Director, Strategic Partnerships

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in Singapore is seeking a Regional Head of Partnerships to drive the APAC strategy, identify opportunities, and manage executive relationships across the region. You will lead due diligence with prospective partners and coordinate cross-functional teams to execute strategic initiatives.

You will position Airwallex as the partner-of-choice in a fast-paced startup environment, negotiate complex commercial terms, and grow a high-impact partnerships portfolio across APAC.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communicator with ability to engage internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation skills for complex commercial discussions.
• Proven track record leading diverse teams to achieve strategic outcomes.
• Extensive network with partners, experts, and executives in partnerships roles.
• Experience in APAC partnerships and regional growth is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, own, refine, and implement a partnerships strategy aligned with Airwallex's vision.
• Manage strategically important partnership opportunities in APAC and own executive relationships.
• Analyze competitive landscape to position Airwallex as a partner of choice and advise executives.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Team leadership

Partnership network

APAC experience

Job description

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 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 2,700 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, own, refine, and implement a partnerships strategy that aligns with and supports our overall business vision

• Manage our most strategically important partnership opportunities in the region, both existing and new, and own executive level relationships

• Understand the competitive landscape to ensure that Airwallex remains a partner-of-choice and proactively present recommendations to executive management

• Be the main point of contact in the partnerships organization for our APAC General Manager and ensure the team are executing strategically important partnership initiatives, aligned with the regional commercial objectives

• Coordinate due diligence processes with prospective partners and project-manage internal stakeholders through commercial, product and systems assessment

• Position yourself as an industry expert and establish relationships with potential partners and key decision-makers in the industry

• You will serve as a region expert while keeping in mind our global footprint

Who you are

• You are an exceptional communicator – being able to connect with people at all levels, both internally and with external stakeholders, and communicate project expectations effectively is critical

• You thrive under pressure – and work well with constant change and the ambiguity of a startup environment

• You have strong negotiation skills – to navigate complex commercial discussions to ensure the best outcome for Airwallex

• You can effectively lead a diverse team - of individuals who are specialists in their respective domains to achieve desired outcomes with the strategic partners they each manager

• You have a strong network - of partners, experts and executives you have worked with over the years in a primarily partnerships role

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.