Senior APAC & ME Payments Product Regulatory Counsel

Nium; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries & bonuses

Hybrid work environment

Learning stipend

Job summary

Nium, a global leader in real-time cross-border payments, seeks a Senior Product and Regulatory Counsel for APAC & Middle East based in Singapore. Lead regulatory strategy, counsel product teams, and advise on compliance for payments, digital assets, and financial services across multiple markets.

You will partner with product, engineering, and business teams to navigate licensing, data privacy, and regulatory obligations while supporting expansion into new markets.

Qualifications

• Eight years of experience as a qualified lawyer in-house, top law firm, or government agency.
• Deep familiarity with payments, fintech, digital assets, or financial services laws and regulators in APAC.

Responsibilities

• Advise on financial services regulations, payments, digital assets, licensing, data privacy, and IP.
• Lead APAC & Middle East regulatory efforts and engagement with regulators (MAS, HKMA, JFSA, RBI, etc.).
• Drive market expansion and licensing across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, and the Middle East.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to design compliant products and processes.
• Develop scalable processes and leverage AI/legal tech to accelerate reviews.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Payments regulation

APAC regulatory affairs

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Nium, a global leader in real-time cross-border payments, seeks a Senior Product and Regulatory Counsel for APAC & Middle East based in Singapore. Lead regulatory strategy, counsel product teams, and advise on compliance for payments, digital assets, and financial services across multiple markets.

You will partner with product, engineering, and business teams to navigate licensing, data privacy, and regulatory obligations while supporting expansion into new markets.