Job Overview
GLOBAL PAYMENTS DIRECTOR – Cross-Border Financial Networks
📍 Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Remote | GCC & International Payment Operations)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent
🏢 Division: Global Payments & Financial Infrastructure
🌍 Industry: FinTech | Cross-Border Payments | Digital Banking | Financial Networks | Payment Technology
⭐ Career Level: Executive Leadership
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An internationally recognized fintech organization is expanding its executive leadership team and is seeking a highly accomplished Global Payments Director to lead the strategy, modernization, and expansion of next-generation cross-border payment infrastructure throughout the Gulf region.
This leadership role offers the opportunity to oversee mission-critical payment ecosystems, develop strategic partnerships with financial institutions, and implement scalable payment technologies that facilitate seamless global transactions while enhancing operational resilience, customer trust, and commercial growth.
Primary Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Develop long-term global payment strategies.
- Direct enterprise payment modernization programs.
- Lead regional payment infrastructure expansion.
- Establish strategic operational objectives.
Commercial Development
- Build executive partnerships with financial institutions.
- Expand international payment corridors.
- Identify emerging business opportunities.
- Drive sustainable revenue growth initiatives.
Operational Excellence
- Improve transaction processing efficiency.
- Optimize payment network performance.
- Strengthen operational resilience.
- Monitor enterprise performance metrics.
Executive Governance
- Present strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
- Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives.
- Mentor senior operational leaders.
- Champion continuous innovation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Computer Science, or related discipline.
- MBA or Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum 12 years of leadership experience in fintech, payments, banking, or financial technology.
- Strong understanding of enterprise payment ecosystems.
- Outstanding commercial and strategic leadership abilities.
- Excellent executive communication skills.
Professional Competencies
- Cross-Border Payments
- Enterprise Leadership
- Digital Banking
- Payment Infrastructure
- Business Strategy
- Financial Operations
- Customer Experience
- Innovation Management
- Risk Governance
- Market Expansion
- Executive Decision-Making
- Strategic Partnerships
Executive Benefits
- Executive-level international remuneration
- Annual leadership incentive program
- Fully remote executive working model
- Premium healthcare and wellness package
- Executive learning sponsorship
- Global fintech leadership conferences
- International networking opportunities
- Flexible executive leave
- Long-term incentive scheme
- Fast-track pathway to C-suite leadership
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