license is submitted on time and with credibility. dopay is operationally ready to function as a licensed PSP from Day 1. Regulatory requirements are embedded into how teams actually work. After licensing regulated products and services can scale faster because the foundations were designed correctly.

You have experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in regulated environments such as fintech banking payments or similar sectors. You are comfortable working across business operations product technology and compliance and you can turn regulatory ambiguity into structured execution.

You are pragmatic detail-aware without being bureaucratic and comfortable being accountable in high-stakes situations. Experience working with regulators auditors or supervisory bodies is a strong plus. Arabic and English fluency is required.

• 5 years of experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in regulated environments (e.g. fintech banking payments financial services telecom or similarly supervised sectors).
• Proven experience owningprogram-level outcomesacross multiple teams rather than delivering a single fixed-scope project.
• Strong understanding of how regulation impactsbusiness models operating processes and product design not just documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to translate regulatory or supervisory requirements intopractical execution plansand real operating workflows.
• Experience working with regulators supervisory bodies auditors or external compliance stakeholders is strongly preferred.
• Comfort operating in environments withhigh ambiguity evolving requirements and competing priorities.
• Ability to coordinate and influence senior stakeholders across business operations product technology risk and compliance without formal authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to produceclear regulator-grade documentation.
• Pragmatic execution-oriented mindset with sound judgment under pressure.
• Experience in high-growth or scaling organizations is a strong plus.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required.

Why Join dopay

Youll be be part of a fast-growing fintech company revolutionizing payroll disbursement in Egypt and work closely with senior leadership on one of the most important milestones in the companys journey. This role offers long-term ownership beyond licensing and the opportunity to help shape how a fintech operates under regulation at scale.

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