Senior Talent Partner

As a Senior Talent Partner at Nium, a global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, you will lead full-cycle recruiting for key leadership, technical, and go-to-market roles across the U.S. and globally. You will partner closely with executives and hiring managers to define hiring strategies, build diverse pipelines, and ensure an outstanding candidate experience. This high-impact role requires expertise in data-informed hiring, compliance with U.S. regulations, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global fintech environment.

Must Have

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for complex and senior-level roles
• Partner with C Level leaders to define hiring strategy
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for diverse pipelines
• Drive data-informed hiring decisions
• Own the candidate experience end-to-end
• Optimize and scale recruiting processes
• Advise and coach hiring managers on best practices
• Ensure compliance with U.S. hiring regulations
• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
• 3+ years in a senior or talent partner capacity
• Experience hiring across fintech, payments, SaaS, or high-growth tech environments
• Strong business acumen
• Expertise in sourcing complex talent
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, global environment
• Experience with Lever ATS platforms

Good to Have

• Track record of owning senior or niche searches with strong business impact
• Comfort working directly with executives and global stakeholders
• Passion for building equitable, scalable, and world-class hiring programs

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Performance bonuses
• Sales commissions
• Equity for specific roles
• Recognition programs
• Medical coverage
• 24/7 employee assistance program
• Generous vacation programs including year-end shut down
• Flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office)
• Role-specific training
• Internal workshops
• Learning stipend
• Company-wide social events
• Team bonding activities
• Happy hours
• Team offsites

Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders. Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 35 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.

About the Role

As a Senior Talent Partner, you will own full-cycle recruiting for key leadership, technical, and go-to-market roles across the U.S. and globally. You’ll partner closely with executives, hiring managers, and HR to build scalable hiring processes, deliver outstanding candidate experiences, and influence talent strategy in a rapidly scaling fintech environment.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced global organizations and is comfortable operating with autonomy while managing C Level Stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for complex and senior-level roles across Engineering, Product, Compliance, GTM, and Corporate functions.
• Partner with C Level leaders in the U.S. and globally to define role requirements, hiring strategy, and selection criteria.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to build diverse pipelines in competitive markets, particularly within fintech and payments.
• Drive data-informed hiring decisions, including pipeline analytics, market insights, and compensation benchmarking.
• Own the candidate experience end-to-end, ensuring consistent, transparent, and high-touch interactions.
• Champion employer branding initiatives across North America through events, thought leadership, and recruitment marketing.
• Optimize and scale recruiting processes, tools, and assessment methodologies to support a high-growth environment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with People Ops, HRBPs, and Finance on headcount planning, offer approvals, and onboarding.
• Advise and coach hiring managers on interviewing best practices, inclusive hiring, and market-driven strategies.
• Ensure compliance with all U.S. hiring regulations, including EEO, DE&I best practices, and data privacy standards.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or talent partner capacity.
• Experience hiring across fintech, payments, SaaS, or high-growth tech environments.
• Track record of owning senior or niche searches with strong business impact.
• Strong business acumen and comfort working directly with executives and global stakeholders.
• Expertise in sourcing complex talent using advanced tools, networks, and market intelligence.
• Exceptional communication skills—skilled at influencing, advising, and storytelling.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and globally distributed environment.
• Experience with Lever ATS platforms and data-driven recruiting tools.
• A passion for building equitable, scalable, and world-class hiring programs.

Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Certain roles may offer additional incentives including but not limited to equity and bonus. Your recruiter is happy to share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors at any stage of the hiring process.

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.

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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.