Build for new countries from scratch.

We’re hiring a high-ownership generalist to lead Niva’s expansion across Latin America. This is not a scoped, playbook-driven role. You’ll be building our country expansion engine from zero, deciding where we go next, figuring out how we launch, and making it real.

You’ll work directly with the CEO and have end-to-end ownership of taking Niva into new markets. If you love messy problems, blank pages, and the feeling of building something that didn’t exist before, this role is for you.

About Niva

At Niva, we’re building a universal identity layer that enables trust between businesses worldwide. We leverage cutting-edge language models and machine learning to deliver instant, reliable, and borderless business verification. Leading fintechs, banks, and public companies already use Niva to verify businesses, prevent fraud, and meet Know Your Business (KYB) requirements in minutes.

Read more about how Niva’s platform reduced time spent to verify businesses by 98% with a customer here. We’re a fast-moving team on a mission to make it effortless to trust businesses anywhere in the world and we’re looking for eager new teammates to help us accelerate our mission.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will own country expansion end-to-end. From early validation to live customers to scale.

That means you’ll:

Decide which countries we should launch next and build the case for why.
Lead new market launches across LatAm - starting with Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.
Talk directly to customers, partners, and regulators (in Spanish) to validate demand and unblock launches.
Work hand-in-hand with product and engineering to turn “we should launch here” into a live, usable product.
Build the playbook for how Niva expands globally, then run it again and again.
Solve problems no one has solved yet, with very little structure and a lot of trust.

You're Probably a Match If You Have

3+ years of experience in high-growth startups, consulting, or strategy / ops roles, and want much more ownership.
Proven ability to move from 0 → 1 on new projects, and enjoy doing it again.
Comfort with ambiguity and the pace of an early-stage startup.
A builder’s mindset. You don’t wait for direction; you take ownership and make things happen.
A deep desire to grow into a leadership role in the next 1–2 years.
Speak professional Spanish fluently and can lead real conversations

What We Offer

Competitive salary, range depending on location.
Substantial equity in the company
Flexible working hours and flexible time off
A chance to be a founding member of a pioneering company building the trust layer for global commerce

About the company

Niva provides a global business identity and KYB platform that uses AI to verify company information, assess risk, and detect fraud for cross-border transactions. The product automates onboarding with pre-filled applications, instant document validation on upload, and AI-powered document review, drawing from government registries, company sites, social media, and local news. It differentiates itself by targeting cross-border KYB for fast-growing fintechs and marketplaces, delivering onboarding in minutes rather than weeks and leveraging founders’ deep KYB and fintech onboarding experience. Its goal is to make global business verification fast, accurate, and scalable to enable quick onboarding while reducing regulatory risk.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$3.3M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Niva’s March 2025 Kaszek partnership funded expansion into Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
Its site highlights SOC 2 Type 2 and audit trails, easing regulated buyer adoption.
Aplazo says Niva cut merchant review time by 98%, a strong sales proof point.

What critics are saying

Middesk, Alloy, Signzy, and Trulioo already cover KYB workflows with broader enterprise footprints.
Niva’s current country coverage excludes Europe and most Asia, limiting global reach.
Aplazo and Xepelin validate usage, but one customer concentration shock hurts revenue fast.

What makes Niva unique

Niva targets cross-border KYB with country-specific coverage across six Latin American markets.
Its AI agent stack claims less than 10-minute onboarding and 95%+ document accuracy.
Kaszek, Gradient, and Picus back Niva, signaling serious fintech distribution credibility.

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