--- title: 'Senior Commercial Counsel at Nium' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-commercial-counsel-nium-singapore-hzqs8wtngx73' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-17' --- # Senior Commercial Counsel at Nium - **Company:** Nium - **Location:** Singapore - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/nium/9964f37a-41cd-42ba-a1b3-1e2b6515ff16 ## Job description ## About Nium Nium is the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments. We were founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. Our platform enables banks, fintechs, and global businesses to move money instantly, everywhere. Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore with offices in 14 markets worldwide, we are entering one of the most exciting chapters in our journey. In July 2025, we delivered the largest month in our 10-year history with record revenue, record volumes, and EBITDA profitability. Today, Nium moves nearly $50B in payments annually, almost entirely for enterprises, while continuing to strengthen an already healthy balance sheet. It is an incredible time to join us, and we are only just getting started. Our payout network spans 190+ countries and 100 currencies, with 100 corridors in real time. We power seamless transfers to accounts, wallets, and cards, support local collections in 35 markets, and run a card issuance business live in 34 countries. Backed by regulatory licenses in more than 40 markets, we make it simple for our partners to onboard, integrate, and scale globally. This scale and innovation have earned us recognition as one of CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025, winner of Best Cross-Border Payments Solution at the PayTech Awards, and inclusion in FXC Intelligence’s Top 100 Cross-Border Payments Companies list. In 2024, we raised US$50 million in Series E funding at a US$1.4 billion valuation to accelerate network expansion, product innovation, and talent growth. With the B2B payments market projected to hit US$175 trillion by 2030, Nium offers ambitious builders the chance to shape the future of global money movement with the scale of a leader and the energy of a high-growth company. ## About the Role We are looking for a commercially minded, execution-oriented Senior Commercial Counsel to support Nium’s next phase of global growth. You will serve as a trusted legal partner to our commercial, partnership, treasury, compliance, and executive teams, leading complex transactions across payments, card issuance, treasury, and digital asset and stablecoin-enabled solutions. Success requires exceptional commercial judgment, a pragmatic mindset, and the ability to deliver clear, business-focused advice at speed. Our Legal Team We are known for Speed, Clarity, and Trust. We move quickly without sacrificing judgment, give practical advice that helps teams act with confidence, and focus on enabling growth and navigating complexity. The best candidates are commercially minded, highly responsive, intellectually curious, and energised by complex problems. ## Key Responsibilities - Lead the drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex commercial agreements with enterprise customers, financial institutions, fintechs, marketplaces, and strategic partners globally. - Own the company’s most strategic transactions end-to-end with minimal supervision. - Support the launch and scaling of new payment, card, treasury, and digital asset products, including stablecoin-enabled solutions. - Develop scalable legal infrastructure — templates, negotiation playbooks, contracting standards, and self-service resources. - Advise on vendor, technology, SaaS, data, and infrastructure agreements. - Collaborate cross-functionally with compliance, regulatory, privacy, finance, and product teams. - Drive adoption of AI-enabled legal workflows, contract automation, and knowledge management tools. ## Requirements - 5+ years’ experience as a qualified lawyer in-house, at a top law firm, or in a government agency. - Deep expertise in commercial contracts and building scalable legal infrastructure, ideally at high-growth companies. - Experience in payments, fintech, banking, digital assets, treasury, card, or other regulated financial services strongly preferred. - Highly collaborative, solutions-oriented, and biased toward action and impact. - Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate complex legal concepts into practical business advice. - Strong proponent and adopter of technology and AI; humble, low-ego, and committed to continuous improvement. ## How we measure success - Commercial Impact: Serves as lead counsel on complex transactions, accelerates revenue generation, and consistently proposes practical solutions rather than simply identifying issues. - Speed: Is known for responsiveness and execution. Drives negotiations forward, continuously improving turnaround times through better processes, templates, and AI-enabled tools. - Clarity: Translates complex legal and regulatory issues into concise, actionable guidance, and creates scalable self-service resources that empower teams to move faster. - Trust: Quickly becomes a trusted advisor to commercial, finance, compliance, treasury, and executive stakeholders through sound judgment, pragmatism, and deep product knowledge. - Raises the Bar: Improves the quality and scalability of legal support by building durable templates, playbooks, and frameworks — and consistently leaves every process better than they found it. ## What we offer at Nium We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work. We Care: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office). We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend. We Constantly Innovate: Since our inception, Nium has received constant recognition and awards for how we approach both our business and talent opportunities. Check out CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2024. We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more! We Thrive With Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. For more detailed region-specific benefits:  https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks For more information visit www.nium.com Depending on your location, certain laws may regulate the way Nium manages the data of candidates. By submitting your job application, you are agreeing and acknowledging that you have read and understand our Candidate Privacy Notice located at www.nium.com/privacy/candidate-privacy-notice. For more information, visit www.nium.com. Nium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Nium complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Nium expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. ## About Nium ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Nium provides a global real-time payments infrastructure that enables businesses to collect, convert, and disburse funds across borders instantly. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, $314M total funding) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Prajit Nanu (CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Cross-Border Payments, Card Issuance - **Target customers**: B2B – banks, fintechs, payroll providers, travel companies, marketplaces, AI platforms, and other businesses needing global payment capabilities. - **Mission**: "To build the first global infrastructure for real-time payments." - **Vision**: "A world where money moves instantly to everyone, everywhere." ## Products & Services - **Multi-Currency Accounts**: Manage, hold, and convert funds in multiple currencies from a single platform. - **Global Payouts**: Deliver funds to bank accounts, cards, or wallets across 190+ countries, with real-time capability in over 100 markets. - **Nium Verify**: Instant bank account verification across 50+ countries to reduce failed payments. - **Global Card Issuing**: Issue physical and virtual cards in 34+ countries, processing 41+ million card tokens annually. - **Stablecoin-Backed Cards**: An end-to-end suite connecting digital assets to real-world payments. - **Nium API**: A powerful, easy-to-use API for automation and growth, with comprehensive documentation and code snippets. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (last raised a $50M Series E extension in September 2024, per reports). - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $314M. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include Visa, Bpifrance, Global Founders Capital, Vertex Ventures, and others. Partners include leading names in banking, travel, payroll, and blockchain. - **Growth Signals**: Processes $60B+ in annual transaction volume. Named to CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies 2024 and Forbes Fintech 50 for two consecutive years. Increased headcount by 6.7% YoY (639 employees). Secured a Type 1 Funds Transfer License from Japan's FSA and was approved as a Registered Financial Service Provider in New Zealand in 2024. Serves 1,000+ customers. ## Competitive Advantages - **Regulatory Moat**: Holds licenses and authorizations in 40+ countries, a significant barrier to entry for competitors. - **Broad Reach**: Payout network spans 190+ markets in 100+ currencies, with 100+ real-time markets. - **One-Stop Platform**: Combines multi-currency accounts, payouts, card issuing, and verification in a single API, replacing multiple legacy systems. - **First-Mover in Digital Assets**: Pioneered stablecoin-backed cards and a full suite connecting digital assets to real-world payments. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Expanding regulatory footprint (e.g., Japan, New Zealand, Australia), deepening stablecoin/blockchain infrastructure, and scaling its card issuance business. The company is focusing on enabling on-demand payments for the new workforce (gig workers, creators) and embedding compliance as a competitive advantage. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes three core values: "Keep It Simple," "Make It Better," and "Win It Together." Has a strong "Women @ Nium" community and a stated commitment to diversity and inclusion. - **Work policy**: Hybrid – most team members are in the office 3 days per week globally. - **Perks & Benefits**: Competitive salary and bonus plans, comprehensive benefits, generous parental leave, global socials and team-building events, year-end company-wide time off, peer and company recognition programs, and a learning and development stipend. - **Global Environment**: A workforce distributed across 26 countries with offices in San Francisco, Singapore, the UK, the Netherlands, India, Malta, and more. Opportunities for global career mobility. - **Engineering & Product Focus**: CEO Prajit Nanu leads product strategy, and the company is building next-generation payments infrastructure at scale, offering the chance to work on high-impact, real-time systems. ## Sources 1. [nium.com](https://www.nium.com/about-us) 2. [nium.com](https://www.nium.com/) 3. [nium.com](https://www.nium.com/careers) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nium-global) 5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/nium) 6. [crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nium) (implied via funding data) 7. [forbes.com](https://www.forbes.com) (cited as "Forbes Fintech 50") 8. 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