Head of Embedded Finance

About the Role

Lead a team of Product Managers responsible for building capabilities powering embedded payments, financial accounts, cards, treasury services, and global money movement through Airwallex’s platform. Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Commercial, Partnerships, Compliance, and Executive Leadership to shape the future of Airwallex’s embedded finance stack and drive meaningful business impact. What You'll Do

• Define and drive the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Airwallex’s Embedded Finance portfolio.

• Identify opportunities to expand how customers and partners leverage Airwallex infrastructure while balancing long-term investments with immediate needs.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers, fostering ownership, excellence, customer obsession, and continuous learning.

• Partner with Engineering and Design to deliver scalable, reliable products that delight customers while meeting the needs of a rapidly growing global business.

• Champion a high bar for product quality, user experience, and execution across the organization.

• Drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders including Commercial, Partnerships, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Executive Leadership.

• Leverage customer insights, market dynamics, competitive intelligence, and data to inform strategic decisions and investment priorities.

• Establish clear success metrics and accountability frameworks to measure customer impact, business outcomes, and product performance.

• Influence company strategy through a deep understanding of customer needs, market opportunities, and the evolving embedded finance ecosystem.

• Serve as a thought partner to senior leadership on platform strategy, ecosystem growth, and the future direction of Airwallex’s financial infrastructure products. What We're Looking For

• 10+ years’ experience in product management, including significant leadership of product teams in high-growth technology or fintech environments.

• Proven track record defining and scaling platform, infrastructure, payments, fintech, or ecosystem products.

• Strong strategic thinker who can connect customer needs, technical capabilities, and business objectives into a clear product vision.

• Deep customer empathy and strong product intuition; passion for creating simple, elegant experiences that solve meaningful problems.

• Proven success in API/platform integration and technical go-to-market launches.

• Strong analytical and commercial mindset with experience making data-informed decisions and prioritizing high-impact opportunities.

• Comfortable working across multiple time zones with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong academic record from a highly respected university. Nice to Have

• Experience in Embedded Finance, Banking-as-a-Service, Payments, Treasury, Cards, Financial Infrastructure, Platform Products.