Full-Time

Head of Product Payment

Malt

Malt

1,001-5,000 employees

Freelancer marketplace linking businesses to talent

No salary listed

Paris, France

Hybrid

Hybrid role; some on-site days in Paris.

Category
Engineering Management (1)
Required Skills
Looker

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Requirements
  • Experience: 10+ years of progressive tech/product leadership directly within a platform or B2B marketplace environment, specializing in fintech, core payment infrastructures, or global treasury networks.
  • Technical Expertise: Proven mastery of payment service providers (PSPs), international banking networks, cross-border escrow structures, factoring financial mechanics, and data analytics tools (e.g., Looker). Track record of exercising a built / buy / partner muscle for critical infrastructure.
  • Business Acumen: Deep understanding of enterprise B2B sales cycles, procurement/P2P workflows, and marketplace unit economics, with the ability to translate cost optimizations into strategic product features.
  • Leadership & Mindset: Strong cross-functional influencer—curious, intellectually agile, and an excellent communicator. You thrive in ambiguity, can translate complexity into clear product decisions, and bring conviction.
Responsibilities
  • Define and execute the vision for Malt's payment architecture and 3rd parties dependencies. Introducing geographic scale and enabling commercial expansion to support the growth of new business lines.
  • Act as the primary bridge combining Finance, Legal and Tech teams to build a great transactional experience for all sides of the marketplace, with a scalable operational model and the appropriate integration with Finance tools and processes.
  • Own product benchmarking and exploration of payment methods, new PSPs assessment
  • Drive the strategy and roadmap to facilitate seamless multi-currency, cross-border marketplace transactions while scaling enterprise billing integrations globally.
  • Transform our cash advance model and factoring partner setups to limit transaction risk at the source.
  • Collaborate with Treasury and Financing Operations to protect working capital while expanding our core freelance financing value proposition Serve as the functional referent for international payment compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards, and localized marketplace regulations across all active regions.

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

  • Malt recorded over €800 million business volume in 2024, signaling strong monetization.
  • AI skills became Malt's top searched category in 2026, driving fresh demand.
  • Malt operates in nine countries, giving it a dense cross-border European network.

What critics are saying

  • Upwork, Toptal, and specialist platforms pressure Malt's premium positioning across Europe.
  • Agentic AI demand rose 5,800%, but supply growth lagged, squeezing client fulfillment.
  • A recession in enterprise hiring would crush marketplace take rates within two quarters.

What makes Malt unique

  • Malt passed one million freelancers in 2026, with 100,000 businesses using it.
  • Malt owns European contracting, payments, VAT handling, and AXA-backed work insurance.
  • Malt Strategy extends the marketplace into consultants and interim executives after Comatch.

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