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Manager, Operations Strategy (Data and AI Governance)

Airwallex· Engineering
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Hybrid (US - San Francisco)$140k - $170k + equity + bonusFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Role focused on driving Airwallex's Data and AI Governance Program within the Operations Strategy function, partnering with IT, Security, Legal, Engineering, and Data teams to design, implement, and operationalize governance frameworks that reduce data access and use risks while enabling business operations.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end program management for cross-functional data and AI governance initiatives: run sprints, track progress, and report to the steering committee via weekly updates and monthly calls.
  • Map dependencies across domains and align stakeholders on data and AI governance strategy, priorities, and sequencing.
  • Set the strategy for which data and AI governance frameworks get implemented, and assess whether they are proportionate to the risk they address.
  • Define and track success metrics for the data and AI governance programs.
  • Translate data and AI governance requirements into operational processes that reduce data access risk without blocking the business, including spearheading access management, review, and technical hardening processes.
  • Run technical deep dives on access control implementation across existing systems like Okta, Databricks, and back office tools, and set the standard new systems must meet.
  • Drive requirements and design documents through development, review, and approval by technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Create a living AI model and use case inventory to enable us to track AI legal and governance risks.
  • Partner with Legal to translate regulatory requirements into actionable policy and process.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience, preferably with a fast-growing tech startup, top-tier strategy/management consulting, or equivalent.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, especially with Engineering and Legal teams.
  • Experience with data governance initiatives, including data tagging, classification, and ownership.
  • Experience with access management: coordinating cross-functional delivery of access management initiatives, and reviewing access to sensitive data, identifying risks, and driving remediations.
  • Demonstrated ability to run programs end-to-end: sprint facilitation, dependency mapping, progress reporting, and driving cross-functional alignment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information for technical and executive audiences.
  • Self-starter who can identify and prioritize opportunities to focus on.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Skills

Required:Data governanceAccess managementStakeholder management

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: medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k); short-term and long-term disability; basic life insurance; well-being benefits; 20 paid vacation days and 12 paid company holidays per year.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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