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Senior Manager, Regulatory Strategy & Operations

Airwallex· Regulatory & Compliance
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Hybrid (NL - Amsterdam), Hybrid (UK - London)Full-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Manager role within Airwallex's Regulatory Legal & Compliance organisation focused on turning strategic regulatory priorities into coordinated, measurable delivery across the EMEA region.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the end-to-end delivery of strategic regulatory projects across EMEA, from defining the problem and developing the approach through implementation, tracking and benefits realisation.
  • Translate strategic priorities into clear plans, milestones, dependencies, decision points, owners and measurable outcomes.
  • Coordinate cross-team and cross-functional initiatives involving Regulatory Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Legal, Risk, Financial Crime Compliance, Product, Engineering, Finance, Operations and other business teams.
  • Establish effective governance for complex programmes, including steering committees, working groups, status reporting, risk management, issue escalation and decision tracking.
  • Work with Regulatory Operations, Regulatory Compliance and Regulatory Legal to facilitate effective delivery of key regulatory programmes, while maintaining clear ownership across each function.
  • Help strengthen the interfaces between Reg Legal, Regulatory Compliance, and first-line business teams responsible for execution.
  • Coordinate preparation for regulatory examinations, inspections, audits, information requests and supervisory engagements, including timelines, evidence gathering, stakeholder alignment and follow-up actions.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks, duplicated activity, unclear accountabilities and delivery risks, and develop practical recommendations to improve efficiency, consistency and scalability.
  • Define and monitor programme metrics, delivery dashboards and management information that provide senior leaders with a clear view of progress, risks, dependencies and regulatory readiness.
  • Prepare concise, decision-ready papers, presentations, dashboards and recommendations for senior leadership and governance forums.
  • Facilitate senior stakeholder discussions, resolve competing priorities and ensure decisions result in clear action and follow-through.
  • Capture lessons learned from regulatory programmes, examinations, audits, monitoring activity and regulatory interactions, and use them to improve future delivery.
  • Act as a trusted strategic partner to the Regulatory leadership team, bringing structured problem-solving, sound judgment and a strong bias toward execution.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience leading complex strategic, regulatory, compliance, risk, transformation or operational programmes.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives across a matrixed, international organisation.
  • Strong project management skills, including programme planning, governance, dependency management, risk management, issue resolution and delivery tracking.
  • Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems, develop practical recommendations and translate strategy into executable plans.
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes across functions and geographies.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level materials and presenting complex issues clearly.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to synthesise regulatory, operational and commercial information into clear decisions and actions.
  • Ability to work independently, take ownership and maintain momentum across multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
  • A pragmatic, collaborative and low-ego approach to working with Legal, Compliance, Operations, Product, Engineering, Risk and other business teams.
  • Experience in financial services, payments, fintech, technology or another highly regulated industry.

Skills

Required:Strategic regulatory programme leadershipCross-functional coordinationProgramme governance
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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