Global Expansion Product Lead — Fintech & Payments

Remitly; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in total compensation

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Remitly is seeking a Head of Global Expansion to own the end-to-end build and rollout of its global wallet and card infrastructure. You will align product, engineering, risk, and compliance to deliver scalable, compliant money movement rails across markets.

You will lead the integration between Mambu, Checkout.com, and Remitly's platform, while driving the CRM integration and defining the expansion roadmap. This role requires strong leadership across multiple geographies and markets.

Qualifications

• A track record of owning business outcomes for a product or expansion effort at scale.
• Direct experience integrating with core banking platforms (e.g., Mambu) and payment processors (e.g., Checkout.com), including designing money movement rails.
• Deep understanding of fraud and compliance requirements for card and wallet products, including KYC/AML frameworks for global rollout.

Responsibilities

• Own the global expansion effort end-to-end, accountable for business outcomes across each market launch.
• Define and own the integration strategy between Mambu, CKO, and Remitly's platform, partnering with engineering to design scalable core banking and card infrastructure.
• Build the money-in and money-out rails for the account, ensuring reliable, compliant movement of funds across markets.
• Lead the integration between the product and Remitly's CRM systems, enabling servicing, support, and customer engagement teams.
• Architect and build the fraud and risk infrastructure needed to support a global rollout, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Legal to meet regulatory requirements in each market.
• Own and manage the end-to-end global expansion roadmap, sequencing infrastructure build-out against market launch priorities.
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to ensure infrastructure decisions support both near-term launches and long-term scale.
• Communicate strategy, trade-offs, and progress clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, with direct accountability for expansion results.

Skills

Business outcomes ownership

Technical fluency

Roadmap ownership

Analytical skills

Autonomy

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Tools

Mambu

Checkout.com

Job description

Remitly is seeking a Head of Global Expansion to own the end-to-end build and rollout of its global wallet and card infrastructure. You will align product, engineering, risk, and compliance to deliver scalable, compliant money movement rails across markets.

You will lead the integration between Mambu, Checkout.com, and Remitly's platform, while driving the CRM integration and defining the expansion roadmap. This role requires strong leadership across multiple geographies and markets.