Card Schemes Compliance Senior Manager / Director-level

🌍 Remote — EU-based candidates

💰 Salary: based on candidate expectations

🗣 Languages:

English — fluent (must-have)
Russian — native (must-have)
Other languages — a strong plus

📍 Experience:

-Solid hands-on experience with merchants operating across Europe, UK, Australia, Asia, and MENA
-Background in high-risk verticals and EMI/regulated environments — preferred

🔍 About

Our client - is more than just a payment provider—we are your strategic partner. With intelligent solutions, global reach, and a personalized approach, we empower businesses to thrive in the evolving digital economy. Our strength lies in our people: a diverse team united by a shared mission to make global commerce more accessible and inclusive. Together, we are redefining the future of payments.

We are looking for an experienced Card Schemes Compliance Senior Manager (or Director-level candidate) to lead our risk and compliance function related to card schemes and broader payment compliance. This role is pivotal to ensuring the integrity, security, and scalability of Our Client’s operations across multiple jurisdictions.

The ideal candidate possesses deep regulatory expertise, particularly in Card Network regulations (Visa and Mastercard), and ideally, UK EMI regulations, along with a strong track record of leading payment risk and compliance teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

🎯 What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 5 years in compliance or risk roles within financial institutions, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
• Strong understanding of Card Network regulations, onboarding risk standards, and regulatory frameworks.
• In-depth knowledge of KYC/KYB, merchant onboarding flows for low to high-risk business verticals.
• Experience working with Card Schemes and regulators, including audits, reporting, and licensing support.
• Hands-on expertise with multi-jurisdictional compliance and UK EMI regulations (a strong plus).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Fluent English required; Fluency in other languages is a desirable skill.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable working independently in a remote, international environment.