Senior Payments Manager, Network at Flywire · Pune

companyDescription Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate! Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world. What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! Who we are: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world. Today we support more than 5,100 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies. With over 1,200 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.a jobDescription The Opportunity: Flywire is seeking a strategic, execution-driven leader to lead its Payment Network (India)—a role central to shaping the company’s position in one of the world’s most dynamic and rapidly evolving payments markets. This is a full-time role with the flexibility to be based out of our Bangalore, Pune, or Mumbai locations. As the senior representative for Flywire across India’s banking and AD-II ecosystem, you will serve as the primary interface between leading financial institutions and Flywire’s global platform, ensuring local market complexity is translated into scalable, high-impact solutions. You will be responsible for architecting and scaling a resilient, compliant, and high-performance payment network, capable of supporting Flywire’s continued growth across cross-border corridors. This includes strengthening our local infrastructure, expanding strategic partnerships, and embedding regulatory and product innovation into the payer experience. Reporting to the Senior Director of payments, this role plays a critical part in ensuring Flywire remains ahead of market, regulatory, and technological shifts in India, while contributing meaningfully to the company’s broader global payments strategy. Key Responsibilities Strategic Network Architecture & Ownership Take full ownership of Flywire’s Indian payments infrastructure, spanning banking and AD-II partnerships. Architect multi-layered, multi-rail payment flows that deliver seamless, intuitive, and highly reliable payer journeys, while enabling flexibility across use cases and corridors. Performance Excellence, Resilience & Redundancy Define and institutionalize a rigorous performance management framework across partners, including SLAs, KPIs, and continuous monitoring mechanisms. Build high-availability infrastructure with embedded redundancy, ensuring business continuity and minimizing single points of failure in a dynamic operating environment. Regulatory Leadership & Product Integration Act as Flywire’s in-country authority on India’s regulatory and tax frameworks, partner closely with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Compliance to translate regulatory requirements into scalable, automated, and user-centric product capabilities, ensuring compliance is seamlessly embedded into the customer journey. Partnership Strategy, Expansion & Commercial Stewardship Develop and execute a forward-looking partnership strategy that anticipates evolving payment behaviors and emerging use cases. Identify, evaluate, and onboard high-impact partners, leading negotiations end-to-end. Maintain full ownership of the commercial performance, cost efficiency, and strategic alignment of all partner relationships. Market Intelligence & Strategic Foresight Continuously monitor regulatory developments and market innovations driven by regulatory bodies such as the RBI. Synthesize insights into actionable strategies, ensuring Flywire remains proactive and well-positioned to capitalize on structural shifts in the ecosystem. Cross-Functional Leadership & Value Creation Serve as a central node across Pricing, Operations, Product, Sales, and Finance to drive alignment and execution. Optimize routing strategies, enhance performance, and lead high-impact initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in conversion, cost, and customer experience qualifications Here's what we are looking for: Payments Ecosystem Leader You bring deep, hands-on expertise in India’s cross-border payments landscape, with a nuanced understanding of banking infrastructure, AD-II frameworks, and alternative payment methods Regulatory Strategist You possess a clear understanding of regulatory constructs such as FEMA,LRS,GST and TCS—not just in theory, but in how they influence transaction design, product architecture, and customer experience at scale. Strategic Operator with Execution Depth You combine strategic vision with operational rigor-equally adept at shaping executive-level strategy and engaging directly in complex problem-solving, whether in settlement flows, partner integrations, or exception handling. Data-Led Decision Maker You are analytically rigorous, leveraging data to identify opportunities, optimize cost structures, enhance routing logic, and drive continuous performance improvement while monitoring KPIs across the network. Influential Communicator You communicate with clarity and authority, translating technical, regulatory, and operational complexity into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders, partners, and cross-functional teams. Builder’s Mindset You are energized by building and scaling-comfortable operating in ambiguity, proactively identifying gaps, and creating durable solutions that strengthen Flywire’s long-term competitive advantage. additionalInformation What We Offer: Competitive compensation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams) Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!) Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days! Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!) Submit today and get started! We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions. Flywire is an equal opportunity employer and follows a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, genetic disposition or carrier status, veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable national, federal, state or local law. #Li-Hybrid