About Airwallex
Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.
Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
Attributes We Value
We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.
You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.
What you'll do
You’re a high‑performing payments acceptance and acquiring expert who thrives where product complexity meets commercial opportunity. You can lead deep, technical conversations with multiple levels of client stakeholders, from founders and CEOs through to CFOs, CTOs and Heads of Payments, then translate complex requirements into scalable, high‑margin solutions. You are confident operating in fast‑paced, high‑growth environments and work cross‑functionally with product, engineering, operations and sales to get things done.
In this role, you will drive net‑new adoption of Airwallex’s payments platform with SME and mid‑market customers across Australia, with a focus on card acquiring and alternative payment methods. You will test and refine our go‑to‑market approach, influence our product roadmap, and help shape how Airwallex scales online payments in ANZ.
This role is based in Sydney.
Responsibilities:
Drive adoption of payment processing products, including card acquiring and alternative payment methods, with new SME and mid‑market prospects across Australia.
Own the end‑to‑end sales cycle for payments opportunities: prospecting, discovery, solution design, commercial structuring, negotiation, and close.
Test, refine and document market positioning and the appropriate selling motion for Airwallex payments in your segment, feeding learnings back into our broader go‑to‑market playbook.
Leverage your industry network to open doors, secure new customers and create references, including case studies, early adopter testimonials and joint success stories.
Partner closely with Strategy, Revenue Operations and Product Marketing to build targeted campaigns, segmentation and plays that accelerate payments adoption.
Collaborate with Product and Solutions Engineering to architect deals that combine card acquiring, local payment methods and broader Airwallex capabilities such as Global Accounts, FX and Billing.
Provide structured, data‑driven feedback to Product on customer needs, competitive dynamics and deal blockers to help inform roadmap and commercial priorities.
Maintain accurate pipeline, forecasting and CRM hygiene to give clear visibility of coverage, risks and opportunities in your territory.
Who you are
We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
Minimum qualifications:
5+ years of experience in an account executive, business development or product sales role in fintech or B2B payments.
Deep understanding of card acquiring and alternative payment method processing, including how different payment methods impact conversion, risk and economics.
Demonstrated success selling in cross‑functional commercial environments, working with stakeholders across sales, product, operations and partnerships.
Proven ability to structure, negotiate and close high‑impact deals in regulated or startup environments.
High degree of autonomy and structure, with a track record of executing in fast‑changing, ambiguous contexts.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to align technical and non‑technical audiences and lead multi‑stakeholder discussions.
Preferred qualifications:
Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills at senior executive level, including CFO, CTO and Head of Payments personas.
Personally driven to work in scale‑up environments, with a bias towards experimentation, rapid learning and action.
Deep expertise in one or more segments or verticals where payment processing is critical, such as retail, eCommerce, SaaS or travel.
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Equal opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.