Portfolio Company Careers

Discover opportunities across our network of values-driven companies!
Sovereign’s Capital
53
companies
624
Jobs

Head of Government Relations - TH

Xendit

Xendit

Bangkok, Thailand
Posted on Nov 28, 2024

Xendit provides payment infrastructure across Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. We process payments, power marketplaces, disburse payroll and loans, provide KYC solutions, prevent fraud, and help businesses grow exponentially. We serve our customers by providing a suite of world-class APIs, eCommerce platform integrations, and easy to use applications for individual entrepreneurs, SMEs, and enterprises alike.

Our main focus is building the most advanced payment rails for Southeast Asia, with a clear goal in mind — to make payments across and within SEA simple, secure and easy for everyone. We serve thousands of businesses ranging from SMEs to multinational enterprises, and process millions of transactions monthly. We’ve been growing rapidly since our inception in 2015, onboarding hundreds of new customers every month, and backed by global top-10 VCs. We’re proud to be featured on among the fastest growing companies by Y-Combinator.

The Role

The Head of Government Relations is responsible for all tasks related to government sections, state enterprises, other partners, and other local authorities to promote the company's good image.

What you'll Do:

  • Responsible for negotiation and coordination between the Company and government agencies, state enterprises, other government agencies, and other related agencIes.
  • Able to resolve problems in legal, regulatory, or documentation that needs to be submitted to government agencies, state enterprises or other relevant agencIes.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with various agencies to establish good relationships between the Company and related agencIes.
  • Plan activities with agencies, promote projects to improve the company's image, manage teams, advise employees within the organization, and develop work systems related to the agency more efficiently.
  • Provide advice, comments, opinions on all issues related to the business, and monitor and review laws, policies, and regulations from the newly issued authorities.

What you'll Need

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in political science, mass communication, law, or any related field 7+ years of experience in government relations, liaison with government, state enterprises or related to start-up, online application, platform or technology business.
  • Good personality and human relations, good problem solving, high emotional maturity, and work well under pressure.
  • Strong negotiation skills, conflict management and good deals can be reached for all partiesGood communication skills (verbal and written) in Thai and English
  • Passion for a company with high-growth potential and semi-start-up environment is a plus