Bybit - CEO, Singapore

• At least 15 years of relevant professional experience, including senior leadership experience in payments, banking, fintech or regulated financial services. • Prior experience as a CEO, country manager, regional head, COO, payments head, commercial head, regulated entity head or equivalent senior executive. • Strong experience in one or more of the following sectors: • Payments, merchant acquiring, card acquiring, e-money, stored value, remittance, cross-border money movement, payment gateways or payment infrastructure. • Transaction banking, cash management, correspondent banking, FX, treasury services or financial market infrastructure. • Regulated fintech, digital financial services, payment institutions, e-money institutions, money services businesses, stored value facilities, remittance businesses or virtual asset service providers. • Experience engaging directly with regulators, preferably MAS or another major financial services regulator. • Experience building or scaling a regulated business, including management of people, systems, controls, budgets, banking relationships and external stakeholders. • For businesses involving digital payment tokens, stablecoins or digital assets, prior exposure to digital asset regulation, wallet infrastructure, blockchain analytics, on-chain risk controls, stablecoin settlement or institutional digital asset clients would be highly advantageous. • Strong understanding of regulated payment services and the operational requirements of a licensed payment institution. • Familiarity with the Payment Services Act, MAS licensing expectations, AML/CFT requirements, safeguarding of customer monies, outsourcing, technology risk, operational resilience and customer protection. • Ability to explain payment flows, fund flows, customer journeys, settlement arrangements, safeguarding arrangements, liquidity requirements and risk controls to regulators, auditors, banks and internal stakeholders. • Strong commercial judgement combined with a disciplined approach to regulatory and operational risk. • Ability to challenge, slow down or reject business initiatives where regulatory, financial crime, safeguarding or customer protection risks are not properly addressed. • Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder-management skills. • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-growth environment while maintaining regulatory credibility and control discipline. • Degree in finance, economics, business, law, accounting, technology, engineering or a related field. • MBA or equivalent senior management qualification would be advantageous but is not essential. • Professional training or certification in payments, compliance, financial crime, risk management, governance, technology risk or digital assets would be beneficial. • Personal Attributes • Personal Attributes • Regulator-facing credibility. • Strong judgement and personal integrity. • Commercially pragmatic but control-minded. • Comfortable operating with accountability. • Able to work with founders, global leadership, regulators and the Board without losing independence of judgement. • Clear communicator who can explain complex payment flows and regulatory issues in practical terms. • Hands-on enough to build the business, but senior enough to represent the company externally. • The ideal candidate will have led or helped scale a regulated payments, fintech, banking or financial services business. They will have direct experience dealing with regulators, building local management teams, establishing operating models, managing banking and payment partnerships, and embedding compliance and risk controls into commercial execution. • The strongest candidate will already understand how MAS assesses senior management capability in a Major Payment Institution application and will be able to demonstrate that they can act as a genuine Singapore-based accountable executive, rather than a nominal local appointment. • Why Join UsAt Bybit, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment. Our benefits include:- Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.- Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.- Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.- Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.- Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.