General Manager of Global Movement

General Manager of Global Money Movement

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we’ve tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it’s supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we’re not just here to move money—we’re here to move our global customers forward.

About

The Role

As the General Manager, Global Money Movement, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution for Remitly’s global payment infrastructure; spanning pay‑in, pay‑out, and the core money movement platform. This organization powers every transaction that flows through Remitly today and serves as the foundation for all future financial products, from remittances to lending to emerging financial services.

You will lead a global, cross‑functional team responsible for scaling Remitly’s money movement capabilities; ensuring they are reliable, efficient, and evolving to meet the needs of our customers and products. This means building and optimizing the core platform capabilities that enable every movement of money while continuously improving resilience, scalability, and performance.

Your role combines strategic leadership with hands‑on product and operational excellence, ensuring that Remitly’s money movement platform continues to differentiate through speed, reliability, transparency, and cost efficiency. You will define the future of how money moves through Remitly’s ecosystem, enabling new product lines, regional expansion, and innovation across alternative payment methods and emerging technologies.

You Will

• Own and drive Remitly’s global money movement product strategy, encompassing pay‑in, pay‑out, and the core platform capabilities that power all financial services; leveraging both traditional and emerging technologies to deliver scale, speed, and reliability.

• Build and scale a unified global payments platform, integrating traditional networks (i.e. card, bank, RTP, ACH, SEPA, PIX, UPI) with emerging blockchain rails and stable‑coin–based settlement layers into a cohesive architecture that supports instant, secure, and compliant money movement.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations to design and launch next‑generation payment capabilities and orchestration that improves transaction speed, reliability, and cost efficiency, driving measurable impact on customer experience and unit economics.

• Develop deep partnerships with banks, payment processors, local networks, and Web3 ecosystem players including stable‑coin issuers, custodians, and regulated blockchain networks to extend Remitly’s network reach and capabilities.

• Lead and develop a high‑performing global organization, aligning teams across technology, operations, and business functions to deliver measurable improvements in cost, reliability, and customer experience.

• Partner with Treasury and Finance to optimize liquidity, FX execution, and cross‑border settlements, using fiat, stable‑coins, and blockchain networks where they add measurable business value.

• Represent Remitly externally with partners, regulators, and industry bodies, articulating a credible vision for the future of global money movement and contributing to the advancement of payments industry standards and interoperability.

• Continuously assess market trends and technologies, staying ahead of innovation in real‑time payments, network modernization, and financial infrastructure to ensure Remitly remains a leader in global, customer‑first money movement.

You Have

• 15+ years of experience in financial services, payments, or fintech, with demonstrated leadership in building and scaling global money movement or payments platforms that power high‑volume, regulated financial products.

• Deep expertise in cross‑border payment systems and infrastructure, including card, bank, and real‑time payment networks, as well as local and alternative payment (ACH, SEPA, PIX, UPI) and some Web3 technologies.

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