Head of Regional Payment Operations LATAM & MEA Region

Are you ready to shape the future of payments in Latin America Middle East & Africa and beyond

Were seeking a strategic and experienced Head of Regional Payment Operations to lead our teams across Latin American and Middle East & African corridors. Youll play a key leadership role within our global Payment Operations group directly managing senior function leads and indirectly overseeing over 40 professionals across multiple locations.

This role is perfect for someone with deep knowledge of  payment systems and a passion for automation compliance and operational scalability. Youll work alongside Product Engineering Banking Treasury and other critical stakeholders to ensure we deliver seamless payment services to customers across the world.

What Youll Do:

Build lead and grow high-performing payment operations teams

Ensure compliance and SLA excellence across multiple currencies and schemes

Drive efficiency and scalability through AI automation and process transformation

Partner cross-functionally to scale our payments infrastructure

Qualifications :

Must have

5 years total in payments or ops leadership roles in a global environment

Domain knowledge of payment schemes

Experience scaling ops orgs via automation and AI

Strong compliance and risk management awareness

Background in financial services (FinTech PSPs banks)

Excellent cross-functional stakeholder communication

Nice-to-Have

Product background or experience launching payment products

AI/ML or automation tools experience in ops

Technical understanding of APIs or system architecture

Led international teams or expansion projects

Additional Information :

Benefits

•  RSUs in a rapidly growing company
   An annual self-development budget
   Health and dental allowance for you and your dependents - CarePlus (Master I)
   Company-paid: Life Insurance and an EAP program
   Paid time off: 30 days vacation 3 Me days 1 volunteer day annually
   A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
  8-weeks of paid parental leave after a year with us and child care assistance
  Transportation vouchers
  Meal (708 BRL per month) and food (1166 BRL per month) vouchers
   TotalPass access to 3500 gyms and studios throughout Brazil

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time