Description
You'll lead Airwallex's global Card Issuing product strategy, turning complex card infrastructure and regulatory requirements into simple, scalable products for businesses, platforms and marketplaces.
Responsibilities:
- Own Airwallex's global Card Issuing product strategy, solution design, technical roadmap and go-to-market execution across enterprise platforms, marketplaces and corporate spend use cases.
- Lead the vision for a global card issuance platform spanning virtual and physical cards, digital wallet provisioning, spend controls, fraud prevention and real-time transaction processing connected to our multi-currency wallet.
- Build developer-first APIs, webhooks and embedded SDKs or iframes that make card issuing simple to integrate, while balancing platform scalability, developer experience and commercial priorities.
- Partner with card schemes, banking partners, BIN sponsors, card manufacturers, Engineering, Architecture, Design, Legal, Compliance, Risk and Commercial teams to expand global issuing coverage and navigate regulatory requirements.
- Lead, mentor and grow a high-performing team of Product Managers, while acting as the company-wide subject matter expert on card issuing and embedded finance.
- Own the product metrics that matter, including card transaction volume, interchange yield, API reliability and latency, activation rates and programme unit economics.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management or Software Engineering, with demonstrated experience in card issuing, payment processing or embedded finance.
- Deep understanding of card issuing architecture, including Visa or Mastercard schemes, BIN sponsorship, card production and fulfilment, transaction authorisation, clearing and settlement, 3D Secure, tokenisation and PCI-DSS compliance.
- Proven experience building and scaling developer-facing products, including RESTful APIs, webhooks or SDKs, and partnering closely with Engineering on distributed, high-availability transaction systems.
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience modelling interchange or card economics, navigating global regulatory environments and partnering with enterprise commercial teams.
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex scheme mechanics into clear strategies for executive leaders and technical teams.
- A data-driven, first-principles approach to breaking down ambiguous business needs into executable product roadmaps.
- Experience leading teams and delivering high-impact launches in a fast-moving, multicultural and distributed environment.
- A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Finance or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with programmatic card creation across virtual, single-use, multi-use and physical cards.
- Experience with real-time transaction processing, remote authorisation engines and dynamic spend controls.
- Experience with wallet integrations, Apple Pay, Google Pay, 3D Secure, digital card provisioning and PCI-DSS tokenisation or PAN delegation.
- Experience working with Visa, Mastercard, BIN sponsors, card manufacturers or banking and financial partners.
- Experience across enterprise platforms, marketplaces, online travel agencies, gig platforms or fintech use cases.