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Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations, CEO Office

Airwallex· Operations
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SG - SingaporeFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Manager responsible for end-to-end expansion of Airwallex into new markets across APAC, reporting to the CEO Office. Focus on market-entry strategy, licensing, product readiness, operational launch, and scale-up readiness in Singapore.

Responsibilities

  • Own new country expansion strategy: Lead the strategy for where and how Airwallex expands next across APAC — sizing the opportunity, choosing the markets, and defining what it takes to win in each one.
  • Design the market entry model: Decide the licensing path, entity structure, and commercial model for each market, translating regulatory and licensing requirements into the operating model Airwallex needs on the ground.
  • Shape the product roadmap: Work with Product and Engineering to turn regulatory and licensing requirements into concrete product scope and sequencing, so the roadmap is built around what's needed to launch and scale locally.
  • Drive executive decisions: Partner directly with CEO Office leadership and senior executives to frame decisions on where and how Airwallex expands globally. Present recommendations directly to executive leadership on market prioritization, launch readiness and investment decisions.
  • Build the operating system for launches: "Vibe-code" the tools, templates, and operating rhythms for market entry — using AI-assisted research, drafting and automation (for example licence mapping, competitor analysis, Global Expansion dashboards, reporting) to systematise how Airwallex expands and remove manual work.
  • Run governance: Own the go/no-go and launch-readiness process — cross-functional sign-off, risk assessment, and mitigation plans across product, operational, regulatory, and commercial dimensions — so no single function becomes the blocker to going live.
  • Flex onto priority CEO Office initiatives beyond core market launches, such as strategic reviews, restructuring or migration projects, crisis response workstreams, or cross-market structuring exercises where disciplined leadership and executive-level communication are required.

Qualifications

  • 5–8 years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting (MBB or equivalent), regulatory/financial services law, or strategy / expansion roles in fintech or payments, with meaningful exposure to market-entry or licensing-driven projects.
  • Proven track record of owning complex, multi-stakeholder programs end to end (not just contributing to workstreams), including planning, execution, and executive-level updates.
  • Strong operating discipline: confident structuring multi-workstream programs, running governance cadences, managing dependencies across multiple functions, and driving timely decision-making.
  • Experience working with or around regulatory and licensing topics in financial services (for example payments, e-money, banking, or card issuing), and comfort engaging with legal, risk, and compliance counterparts on requirements and constraints.
  • Demonstrated use of AI tools in day-to-day work (for example for regulatory research, licence mapping, competitive analysis, documentation, or workflow automation), with good judgment on verification and when to pull in human experts.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex issues, influence senior leaders, and create clear, concise materials for steering forums.
  • High ownership mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and willingness to get hands-on in the details to move launches forward in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Required:Strategy development for market entryLicensing and regulatory strategyProduct roadmap alignment with regulatory needsExecutive stakeholder management
Nice to have:AI tooling for automation and research
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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