Head of Licensing & Regulatory Strategy

AXIAN Group; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 33,213,000 - 49,820,000; Full time

Job summary

Pôle Digibank & Fintech is creating a dedicated entity to handle licensing, compliance and market access for the cluster's digital financial services. The Lead, Licensing will determine licensing jurisdiction, build submission files, and establish the legal basis for each market to distribute services.

You will work with engineering and operations leads, travel about one week per month across markets, and base location once jurisdiction is decided.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in law, finance, economics or related discipline.
• Eight+ years in financial services licensing, regulatory affairs, or compliance.
• Led at least one licence application from start to grant.
• Experience with virtual asset licensing regimes (VARA/ MiCA/DIFC) is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory production: jurisdiction analysis, licence files, compliance framework and market access positions.
• Draft AML/CFT framework and travel rule controls for supervisory examination.
• Coordinate with legal, finance, compliance, risk and OpCo teams.
• Engage with regulators, central banks and multi-entity teams across regions.
• Travel up to one week per month; base location to be determined.

Skills

Regulatory analysis

Licence filing

AML framework design

Travel rule compliance

Multijurisdiction experience

Drafting ability

Regulated environments knowledge

Attention to detail

Integrity and discretion

Education

Master's degree in law/finance/economics or related

8+ years in financial services licensing/regulatory affairs

Accountability for at least one licence application

Experience with virtual asset licensing regimes (VARA/ MiCA etc.)

Job description

Pôle Digibank & Fintech is creating a dedicated entity to handle licensing, compliance and market access for the cluster's digital financial services. The Lead, Licensing will determine licensing jurisdiction, build submission files, and establish the legal basis for each market to distribute services.

You will work with engineering and operations leads, travel about one week per month across markets, and base location once jurisdiction is decided.