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Global Lead, Commercial Risk Strategy

Airwallex· Strategy & Operations
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Hybrid (US - San Francisco)$190k - $300kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead Airwallex's first-line global commercial risk function, reporting to the Chief Revenue Officer, and shape how the company originates, structures, and grows its commercial book through risk frameworks, playbooks, and governance.

Responsibilities

  • Own the commercial risk strategy and supportability frameworks for the customers and use cases Airwallex backs.
  • Drive structured guidance for complex or high-risk merchant opportunities, helping commercial teams move the right opportunities forward while escalating appropriately.
  • Translate second-line risk appetite and policies into practical commercial playbooks, controls and operating processes.
  • Build continuous portfolio monitoring that brings together risk tiers, fraud or loss rates, revenue concentration and risk-adjusted commercial performance.
  • Lead incident post-mortems, root-cause analysis, remediation and governance across multiple lines of defense.
  • Partner with Sales, Partnerships, Account Management, Revenue Strategy & Operations, Data, Legal, Risk and Compliance to strengthen commercial risk capability and scale global coverage.

Qualifications

  • 10–12 years of risk management experience within financial services, including significant experience in first-line or business-aligned roles interfacing directly with front-office or Sales teams.
  • Deep expertise in at least two of: credit and portfolio risk, payments or merchant risk, operational and conduct risk, or enterprise risk.
  • A track record of designing and implementing practical risk frameworks that materially influence commercial strategy within a Three Lines of Defense model.
  • Strong analytical and data literacy, with the ability to define KPIs, interrogate dashboards, and balance quantitative metrics with qualitative business judgment.
  • Exceptional communication skills, including translating complex risk concepts into clear commercial language for senior stakeholders.
  • Experience defining commercial risk strategy and supportability frameworks for complex or high-risk customers or use cases.
  • Experience translating risk appetite and policies into practical playbooks, controls and operating processes for commercial teams.
  • Experience designing portfolio monitoring frameworks and tracking indicators such as risk tiers, fraud or loss rates, revenue concentration and risk-adjusted commercial performance.
  • Experience leading incident post-mortems, root-cause analysis, remediation and governance across multiple lines of defense.
  • Experience partnering with senior commercial, revenue operations, data, legal, risk and compliance stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Risk managementFirst-line risk experienceFramework designCommunication

Benefits

  • Benefits vary by country and employment type in accordance with local statutory requirements. All employees receive at least the statutory minimum for paid annual leave and public holidays, with many locations offering additional company-provided vacation days.
  • US-based employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits. US-based employees also receive 20 paid days of vacation and 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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