Head of Fintech

RemotePass Inc; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in the United Kingdom is seeking an entrepreneurial Head of Fintech to lead their fintech initiatives. You will define the fintech roadmap, drive product innovation, and manage key partnerships. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in fintech leadership and a strong understanding of payment systems. This is a fully remote position offering competitive compensation, stock options, and premium health insurance.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Performance-based bonus

Stock options

Premium health insurance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in fintech, payments, or financial product leadership.
• Proven experience leading fintech or payments product strategy.
• Strong understanding of payment systems and financial infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the overall fintech strategy and roadmap.
• Lead fintech product development across payments and cards.
• Manage strategic partnerships with banks and PSPs.

Skills

Fintech leadership

Product strategy

Partnership management

Payment systems knowledge

Compliance expertise

Team leadership

Job description

We’re looking for an entrepreneurial and execution-driven Head of Fintech to lead all aspects of Remotepass’s fintech stack; including payments, cards, and future financial products. You’ll define and implement our fintech roadmap, drive product innovation, manage strategic partnerships, and ensure world-class reliability and compliance.

You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Compliance to deliver scalable and efficient financial systems that support thousands of global users and empower our next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the overall fintech strategy, roadmap, and operating model.
• Lead fintech product development across payments (pay-ins/pay-outs), cards, and future products.
• Build and manage strategic partnerships with banks, PSPs, and fintech infrastructure providers.
• Negotiate commercial terms and identify opportunities for innovation and cost optimization.
• Develop scalable operations for payment execution, reconciliation, and risk management.
• Collaborate with Compliance and Legal to ensure adherence to AML, licensing, and regulatory frameworks.
• Oversee analytics and P&L across all fintech products; use data to drive performance improvements.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to automate processes, launch new fintech capabilities, and improve user experience.
• Ensure reliability and resilience across all financial systems and operations.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in fintech, payments, or financial product leadership, ideally in a fast-scaling global company.
• Proven experience leading fintech or payments product strategy, partnerships, and operations.
• Strong understanding of payment systems, cards, digital wallets, and banking infrastructure.
• Experience negotiating and managing relationships with banks, PSPs, and financial institutions.
• Excellent analytical, commercial, and strategic thinking skills.
• Deep familiarity with compliance, risk, and licensing in fintech.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing teams.
• Bonus: Experience launching fintech products such as stored-value accounts, cards, or embedded finance solutions.
• Fully remote, work from anywhere
• Competitive compensation and performance-based bonus
• Stock options and premium health insurance
• Opportunity to shape the fintech backbone of a fast-growing global company