- Regional leadership scope
- Highgrowth fintech environment
About Our Client
A fastgrowing global fintech player specialising in digital payments and merchant-focused financial infrastructure. The company is recognised for its innovative technology, strong compliance culture, and footprint across emerging and high-growth markets. Talented leaders join for the chance to shape expansion strategy, influence global product offerings, and build highimpact partnerships across APAC.
Job Description
Working closely with the co-CEO, this is a senior regional leadership role responsible for driving the APAC partnership strategy, expanding local payment capabilities, and leading market localisation initiatives across key countries.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead regional and local expansion of strategic partners including payment institutions, banks, wallets, acquirers, and broader ecosystem players.
- Negotiate highvalue, long-term commercial agreements to strengthen local payment capabilities and optimise cost efficiency.
- Build a structured partner governance framework ensuring sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships and performance oversight.
- Collaborate with internal teams to deliver seamless integration and golive of new partnership initiatives.
- Define localisation strategy for priority APAC markets in alignment with global business objectives.
- Influence senior stakeholders, both internally and externally, to accelerate business rollout across the region.
The Successful Applicant
A Successful Global Partnerships - APAC Head Should Have
- 15+ years experience in financial services, payments, fintech, or related partnership/channel management.
- Deep familiarity with crossborder payment ecosystems and regulatory frameworks across APAC.
- Strong network of payment institutions, banks, and local ecosystem players across the region.
- Proven track record managing global or large multicultural teams.
- Strong executivelevel negotiation and stakeholder management experience.
- This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders in Mainland China; therefore, fluency in both professional Mandarin and English is essential.
- Exposure to product-led partnership models and local infrastructure build-outs.
- Ability to thrive in fast-moving, culturally diverse work settings.
What's On Offer
This position offers the rare opportunity to shape partnership infrastructure at regional scale while influencing the company's global expansion roadmap. It is ideal for a senior leader motivated by complex APAC market dynamics, autonomy, and the chance to build what best-in-class looks like for a rapidly scaling fintech.
Contact: Tania Mustafa ((Lic No: R1330528 /EA no: 18C9065)
Quote job ref: JN-032026-6963276
Michael Page International Pte Limited, company number 199804751N (including Page Executive (53295516A) and Page Personnel Recruitment Pte Ltd (Registration Number: 201736642C)) operates under the EA Licence Numbers of 18S9099 and 18C9065.
