About this role
Senior Manager, Merchant Risk Operations, APAC [Relocation to Singapore]
Operations Singapore, Dubai, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Dublin, Remote, Taipei, Shenzhen, London, Hong Kong SAR
Full Time
About Airwallex
Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 676,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We’re the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We’re co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.
As part of our Risk Operations team, you’ll be responsible for strengthening our global risk control strategy, managing a well-performed risk operation team and ensuring portfolio risk level aligned with the enterprise risk appetite. You are a self-starter and independent thinker with exceptional analytical and communication skills, capable of solving complex problems that will drive the evolution of our business.
What you will do
Lead APAC Merchant Risk Operations team for Payments
Own end‑to‑end operational performance for APAC merchant risk operations, including SLAs, quality, loss metrics, and customer impact
Oversee design and execution of merchant monitoring, investigation and escalation workflows across APAC region
Partner with global legal, risk and compliance team to implement new policies and control changes efficiently into operations
Work with Product and Engineering to evolve risk tooling (rules engines, case management, AI/LLM‑based workflows, analytics surfaces) for higher accuracy and efficiency
Champion automation and AI to reduce manual work, speed up decisions, and improve reviewer effectiveness while maintaining strong control standards
Drive the key performance metrics (fraud ratio, chargeback ratio, etc) in MRM team to meet the company OKR
Proactive stakeholder management including risk, compliance, commercial, product etc.
Always challenge the status quo and continuously strive for operational excellence
Who you are
You are an experienced risk operations leader who is equally comfortable in the details of complex cases and in board‑level conversations about strategy and risk appetite. You know how to scale teams, influence cross‑functional stakeholders, and build systems that enable both growth and protection.
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:
8+ years of experience in payments / fintech / acquiring with at least 3+ years people management experiences
Deep expertise in one or more of Merchant Risk:
credit and fraud risk ( reserves and exposure management)
brand risk (AUP and compliance management)
Proven track record managing senior ICs in multi‑location teams
Demonstrated ability to operate fast in ambiguity, set clear priorities, and drive outcomes in a fast‑moving, high‑growth environment
A strong desire to learn about new payment trends and technologies.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Preferred qualifications:
Strong analytical and data skills – comfortable using dashboards and data tools to diagnose issues, design experiments, and measure impact
Experience building or scaling risk operations in a global fintech or top‑tier payments company
Hands‑on experience partnering with Product/Engineering to design risk tooling or automation, including use of AI/ML/LLMs in operations
Mandarin language proficiency.
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.
Compensation
SGD 155K – SGD 240K Airwallex promotes fair compensation practices in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.
These expected base pay ranges are based on information at the time this post was generated and represent the company’s good faith minimum and maximum ranges for this role at the time of posting.
The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, skills and other qualifications, geographic location as noted, internal equity, and other external market factors.
Certain roles may be eligible for other compensation including, but not limited to, annual bonuses, commissions, RSUs, or other forms of compensation in addition to the established salary range.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and work location. US-based employees are eligible to participate in medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits. US-based employees also receive 20 paid days of vacation and 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year.
Further details about our compensation and benefits package are available upon request.