Director, Payment Operations

Established in 2004, we are a tech pioneer offering world-class adult entertainment and games on some of the internet’s safest and most popular platforms. With the support of an international team of dynamic and collaborative innovators, we are on a mission to enable safe user experiences and empower our communities by celebrating diversity, inclusion, and expression — all while maintaining robust trust-and-safety protocols.We embrace the best of both worlds! Local talent can thrive in our collaborative office space with the flexibility of a hybrid work environment, while remote team members play an integral role in shaping our dynamic culture from afar. We have offices in Montreal (Quebec), Austin (Texas) and Nicosia (Cyprus).A select number of positions require full-time in office attendance*The Director of Payment Operations continuously improves and executes the company's global payments strategy. The strategy covers processing, acquiring, payment methods, orchestration, authorization optimization, and day-to-day payment operations. You will own the performance, scalability, reliability, and economics of our payments ecosystem. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Commercial teams so that payments support both customer experience and business growth.What you'll be doingExecute the global payments strategy and roadmap, including processing, acquiring, payment methods, routing, and geographic expansionManage relationships with acquirers, processors, gateways, PSPs, and card networks, including selection, onboarding, contracts, and SLAsOptimize multi-acquirer and multi-processor setups for redundancy, pricing, and global coverageDrive higher authorization and approval rates by analyzing declines, retries, cascading, tokenization, and account updater performanceDevelop intelligent routing strategies and run experimentation frameworks to measure the impact of changesOwn payment economics (interchange, assessments, processor fees, cross-border costs), negotiate rates and terms, and build financial models to evaluate partner proposalsPartner with Risk, Fraud, and Compliance to balance fraud prevention with approval rates, keep chargebacks within acceptable levels, and meet card-network rulesEnsure stable, resilient payment operations, with clear processes for incidents, outages, settlement issues, and reconciliation breaks, plus automation and change-management controlsPartner with Product and Engineering to define and deliver payment capabilities, and evaluate gateways, orchestration platforms, and alternative payment methodsLead and develop the payments team, report on performance, risks, and priorities to senior leadership, and represent the company with banks, networks, and strategic partnersWhat you'll need to be successful:Must-haves:8+ years of experience in payments, fintech, e-commerce, banking, or a related industry3+ years of senior leadership experience managing payments teams or setting payments strategyDeep knowledge of the card payments ecosystem: acquirers, processors, gateways, PSPs, card networks, issuers, orchestration, tokenization, 3DS/SCA, chargebacks, fraud, and alternative payment methodsProven track record managing processor relationships and negotiating commercial termsStrong grasp of payment economics, including interchange, assessments, fees, reserves, and pricing structuresStrong analytical skills, with the ability to turn transaction-level data into business decisionsExperience with authorization improvement, routing, and payment experimentationExperience working cross-functionally with Product and Engineering teamsStrong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skillsAbility to balance strategy with hands-on work on complex operational and technical issuesNice-to-haves:Experience with multi-processor or multi-acquirer environments, payment orchestration, and intelligent routingExperience in high-volume subscription, marketplace, e-commerce, or similarly complex payment environmentsExperience operating across multiple countries and currenciesKnowledge of card-network rules and of regulatory, compliance, and risk requirementsProficiency in SQL or similar analytical toolsExperience negotiating large-scale agreements with acquirers and processors As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees In this role you may be exposed to adult content