Product Compliance Manager

About the Role

We are building Nium's Product Compliance function as a strategic capability that enables safe, scalable global growth.

As a Product Compliance Manager, you will sit at the intersection of Product, Payments, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Engineering and AI. You will help ensure that Nium's products are designed, launched and operated in line with regulatory expectations across multiple jurisdictions.

This role goes beyond interpreting regulation. You will understand how products and payment flows work end-to-end, identify regulatory and financial crime risks, and work with Product and Engineering teams to design practical controls directly into the product and operating model.

We are looking for a builder and systems thinker who can turn complex regulatory requirements into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

Product Advisory & Risk

• Partner with Product, Business and Engineering teams from ideation through launch and ongoing product evolution.
• Understand customer journeys, product architecture and end-to-end payment flows.
• Assess new products, features, payment methods, partnerships and material product changes.
• Independently lead New Product Risk Assessments (NPRAs) and identify regulatory, financial crime and operational risks.
• Translate regulatory obligations into clear product requirements and proportionate controls.
• Challenge product designs where risks are not adequately addressed and help teams develop workable alternatives.

Product Assurance

• Review existing products and processes for compliance gaps and emerging risks.
• Assess the impact of new markets, products, payment flows and material changes.
• Drive remediation of identified gaps and track controls through implementation.
• Identify systemic risks and reusable solutions across products rather than solving issues individually.
• Contribute to periodic Product Compliance health reviews and ongoing oversight.

Regulatory Intelligence

• Monitor regulatory developments relevant to Nium's products and markets.
• Assess how regulatory changes impact product design, processes and controls.
• Develop reusable jurisdictional guidance, playbooks and compliance knowledge.
• Partner with regional Compliance and MLRO teams to translate local requirements into scalable product solutions.

AI & Automation

• Identify opportunities to use technology and AI to make Product Compliance more scalable and effective.
• Help develop AI-assisted compliance workflows and knowledge-management capabilities.
• Identify repetitive compliance activities that can be automated.
• Contribute to initiatives such as Compliance Copilot and other Product Compliance tooling.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in Product Compliance, Payments Risk, Financial Crime, Product Risk, Product Management, or a similar role within fintech, payments or financial services.
• Strong understanding of digital products, payment flows and customer journeys.
• Experience translating regulatory or risk requirements into practical product, process or control solutions.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Business, Risk and/or Compliance teams.
• Ability to independently manage ambiguous problems and drive them from assessment through recommendation and implementation.
• Strong written and verbal communication, structured problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable influencing teams without relying on formal authority.

Strongly Preferred

• Cross-border payments and remittances
• Stablecoins, digital assets or crypto
• Cards and card issuing
• Fraud and financial crime
• KYC/KYB and customer lifecycle controls
• Multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments

Nice to have: SQL, APIs, workflow/automation tools and experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.

What Success Looks Like

• Become a trusted Product Compliance partner to Product and Business teams.
• Independently assess complex products, customer journeys and payment flows.
• Lead Product Risk Assessments and translate regulatory requirements into pragmatic, scalable controls.
• Identify and drive resolution of product compliance gaps.
• Identify systemic risks and opportunities to improve controls across products.
• Build reusable Product Compliance frameworks, playbooks and knowledge assets.
• Help make Product Compliance more technology-enabled and scalable.

What This Role Is Not

This is not a traditional compliance operations or investigations role.

Experience in AML, KYC/KYB, sanctions or financial crime is valuable, but we are not primarily looking for someone whose experience has been limited to:

• AML investigations or transaction monitoring
• KYC/KYB operations or document verification
• Sanctions screening operations
• Case management
• Regulatory reporting execution
• Manual compliance reviews with limited product or technology engagement

We are looking for someone who enjoys asking:

• How does this product work end-to-end?
• Where does regulatory or financial crime risk enter the flow?
• What is the simplest effective control?
• How can we make compliance the default rather than an afterthought?
• How can technology and AI make the control more scalable?

If you enjoy solving ambiguous problems, understanding how financial products work and building practical solutions at the intersection of product, technology and regulation, this role is for you.