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From the employer's careers site First seen 25 Oct 2026

Manager, Operations Strategy (Data and AI Governance)

Airwallex San Francisco, CA Hybrid senior Full time

Salary

$140K - $170K per year

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Description

Compensation

The expected base pay range for this role is $140K – $170K, with additional compensation options including equity and bonus.

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

How you'll make impact

You'll work at the intersection of program management and operations strategy, coordinating teams across Information Security, Engineering, IT, Legal, Data, and Operations. Your responsibilities include:

  • Managing end-to-end program management for cross-functional data and AI governance initiatives
  • Aligning stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams on governance strategy and priorities
  • Assessing access-control models, data classification frameworks, and governance standards
  • Translating data and AI governance requirements into operational processes
  • Driving requirements and design documents through development, review, and approval
  • Defining and tracking success metrics and maintaining a living AI model and use-case inventory

What we're looking for

Essentials

  • 5+ years of experience in a fast-growing technology company, top-tier strategy or management consulting, or an equivalent environment
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills
  • Experience with data governance initiatives and access-management initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to run programs end to end
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
  • A self-starter mindset with the ability to identify and prioritize opportunities
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Preferred

  • Experience interpreting and operationalising requirements from regulators in a financial services or payments environment
  • Experience with AI governance best practices and frameworks
  • Experience operationalising privacy and AI regulations into actionable requirements
  • Familiarity with identity and access-management tools such as Okta and modern data platforms such as Databricks
  • Experience in technology, financial services, or a high-growth environment

Benefits

  • For US-based employees, benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits
  • 20 paid days of vacation and 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year

You'll thrive here if

  • You're comfortable owning the roadmap yourself
  • You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and moving quickly
  • You connect dots across functions and hold the big picture without losing grip on the details
  • You simplify complexity rather than hiding behind it
  • You over-communicate by design

Skills

Required

Nice to have

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airwallex/8629321e-2ef3-44a2-9e39-bdf8a1332451

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