Manager Licensing International Expansion

Easiertrades Pte. Ltd.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Easiertrades Pte. Ltd. is hiring a Manager - Licensing & International Expansion in Bengaluru, India. The role involves driving Tazapay's products' international expansion and formulating licensing strategies.

You'll coordinate operations, oversee licensing applications, and manage cross-functional relationships to ensure successful market launches. Ideal candidates will have a strong operational background, excellent communication skills, and experience in managing projects requiring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing licensing and international expansion projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive expansion of Tazapay’s products internationally.
• Formulate Tazapay’s licensing strategy across markets.
• Track and manage licence-related workstreams.

Skills

Operational Planning

Stakeholder Management

Regulatory Knowledge

Cross-functional Coordination

Job description

Manager - Licensing & International Expansion

Operating Office · India · Full-Time

Function: COO's Office

Location: Hybrid, India

Reporting to: Lead - International Expansion

Level: Assistant Manager / Manager

About Tazapay

Tazapay is a Series B fintech startup building global payments and compliance infrastructure for cross-border businesses. We help companies move money across borders securely, compliantly, and efficiently, operating across multiple geographies, currencies, and regulatory regimes.

Backed by strong global investors, Tazapay sits at the intersection of payments, risk, compliance, and AI, enabling businesses to scale internationally without worrying about regulatory complexity. As we expand globally, risk and compliance are not just support functions for us — they are core product capabilities.

At Tazapay, we are building world‑class AI‑first products that power decisioning, automation, and intelligence across financial workflows.

Role Overview

This is a high‑visibility, high‑impact role in the COO’s office at Tazapay.

As Manager - Licensing & International Expansion, you will drive expansion of Tazapay’s products internationally, formulate Tazapay’s licensing strategy across multiple markets and own operationalisation of licenses to build truly global payments infrastructure.

We are looking for a sharp operator who has worked / interested to work at the intersection of growth, licensing and execution.

You will work closely with COO, regulators, legal, compliance, finance, product, and operations to translate requirements into an operational plan - from licensing application to launching the product in a new market.

Key Responsibilities

International Expansion and Licensing:

• Own end‑to‑end planning and execution for licensing and expansion workstreams in one or more countries
• Decompose licensing and expansion requirements into actionable functional, technical, and operational requirements.
• Conduct gap analyses by back‑testing licence and expansion conditions against current policies, processes, and systems.
• Track and manage licence‑related workstreams, ensuring cross‑functional milestones are met ahead of entity go‑live.
• Coordinate operational readiness across areas including onboarding, terms & conditions, outsourcing registers, regulatory reporting, safeguarding, payroll, taxes, and secretarial coverage.
• Act as the connective tissue between the licensing team, country leads, compliance, and functional owners — synthesising inputs and escalating blockers early.

Program and Stakeholder Management:

• Prepare high‑quality status reports, steering committee materials, and executive updates with clarity and precision.
• Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders including Finance, Legal, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and Operations.
• Manage external partners including regulatory consultants, local counsel, corporate secretaries, and system vendors.
• Communicate complex regulatory or operational requirements in clear, accessible language to non‑specialist audiences.

Key Interfaces

• Product, Engineering and Operations Leads
• Partnership Team
• Finance, Accounting and Safeguarding
• Legal, Risk & Compliance teams
• Local Country Team (MLRO, Compliance Manager, Risk Managers)
• External: regulators, financial institutions, legal counsel, corporate service providers, system vendors