Manager Licensing International Expansion

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Manager - Licensing & International Expansion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#555555;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Operating Office  ·  India  ·  Full-Time</span></p><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;"><tbody><tr style="height:0pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 8pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Function:</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">COO’s Office</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 8pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Location:</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hybrid,India</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 8pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reporting to:</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead - International Expansion</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 8pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Level:</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5f9fd;padding:4pt 4pt 4pt 4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Assistant Manager / Manager</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;border-bottom:solid #2e75b6 1pt;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:8pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">About Tazapay</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tazapay is a Series B fintech startup building global payments and compliance infrastructure for cross-border businesses.

We help companies move money across borders securely, compliantly, and efficiently, operating across multiple geographies, currencies, and regulatory regimes.</span></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Backed by strong global investors, Tazapay sits at the intersection of payments, risk, compliance, and AI, enabling businesses to scale internationally without worrying about regulatory complexity.

As we expand globally, risk and compliance are not just support functions for us — they are core product capabilities.</span></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">At Tazapay, we are building world-class AI-first products that power decisioning, automation, and intelligence across financial workflows.</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;border-bottom:solid #2e75b6 1pt;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:8pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Role Overview</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">This is a high-visibility, high-impact role in the COO’s office at Tazapay. </span></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">As Manager - Licensing & International Expansion, you will drive expansion of Tazapay’s products internationally, formulate Tazapay’s licensing strategy across multiple markets and own operationalisation of licenses to build truly global payments infrastructure.</span></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are looking for a sharp operator who has worked / interested to work at the intersection of growth, licensing and execution.</span></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You will work closely with COO, regulators, legal, compliance, finance, product, and operations to translate requirements into an operational plan - from licensing application to launching the product in a new market. </span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;border-bottom:solid #2e75b6 1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;padding:8pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Key Responsibilities</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2e75b6;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">1.  International Expansion and Licensing:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Own end-to-end planning and execution for licensing and expansion workstreams in one or more countries</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Decompose licensing and expansion requirements into actionable functional, technical, and operational requirements.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Conduct gap analyses by back-testing licence and expansion conditions against current policies, processes, and systems.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Track and manage licence-related workstreams, ensuring cross-functional milestones are met ahead of entity go-live.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Coordinate operational readiness across areas including: onboarding, terms & conditions, outsourcing registers, regulatory reporting, safeguarding, payroll, taxes, and secretarial coverage.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Act as the connective tissue between the licensing team, country leads, compliance, and functional owners - synthesising inputs and escalating blockers early.</span></p></li></ul><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2e75b6;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">2.  Program and Stakeholder Management</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Prepare high-quality status reports, steering committee materials, and executive updates with clarity and precision.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders including Finance, Legal, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and Operations.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Manage external partners including regulatory consultants, local counsel, corporate secretaries, and system vendors.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Communicate complex regulatory or operational requirements in clear, accessible language to non-specialist audiences.</span></p></li></ul><div><br></div><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;border-bottom:solid #2e75b6 1pt;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:8pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a3c6e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Key Interfaces</span></h1><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Product, Engineering and Operations Leads</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Partnership Team</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Finance, Accounting and Safeguarding</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Legal, Risk & Compliance teams</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Local Country Team (MLRO, Compliance Manager, Risk Managers)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: -4pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:3pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#2d2d2d;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">External: regulators, financial institutions,  legal counsel, corporate service providers, system vendors</span></p></li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div>