Description
Compensation
The expected base pay range for this role is $170K – $300K, with additional compensation 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 to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products.
About the team
The CEO Office works directly with Airwallex’s executive leadership on strategic, operational, and organizational priorities. This small, high-trust team solves complex, company-critical problems across global expansion, product strategy, financial infrastructure, organizational scaling, and AI transformation.
What you’ll do
As part of the CEO Office, you will work closely with Airwallex’s leadership team on high-priority initiatives that shape the direction of the company globally. You will operate across strategy and execution: helping frame problems, drive alignment, and ensure complex initiatives move from idea to outcome.
Projects may include:
- Scaling new products and business lines globally
- International expansion and market entry strategy
- Regulatory and banking infrastructure initiatives
- Organisational effectiveness and operating model design
- Commercial acceleration and go-to-market execution
- M&A evaluation and post-merger integration
- AI-enabled operational transformation
- Cross-functional strategic initiatives tied to company priorities
Who you are
You are intellectually curious, highly structured in your thinking, and execution-oriented. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and able to move fluidly between strategic thinking and practical problem solving.
You are someone who:
- Learns quickly and enjoys steep learning curves
- Communicates clearly and concisely
- Has strong business judgment
- Can balance detail orientation with speed
- Is comfortable with high expectations and high ownership
- Enjoys building rather than observing
Minimum qualifications:
- 5–8 years of experience in top-tier consulting, high-growth technology companies, investing, strategic finance, or similarly high-performance environments
- Demonstrated track record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives and driving measurable outcomes
- Exceptional problem-solving and structured thinking abilities
- Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex topics clearly and concisely
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with high ownership and accountability
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across seniority levels and functions
- High degree of commercial judgment and operational pragmatism
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in fintech, financial services, or other regulated industries
- Experience working directly with senior executives or founders
- Prior experience in consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or strategic finance
- Experience scaling products, markets, or operational functions in international environments
- Strong data analysis and business modelling capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution