Senior Talent Partner

Nium, Global Leader in Payments 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. 

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.