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$121,500–$168,700/yr
United States

  • Lead and develop a Payment Operations team responsible for supporting Mercury Bank's payment rails, ensuring clear priorities and strong operating standards.
  • Build and scale operational desks across various payment rails including international wires, domestic wires, RTP, ACH, and checks.
  • Improve operational efficiency through process design, tooling, automation, and AI to reduce manual effort while preserving judgment and control.

Payments Team Leadership Operational Efficiency Process Improvement Automation

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Global

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive operational strategy focused on scalability, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
  • Lead core operational functions including payments, treasury, reconciliations, and back-office duties to ensure seamless client experience.
  • Drive process improvement and automation across the organization to reduce manual effort and increase operational leverage.

Xapo Bank is a financial institution dedicated to providing economic freedom and wealth protection with a fully distributed team of over 160 employees from 50+ countries. Their culture emphasizes remote work, diversity, and continuous learning.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Own daily payment operations across all PSPs, including settlement monitoring, reconciliation, and refund flows.
  • Build and maintain operational dashboards and optimize payment vendor billing.
  • Source and qualify new payment partners, lead commercial negotiations, and maintain CRM pipeline.

Progress Partners is a fast-growing technology company building next-generation SaaS and mobile platforms. We blend creativity with data-driven execution and our global team collaborates across time zones to deliver high-impact products used by millions in over 160 countries.

US

  • Monitor daily transaction activity across ACH, RTP/FedNow, and card rails for anomalies, failures, and settlement issues.
  • Triage and resolve payment exceptions, including ACH returns, AFT/OCT decline codes, and failed settlements.
  • Draft and send day-to-day operational emails to sponsor banks, maintaining a log of open items and driving them toward closure.

Astra is building mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale, processing billions in annual transaction volume with 99.9%+ uptime. They are a remote-first company with a small team where your work directly supports scaling responsibly.

$180,000–$200,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own the full lifecycle of payments operations including onboarding, underwriting, monitoring, disputes, and support.
  • Build and deploy AI-native decisioning systems and automation to scale operations.
  • Manage portfolio-level risk and partner with cross-functional teams to drive performance.

Boulevard provides a client experience platform for appointment-based self-care businesses. They are a growing company that values diversity, experimentation, and delivering magical moments.

$125,000–$150,000/yr
US

  • Lead a multi-team organization of Operations Managers responsible for accurate and compliant execution of money movement flows.
  • Translate high-level organizational strategy into actionable operational plans and drive continuous improvement.
  • Serve as a strategic link between frontline operations and cross-functional leadership, including Product, Engineering, and Legal.

Human Interest is a fintech company that makes retirement savings accessible to small and medium-sized businesses. It is a high-growth company backed by major investors, with a mission-driven culture focused on closing the retirement gap.

$146,700–$203,800/yr
US Canada

  • Own and build Mercury's internal knowledge infrastructure to ensure accurate, discoverable company information.
  • Partner with Engineering to design schemas, automations, and validation workflows for AI knowledge layer.
  • Drive adoption of standardized systems across teams to replace fragmented documentation with trusted sources of truth.

Mercury is a fintech company building a full stack of financial tools for startups. They have dozens of teams across engineering, product, design, data, and business functions, and emphasize a culture of thoughtful simplicity and alignment.

Global

  • Process daily payment and foreign exchange transactions accurately and deliver exceptional service.
  • Resolve payment-related inquiries promptly and independently while following strong financial controls.
  • Maintain cash balances globally and identify processing inefficiencies to collaborate on improvements.

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company that solves high-stakes, high-value payments across education, healthcare, travel, and B2B industries. With over 1,200 employees across 12 offices worldwide, representing 40+ nationalities, they foster a collaborative and inclusive culture.

  • Define and build the internal systems, workflows, and decisioning infrastructure that power Wave's payments operations.
  • Own the strategy and roadmap for tools used by Risk, Fraud, Compliance, Support, Finance, and Payments Operations teams.
  • Replace fragmented workflows and manual processes with scalable platform capabilities to improve operational efficiency and customer outcomes.

Wave provides financial software and services to help small businesses thrive. The company fosters a creative and energetic culture where employees are empowered to be bold and learn quickly.

US

  • Own end-to-end merchant onboarding from commercial handover to go-live, ensuring accurate configuration and timely transactions.
  • Serve as PAR's internal center of expertise on payment gateway operations, compliance, and process documentation.
  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of two onboarding specialists, embedding AI tools to improve workflows.

PAR Technology Corporation is a leader in restaurant technology, providing software and hardware solutions for the hospitality industry. They serve over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries, with a culture centered on collaboration and innovation.

$120,400–$185,700/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own the fintech roadmap for new payment experiences, capital lending, and funds acceleration.
  • Lead payments reliability, reconciliation, and fraud tooling for scalable financial infrastructure.
  • Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless in-person and online experiences.

Boulevard provides a client experience platform for appointment-based self-care businesses, empowering salons, spas, and medspas to deliver magical moments. It is a growth-stage, remote-first company with a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and diversity.

Europe 3w PTO

  • Lead and scale the payments function, including multi-PSP infrastructure and payment strategy metrics.
  • Optimize acceptance rates, manage processing costs, and monitor risk metrics.
  • Work cross-functionally with engineering, analytics, and compliance teams.

A Ukrainian product startup that builds personalized health and fitness products for a global audience via a B2C subscription model. The company has a fully remote team of 50+ employees operating across the US and European markets.

US Canada

  • Act as the translation layer between payments operations, compliance, and engineering to turn operational needs into prioritized requirements.
  • Own the payments roadmap, sprint planning, and define KPIs like authorization/approval rate and payment success rate.
  • Build business cases for multiprocessor routing, retry logic, and fraud-vs-conversion tradeoffs to drive systemic improvements.

Stash is the direct-to-consumer commerce platform for game studios, building webshops and checkout infrastructure to reduce app store taxes. We process hundreds of millions in D2C revenue and are scaling rapidly toward a 5x volume target in 2026.

Asia

  • Work directly with merchants and PSP partners to guide them through the full integration lifecycle, from solution design and API integration to go-live and post-launch support.
  • Lead technical discussions with merchant teams to design optimal integration approaches using Binance payment solutions and act as the primary liaison between merchants, product, and engineering.
  • Analyze merchant feedback, performance data, and market trends to identify opportunities for product improvements and integration tool enhancements.

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Trusted by over 300 million people in 100+ countries, the company offers a flat structure, collaborative culture, and opportunities for career growth in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

$168,000–$210,000/yr
US

  • Lead the vision and execution of Airbnb's payout partner network across 200+ markets.
  • Manage strategic relationships with high-value payment partners, including deal negotiation and performance monitoring.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Payments, Product, Compliance, and Finance to optimize payout infrastructure.

Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts offering unique stays and experiences with guests worldwide. With over 5 million hosts and 2 billion guest arrivals, Airbnb fosters a culture of belonging and authentic travel experiences.