Licensing Associate

The role

You will own the global licensing workstream end to end. You will track license applications across jurisdictions and drive deliverables across product, legal, operations, and finance teams.

What you will do

• Maintain a single source of truth for all active and upcoming license expansions globally.
• Track milestones, deadlines, and dependencies in each licensing process.
• Build and manage a structured project plan for each licensing workstream.
• Coordinate with external counsel and local advisors.
• Translate regulatory requirements into actionable workstreams for various teams.
• Draft and structure submissions, policy documents, and regulatory responses.
• Coordinate preparation for regulatory submissions and go-live audits.
• Act as the connective tissue between global teams and in-market leads.
• Design and improve internal systems, templates, and playbooks.
• Monitor regulatory developments and support the maintenance of existing licenses.

Required qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in a high-performance environment: MBB management consulting, or an early leadership role at a high-growth startup
• Exceptional structured problem-solving and analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication
• Proven project management and organisational ability
• Strong learning velocity and intellectual curiosity
• High ownership mentality with a bias for action
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, early-stage environments with limited structure and high ambiguity

Nice to have

• Exposure to financial services, fintech, or regulatory environments
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions or geographies simultaneously

About the company

ARQ is a fast-growing fintech building the backbone to move value seamlessly across borders.