Operations Manager | Cross-Border Payments

Arko Network; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Arko Network is seeking a senior operations manager to own and develop operations across all Arko products, ensuring reliable execution and managing relationships with clients, partners, and internal teams.

This role combines hands-on execution, team leadership, and the implementation of new operations from design through go-live and ongoing oversight, with a strong focus on performance, SLAs, and scalable processes. Fluency in English and experience with international payments are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payments, FX, or cross-border payments operations.
• Experience managing operational relationships with clients, banks, and payment providers.
• A track record of designing and implementing operations with clearly defined processes, responsibilities, and controls.
• Practical knowledge of international payments, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Experience leading, hiring, and developing teams.
• Ability to combine management with hands‑on execution, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and drive issues through to resolution.
• Fluent English, with the ability to lead meetings and interact effectively with international clients and partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations across all Arko products, ensuring end-to-end execution and monitoring of transaction flows.
• Manage operational relationships with clients, handling requests, aligning timelines, and coordinating the resolution of incidents and outstanding issues.
• Coordinate clients, banks, providers, and internal teams throughout operational execution, defining responsibilities, dependencies, and escalation criteria.
• Design and implement new operations, translating client needs into workflows, procedures, controls, and implementation requirements.
• Coordinate operational onboarding for clients and partners, including the definition of operating instructions, testing, workflow validation, and oversight of initial transactions.
• Map, document, and improve processes, establishing SLAs and performance metrics and identifying automation opportunities.
• Hire, develop, and lead the Operations team, setting priorities and assigning responsibilities.
• Work with Treasury, Product, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, and Compliance to enable new operations and resolve day-to-day issues.
• Assess operational readiness for new workflows and suspend processing when significant failures or risks arise, coordinating resolution with the relevant teams.

Skills

Payments operations

Client relationships

Process design

Team leadership

Cross-functional coordination

English fluency

Job description

About Arko

Arko Network provides integrated global treasury and cross-border payment solutions. We bring together technology, payment infrastructure, regulatory capabilities, and liquidity across multiple jurisdictions, enabling regulated institutions and large enterprises to move funds with speed, efficiency, and control.

About the role

We are looking for a senior operations manager to take ownership of and develop operations across all Arko products, ensuring reliable execution and managing operational relationships with clients, partners, and internal teams.

The role combines hands‑on execution, team management, and the implementation of new operations, from process design through go-live and ongoing oversight.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations across all Arko products, ensuring end-to-end execution and monitoring of transaction flows.

• Manage operational relationships with clients, handling requests, aligning timelines, and coordinating the resolution of incidents and outstanding issues.

• Coordinate clients, banks, providers, and internal teams throughout operational execution, defining responsibilities, dependencies, and escalation criteria.

• Design and implement new operations, translating client needs into workflows, procedures, controls, and implementation requirements.

• Coordinate operational onboarding for clients and partners, including the definition of operating instructions, testing, workflow validation, and oversight of initial transactions.

• Map, document, and improve processes, establishing SLAs and performance metrics and identifying automation opportunities.

• Hire, develop, and lead the Operations team, setting priorities and assigning responsibilities.

• Work with Treasury, Product, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, and Compliance to enable new operations and resolve day-to-day issues.

• Assess operational readiness for new workflows and suspend processing when significant failures or risks arise, coordinating resolution with the relevant teams.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years of experience in payments, FX, or cross-border payments operations.

• Experience managing operational relationships with clients, banks, and payment providers.

• A track record of designing and implementing operations with clearly defined processes, responsibilities, and controls.

• Practical knowledge of international payments, settlement, and reconciliation.

• Experience leading, hiring, and developing teams.

• Ability to combine management with hands‑on execution, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and drive issues through to resolution.

• Fluent English, with the ability to lead meetings and interact effectively with international clients and partners.

A strong plus

• Experience applying AI, data analytics, and automation to operational execution, controls, and monitoring.