Head of APAC

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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Zepz

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2021

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

💰 $165M Debt Financing - Zepz on 2025-03

Fintech • B2C

Zepz is a fintech company that operates digital remittance brands (notably WorldRemit and Sendwave) offering fast, secure, mobile-first cross-border money transfer services for consumers. The company emphasizes fair, fast and flexible payments, a world-class customer experience, and global reach — enabling app-based transfers to over 130 countries, with reported volumes of about $10 billion transferred and 50 million customer transactions in 2020 across more than 5,000 corridors. Zepz positions itself as customer-focused and growth-oriented, with hundreds of employees and multiple international offices supporting consumer remittances primarily to regions such as Africa and Asia.

📋 Description

• Drive commercial expansion, strategic growth, product launches, and operational optimization across the Asia-Pacific region • Own APAC Volume, Revenue, and regional PnL targets and market-share growth • Identify, negotiate, and execute strategic partnerships and banking-network expansion across APAC markets • Lead market-entry and expansion strategies, including integration of local real-time payment rails and partner networks • Optimize corridor pricing models, FX spread margins, liquidity, and revenue margins with Pricing, FX Trading, and Treasury teams • Lead and manage regional commercial teams, set KPIs, and mentor Regional Managers, Business Development Managers, and Commercial Managers • Lead cross-functional teams across Launch, Product, Marketing, Payment Operations, Pricing, and FX Trading • Serve as or oversee Country Director roles and manage local regulatory and government relationships • Report performance metrics, expansion milestones, and revenue updates to the ExCo and senior leadership • Align Business Development, Launch, Product, and Tech teams to deliver market rails, APIs, and commercial features • Automate cross-border and operational processes to scale corridor capacity • Oversee regional commercial and exposure risks and ensure compliance with local regulatory standards

🎯 Requirements

• Proven track record of driving rapid revenue growth, expanding complex markets, and consistently hitting Volume, Revenue, and PnL targets • Demonstrated experience entering new geographies, launching cross-border payment corridors, and building strategic financial or distribution partnerships across APAC • Proven ability to manage direct commercial teams while effectively leading indirect, multi-functional partner teams across Product, Marketing, Operations, Pricing, and FX • In-depth knowledge of APAC financial markets, payment infrastructure, local regulatory environments, and consumer payment preferences • Exceptional skills in sourcing, structuring, and closing complex, first-in-kind commercial agreements • Autonomous, highly energetic self-starter with a bias for action and strategic vision • Solid understanding of FX mechanics, cross-border payment rails, and currency spread optimization across APAC corridors • Genuine curiosity about AI and its application to work • Practical experience using AI tools in a professional context • Strong AI literacy, including effective prompting and critical evaluation of AI-generated output • Awareness of ethical considerations and responsible use of AI, especially regarding sensitive data, customer experience, and compliance • Prior experience using Claude is nice-to-have but not essential

🏖️ Benefits

• Tools to work remotely • Regular team off-sites • Unlimited annual leave • Great healthcare benefits • Employee discounts