Founded in 2020,
Durianpay
is a next-generation B2B payments software platform enabling seamless transactions across Indonesia. With a mission to modernize and democratize payments for businesses, we focus on making transactions cheaper, faster, and more efficient. With over 50 million transactions processed monthly, we serve clients across diverse industries, including consumer goods, retail, automotive, and financial services.
From 2022 to 2023, we tripled our revenue, and between January and August 2024, we achieved the same growth again. Our relentless focus on product-market fit and profitability has been central to our success. We prioritize rapid experimentation, embrace mistakes as learning opportunities, and adapt quickly to ensure we consistently evolve and meet the needs of our clients.
Durianpay is hiring a strategic
Head of Legal
& Corporate Secretary
to lead our legal, governance, and corporate affairs function. You will safeguard Durianpay's interests across regulatory, commercial, and corporate domains while ensuring our board and shareholders have world-class governance support. This is a pivotal role for a senior leader who can combine sharp legal judgment with startup pragmatism and thrive in fast-scaling environments.
Job description and key responsibilities:
1. Legal Advisory & Commercial Contracts
- Act as the company's chief legal counsel, providing advice on strategic, operational, and regulatory matters.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, merchant agreements, vendor partnerships, and strategic deals.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to design compliant products and features from the ground up.
2. Corporate Secretary & Governance
- Serve as Corporate Secretary for the Board and Shareholders, ensuring compliance with Indonesian corporate law and best practices.
- Manage board meetings, minutes, resolutions, and shareholder communications.
- Ensure timely corporate filings, statutory reporting, and maintenance of corporate records.
3. Regulatory & Licensing Affairs
- Support applications, renewals, and ongoing obligations for PSP licenses and other regulatory approvals (BI, OJK, MAS).
- Liaise with regulators on legal or governance-related matters and represent the company in external engagements.
- Anticipate regulatory changes and advise management on implications for business strategy.
4. Disputes, Risk, and Litigation Management
- Oversee dispute resolution, litigation, and claims management with external counsel where necessary.
- Develop pre-emptive frameworks for handling merchant disputes, chargebacks, fraud-related claims, and compliance investigations.
- Embed legal risk management into business decision-making processes.
5. Corporate Structuring & Transactions
- Lead corporate structuring, M&A readiness, and investment-related legal processes (fundraising, shareholder agreements, ESOP implementation, etc.).
- Ensure alignment of group-level legal structures across Indonesia, Singapore, and other jurisdictions.
- Partner with Finance and Compliance to align governance with treasury, tax, and capital management strategies.
6. Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnering
- Build and lead a high-performing legal team that scales with Durianpay's growth.
- Partner with Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Operations to ensure a cohesive governance ecosystem.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, Board, and Executive team on critical legal and governance issues.
Requirements:
- 8–12 years of legal experience, ideally with a blend of top-tier law firm and in-house (fintech, banking, or payments).
- Proven track record as a Corporate Secretary or senior legal counsel in a regulated industry.
- Deep understanding of Indonesian corporate law and governance, with exposure to Singaporean law a plus.
- Experience handling commercial contracts, corporate structuring, M&A, and regulatory engagement.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at Board and regulator level.
- Pragmatic, business-minded, and able to operate in ambiguity while ensuring compliance and legal soundness.