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As Head of Payment, reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, you will own and scale the financial infrastructure powering Malt at global level. Operating at the crossroad of Product, Tech, Legal and Finance, your mission is to unlock international growth while optimizing our unique payment model to offer a seamless experience to our Community & Clients. This is a sophisticated scaling challenge: managing complex B2B liquidity flows while ensuring the user experience remains effortless. We are looking for an ambitious, collaborative leader who views complex payment systems as a primary driver of strategic business growth.
Key responsibilities ✨
Define and execute the vision for Malt's payment architecture and 3rd parties dependencies. Introducing geographic scale and enabling commercial expansion to support the growth of new business lines.
Act as the primary bridge combining Finance, Legal and Tech teams to build a great transactional experience for all sides of the marketplace, with a scalable operational model and the appropriate integration with Finance tools and processes.
Own product benchmarking and exploration of payment methods, new PSPs assessment
Drive the strategy and roadmap to facilitate seamless multi-currency, cross-border marketplace transactions while scaling enterprise billing integrations globally.
Transform our cash advance model and factoring partner setups to limit transaction risk at the source.
Collaborate with Treasury and Financing Operations to protect working capital while expanding our core freelance financing value proposition Serve as the functional referent for international payment compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards, and localized marketplace regulations across all active regions.
About you 🧑🚀
Experience: 10+ years of progressive tech/product leadership directly within a platform or B2B marketplace environment, specializing in fintech, core payment infrastructures, or global treasury networks.
Technical Expertise: Proven mastery of payment service providers (PSPs), international banking networks, cross-border escrow structures, factoring financial mechanics, and data analytics tools (e.g., Looker). Track record of exercising a built / buy / partner muscle for critical infrastructure.
Business Acumen: Deep understanding of enterprise B2B sales cycles, procurement/P2P workflows, and marketplace unit economics, with the ability to translate cost optimizations into strategic product features.
Leadership & Mindset: Strong cross-functional influencer—curious, intellectually agile, and an excellent communicator. You thrive in ambiguity, can translate complexity into clear product decisions, and bring conviction
How to join the mission?
First call with Alexandre, our Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer any questions you may have. . (30-45 minutes)
Interview with your future manager, Sebastien to delve into your experience and the specifics of the role. (60 minutes)
Home preparation followed by a deep discussion on different product subjects to assess your technical skills
Final interview with the CFO of the company to discuss partnership and Malt’s long-term vision.
Skills Required
- 10+ years progressive tech/product leadership in platform or B2B marketplace environments, with fintech/payments focus
- Proven mastery of Payment Service Providers (PSPs) and international banking networks
- Experience designing and operating cross-border escrow structures, factoring mechanics, and multi-currency payment flows
- Experience with treasury systems and protecting working capital, including cash advance and financing partner setups
- Familiarity with payment compliance and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards and localized marketplace regulations
- Proficiency with data analytics tools (e.g., Looker) to drive product benchmarking and decision making
- Strong business acumen in enterprise B2B sales cycles, procurement/P2P workflows, and marketplace unit economics
- Demonstrated ability to make build/buy/partner decisions for critical infrastructure
- Excellent cross-functional leadership, communication, and ability to operate in ambiguous environments
What We Do
Malt is a platform that connects businesses with freelancers, finding the perfect match for every project. Our mission is to provide everyone with the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with. By helping to redefine the world of work and the relationships we have with it we hope to empower everyone to shape their careers to fit exactly what they’re looking for. Malt was founded in 2013 by Vincent Huguet and Hugo Lassiège, who were both joined by Alexandre Fretti as Co-CEO in 2020. In March 2022, Malt acquired Comatch, enabling us to create a dedicated category for independent management consultants and interim executives where clients can access vetted expertise, known as Malt Strategy. We have now gained the trust of more than 550,000 freelancers and 70,000 clients, becoming one of the leading marketplaces for freelance talent. We are currently operational in nine countries and regions: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE and the UK. Malt has evolved into a successful scaleup with more than 700 employees from 44 different nationalities, who share the same values of care, ambition, joy and autonomy. Join us and become part of the future of work!
