Global Expansion Lead, APAC Strategy & Operations

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in Singapore seeks a Senior Manager, Global Expansion, CEO Office, to own end-to-end market entry across APAC. You will work with executives to solve regulatory, product and operational challenges to establish Airwallex as a local financial platform in new markets.

Based in Singapore, you will lead licensing decisions, define the market strategy, and build scalable launch processes while coordinating across Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk and Operations.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in top-tier strategy or fintech/expansion roles.
• Experience owning multi-stakeholder programs end to end.
• Strong operating discipline with governance cadences.
• Exposure to regulatory and licensing topics in financial services.
• Experience using AI tools in regulatory research, mapping, automation.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication.
• High ownership mindset and ability to drive launches in fast pace.

Responsibilities

• Own new country expansion strategy across APAC, sizing opportunities and markets.
• Design market entry model: licensing, entity structure and commercial model.
• Shape product roadmap by translating regulatory/licensing into scope.
• Drive executive decisions on market prioritization and readiness.
• Build operating system for launches with AI-assisted research and dashboards.
• Run governance for go/no-go and cross-functional sign-offs.
• Support priority CEO Office initiatives beyond core launches.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Regulatory law

Fintech / payments

Program management

Operating discipline

Regulatory/licensing

AI tooling

Stakeholder mgmt

Ownership mindset

Job description

Airwallex in Singapore seeks a Senior Manager, Global Expansion, CEO Office, to own end-to-end market entry across APAC. You will work with executives to solve regulatory, product and operational challenges to establish Airwallex as a local financial platform in new markets.

Based in Singapore, you will lead licensing decisions, define the market strategy, and build scalable launch processes while coordinating across Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk and Operations.