Head of Payment
About the job
- At least 10 years of progressive technology or product leadership experience directly within a platform or B2B marketplace environment, specializing in fintech, core payment infrastructures, or global treasury networks.
- Demonstrated mastery of payment service providers, international banking networks, cross-border escrow structures, factoring financial mechanics, and data analytics tools such as Looker.
- Experience exercising build, buy, or partner decisions for critical infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of enterprise B2B sales cycles, procurement and procure-to-pay workflows, and marketplace unit economics.
- Ability to translate cost optimizations into strategic product features.
- Define and execute the vision for Malt's payment architecture and third-party dependencies, introducing geographic scale and enabling commercial expansion to support new business lines.
- Bridge Finance, Legal, and Tech teams to build a strong transactional experience for all sides of the marketplace, with a scalable operational model and appropriate integration with Finance tools and processes.
- Own product benchmarking and exploration of payment methods, and assess new payment service providers.
- Drive the strategy and roadmap for seamless multi-currency, cross-border marketplace transactions while scaling enterprise billing integrations globally.
- Transform the cash advance model and factoring partner setups to limit transaction risk at its source.
- Collaborate with Treasury and Financing Operations to protect working capital while expanding the core freelance financing value proposition.
- Serve as the functional referent for international payment compliance, Anti-Money Laundering standards, and localized marketplace regulations across all active regions.
About the company
Malt connects businesses with freelancers and independent consultants through a marketplace, earning revenue from service fees. It lists freelancer profiles and client projects across nine countries and matches talent to work opportunities, including management consultants and interim executives via Malt Strategy (acquired through Comatch in 2022). The platform distinguishes itself with a large international pool of over 700,000 freelancers and 70,000 clients, plus a diverse, multinational team. Its goal is to redefine the world of work by helping people shape their careers and by remaining a leading source of freelance talent.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$123.8M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2013
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- June 2026 demand for Agentic AI freelancers jumped 5,800% over twelve months.
- Malt now serves 100,000 businesses, expanding repeat enterprise revenue beyond one-off project spend.
- 2025-2026 executive hires, including Claire Lebarz and Manuel Brachet, sharpen AI and sales execution.
What critics are saying
- Upwork, Fiverr, and staffing firms can copy matching and contracting features quickly.
- AI demand concentration exposes Malt if agentic hiring cools after 2026 workflow normalization.
- Cross-border compliance, insurance, and payments create operational failure risk if one country triggers sanctions.
What makes Malt unique
- Malt crossed 1 million freelancers in June 2026, giving unmatched European marketplace liquidity.
- SAP Store integration in July 2025 embeds Malt inside SAP Fieldglass workflows for enterprises.
- AI Search and 2026 Tech Trends position Malt as the default European AI-freelance platform.
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Benefits
- Paid Vacation
- Sabbatical Leave
- Performance Bonus
- Stock Options
- Hybrid Work Options
- Health Insurance