Payments & Licensing Growth Leader (Dubai)

Nameless Ventures; Dubai; On-site; AED 558,000 - 893,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UAE residency visa

Comprehensive health insurance for you

family health protection

Job summary

Nameless Ventures seeks a Senior Executive Officer- Payments in Dubai to lead licensing, launch and early-scale growth for a regulated DIFC entity.

You will drive DFSA authorisation, governance and compliance programs, build the UAE leadership team and manage key banking and payments partnerships.

Reporting to the Board, you will balance commercial growth with regulatory requirements and customer protection in a fast-paced FinTech environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior leadership experience in payments/FinTech with P&L responsibility.
• Proven track record of regulatory licensing and launching regulated businesses.
• Strong governance, AML, risk and compliance knowledge.
• Experience with DFSA, CBUAE, SAMA or similar regulators is highly desirable.
• Ability to build and scale UAE leadership teams in early-stage setups.

Responsibilities

• Lead DFSA authorisation and controlled launch for licensed DIFC entity.
• Oversee day-to-day commercial and operational performance.
• Manage key external relationships with banks, card schemes, processors, and technology partners.
• Establish governance and compliance controls across the business.
• Recruit and lead the UAE leadership team as the business scales.
• Report directly to the Board and Governing Body.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

Payments domain

Governance & AML

Regulatory relations

P&L responsibility

Executive leadership

DFSA liaison

Job description

Nameless Ventures seeks a Senior Executive Officer- Payments in Dubai to lead licensing, launch and early-scale growth for a regulated DIFC entity.

You will drive DFSA authorisation, governance and compliance programs, build the UAE leadership team and manage key banking and payments partnerships.

Reporting to the Board, you will balance commercial growth with regulatory requirements and customer protection in a fast-paced FinTech environment.