Country Director, Financial Services - Global Payment

Responsibilities

About ByteDance

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact-for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us.

Team Introduction

The Global Payment team of Bytedance provides payment solutions - including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and refine our PH market BNPL vision, strategy, and product roadmap in collaboration with cross-functional teams such as legal, compliance, finance, engineering, design, marketing, and business.
• Deeply understand regulatory compliance requirements and work with the product team to design, launch, refine and integrate BNPL products into our payment platform and the broader TikTok ecosystem, ensuring seamless user experience and adherence to regulatory standards.
• Analyze PH and SEA market trends, customer behavior, and data to identify and prioritize opportunities for innovation, growth and optimization.
• Stay up-to-date on industry standards, competitive landscape, regulations, and best practices related to consumer lending solutions.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven decision-making.
• Extensive experience and connection with Financial Institutions and Regulators in the Philippines.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams and external parties.
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering results.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with ambiguities, competing priorities and tight deadlines.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, mathematics, operations research, computer science, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in lending (credit card/ consumer loan/BNPL), payments, finance, FinTech, or eCommerce space.
  
  

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.