Strategy and Operations Manager at ARQ Finance

About ARQ ARQ is one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the world. Our mission is to redefine how people interact with money across borders, building the backbone to move value seamlessly. We’re still early in our journey, which means every person who joins shapes the future of our product, culture, and growth. If you’re excited by big challenges, global impact, and the chance to grow fast with a world-class team, ARQ is the place to do it. The Role Licensing is mission-critical at ARQ. As we expand across banking, wealth management, payments, and crypto, in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously, the ability to secure and maintain the right licenses determines whether we can operate, grow, and serve our customers at all. You will own the global licensing workstream end to end. You will track every active and upcoming license application across all jurisdictions, drive deliverables across product, legal, operations, and finance, and make sure ARQ has the regulatory permissions it needs to operate and scale its business. You will work directly with senior leadership and external counsel, and you will be expected to bring structure, rigour, and pace to one of the most consequential workstreams in the company. This role sits at the intersection of regulatory strategy, product, operations, legal, and finance. If you thrive in complex, high-stakes environments and want early ownership at a world-class fintech, this is for you. What you’ll be doing You will drive the global licensing agenda across all licenses and jurisdictions, ensuring ARQ has the permissions it needs to operate and grow, and that nothing falls through the cracks. Own the global licensing pipeline Maintain a single source of truth for all active and upcoming license expansions globally, covering banking, payments, wealth, and crypto across multiple jurisdictions Track every milestone, deadline, and dependency in each licensing process, surfacing risks early and driving resolution across teams Build and manage a structured project plan for each licensing workstream, ensuring accountability across product, legal, finance, and operations stakeholders Coordinate with external counsel and local advisors in each jurisdiction, managing deliverable quality, timeline, and cost Drive cross-functional execution Translate regulatory requirements into actionable workstreams for product, engineering, operations, finance, and legal teams, owning follow-through on each Draft and structure submissions, policy documents, regulatory responses, and internal materials with rigour and precision Coordinate preparation for regulatory submissions, implementation tables, and go-live audits, ensuring each team is ready and all materials are of the highest standard Act as the connective tissue between global teams and in-market General Managers or licensing leads, ensuring alignment and removing blockers Build the licensing function Design and continuously improve ARQ’s internal systems, templates, and playbooks