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Director, Strategy & Operations - CEO Office

Airwallex· Operations
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UK - LondonFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Directly supports Airwallex's executive leadership in the CEO Office on high-priority strategic, operational, and organizational initiatives across global expansion, product strategy, financial infrastructure, and AI transformation.

Responsibilities

  • As part of the CEO Office, work closely with Airwallex’s leadership team on high-priority initiatives that shape the direction of the company globally.
  • Operate across strategy and execution: helping frame problems, drive alignment, and ensure complex initiatives move from idea to outcome.
  • 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
  • Regularly work with senior leaders across product, engineering, finance, commercial, legal, operations, and regional teams
  • Thrive in high-context, high-accountability environments and solve difficult problems with imperfect information
  • Fast pace with high expectations and ambiguity, offering learning and impact potential for broad leadership responsibility over time

Qualifications

  • Proven 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

Skills

Required:Strategic thinkingExecutive communicationCross-functional program leadershipCommercial judgmentProblem solving and structured thinking
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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