APAC Sales Lead - Crypto Payments & Financial Infrastructure

About the role

A US-based, a16z-backed financial infrastructure company is looking for its first commercial hire in APAC. The company connects payment providers, exchanges and blockchain networks through a unified integration layer, helping businesses launch and scale crypto-enabled financial products. You will own the APAC strategy, open doors across exchanges, fintechs, banks and payment providers, and win enterprise customers, working directly with senior US leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Own the APAC strategy and identify the most attractive markets, customers and commercial opportunities.
• Open major doors across exchanges, fintechs, banks, payment providers and digital-asset platforms.
• Win significant enterprise customers, leading deals from initial engagement through to close.
• Shape regional growth in close collaboration with leadership, product and engineering teams.
• Build the foundations for a regional team, with potential to take on broader leadership responsibilities as the business scales.

Required profile

• Fluent Mandarin and excellent English.
• An established APAC network across crypto exchanges, fintechs, payments or financial institutions.
• Proven success personally originating, negotiating and closing complex B2B deals.
• Strong crypto and digital-asset knowledge, ideally alongside payments or financial infrastructure experience.
• Experience selling technical solutions to senior commercial and institutional decision-makers.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and confidence to build a market independently; senior individual contributors or experienced commercial leaders are welcome.

Required skills

• Crypto and digital-asset knowledge
• Experience in stablecoins, crypto payments, on/off-ramps, embedded finance or exchange infrastructure is particularly attractive

What we offer

• Highly competitive base pay plus uncapped commission and equity.
• Full-time position based in Singapore, Hong Kong or remote APAC.
• Direct access to senior leadership and the chance to build and lead the APAC commercial function.

Interested candidates can apply directly or contact the recruiter at Axiom Recruit for a confidential conversation.