Country Manager (UAE)

As Country Manager for coins.ph in the UAE, you build and execute the market-entry strategy for outbound remittances from Dubai into priority corridors. You drive early partnerships, establish regulatory credibility with VARA, and translate strategy into measurable traction in cross-border remittances and payments within the first 12-18 months.

What you'll do

• Build and execute the UAE market-entry plan aligned to coins.ph's corridor thesis, focusing on outbound remittances from Dubai into priority markets
• Drive early partnerships that accelerate adoption and lower friction, using stablecoin rails where appropriate
• Translate strategy into measurable traction: transactions and volume growth across cross-border remittances and payments within the first 12-18 months
• Provide executive oversight of the compliance agenda led by the Chief Compliance Officer, ensuring alignment with VARA expectations, effective supervision, and appropriately scaled controls as volumes grow
• Maintain senior-level engagement with VARA as required, supporting regulatory interactions while ensuring leadership credibility in regulator-facing matters
• Establish credibility with VARA early and act as connective tissue between Dubai market realities and coins.ph leadership

What you bring

• Must be based in the UAE
• Senior fintech, payments, or remittances leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to build a new market presence and convert partnerships into volume
• Strong understanding of crypto and stablecoins, with practical familiarity of how stablecoin rails enable remittance economics
• Prior experience engaging UAE regulators, ideally VARA, with the gravitas to represent the firm credibly

What we offer

• Cross-functional collaboration with relevant teams to implement improvements and create impact on customer experience
• Opportunity to be part of a fast-growing organization with the vision to expand beyond APAC, providing opportunities for career advancement

About coins.ph

Coins is the most established crypto brand in the Philippines with more than 18 million users. It is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and is the first crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank, offering a mobile app for buying, selling, and accessing a wide range of financial services.