Senior Manager, Growth Innovation

Airwallex; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is looking for a Senior Manager, Growth Innovation in San Francisco. You will drive growth experiments, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and leverage analytics to support scalable growth strategies.

This role demands strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills, with a background in fintech or B2B SaaS preferred. Join us to make a measurable impact in a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Growth.
• Proven track record of leading growth experiments.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth experiments end to end.
• Identify and size new opportunities.
• Build the growth testing system.
• Drive creative for growth.
• Deliver cross-functionally with teams.
• Influence strategy based on insights.

Skills

Growth experimentation

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant disciplines

Job description

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 200,000 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 2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 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.

About the Team

You’ll be part of a collaborative, results‑driven Growth team that thrives on experimentation and innovation. We value creativity, data‑driven decision‑making, and a builder’s mindset. Our team is passionate about finding new ways to deliver value to customers and scale Airwallex’s impact globally. We support continuous learning, mentorship, and career growth, and we celebrate diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

What You’ll Do

As the Senior Manager, Growth Innovation, you will play a key role in building, testing, and scaling new growth levers across Airwallex. You will personally own a portfolio of high‑upside experiments—especially around Rewards and Campaigns—working closely with senior leaders across Growth, Product, Data Science, and Marketing to turn validated ideas into scalable programs that drive acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue. This is your opportunity to make a measurable impact in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment. This role is based in SanFrancisco.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth experiments end to end: Design and execute the Airwallex roadmap for Rewards and Campaigns, set hypotheses, define target segments, and measure impact on acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue.
• Identify and size new opportunities: Collaborate with the strategy team to define ideal customer profiles, priority use cases, and product adoption journeys; adapt Rewards and Campaigns for global and regional market differences.
• Build the growth testing system: Contribute to establishing frameworks, instrumentation, and review cadences for experiment design, governance, and decision logs; ensure reliable data and consistent, data‑driven decisions.
• Drive creative for growth: Partner with the Creative team to brief, test, and ship assets (visual, copy, video) aligned with brand and product strategy; run structured creative testing to lift conversion.
• Deliver cross‑functionally: Work with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data Science to scope, resource, and ship experiments; help define rollout plans and operating processes to ensure scalability and compliance.
• Influence strategy: Synthesize experiment insights into recommendations for roadmap, resourcing, and go‑to‑market; communicate progress and decisions to senior leadership to align with company priorities.

Who You Are

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience in Growth, with a proven track record of leading end‑to‑end growth experiments and cross‑functional projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant disciplines.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with growth analytics, experimentation frameworks, and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in fintech, product‑led growth, or B2B SaaS.
• Experience in fast‑paced environments, preferably within a startup or scale‑up.
• Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s) is a plus.

Equal Opportunity

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.