Manager, Global Expansion, CEO Office

About the role

Airwallex, the AI-native financial operating system used by more than 675,000 businesses, is looking for a Manager, Global Expansion within its CEO Office Strategy & Operations team. You will support the end-to-end expansion of Airwallex into new markets across APAC, from market-entry strategy through licensing, product readiness and operational launch, preparing for commercial scale-up. The role is based in Singapore.

Key responsibilities

• Help structure and size the opportunity for Airwallex's next expansions across APAC, working with senior leads to choose markets and define how to win in each one.
• Evaluate the licensing path, entity structure and commercial model for each market, turning regulatory and licensing requirements into an operating model on the ground.
• Work with Product and Engineering to turn regulatory and licensing requirements into concrete product scope and sequencing.
• Partner with senior team members to frame decisions on global expansion and prepare recommendations for executive leadership on market prioritization, launch readiness and investment decisions.
• Build the tools, templates and operating rhythms for market entry, using AI-assisted research, drafting and automation (e.g. licence mapping, competitor analysis, dashboards and reporting).
• Help run the go/no-go and launch-readiness process, including cross-functional sign-off, risk assessment and mitigation plans.
• Flex to other CEO Office initiatives such as strategic reviews, restructuring or migration projects, crisis response workstreams and cross-market structuring.

Required profile

• 4-6 years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting (MBB or equivalent), regulatory/financial services law, or strategy/expansion roles in fintech or payments, with exposure to market-entry or licensing-driven projects.
• Track record of complex, multi-stakeholder programs, including workstream execution, planning support and executive-level updates.
• Strong operating discipline, stakeholder management and communication skills, and comfort with ambiguity and hands-on detail.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in day-to-day work, with good judgment on verification and when to involve human experts.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting new market launches or licence applications in APAC for a fintech, payments provider or financial institution.
• Experience with regulatory and licensing topics in financial services and engagement with legal, risk and compliance counterparts.
• Background combining strategy and execution, or combining legal/regulatory and commercial or product-adjacent roles.
• Familiarity with cross-functional Global Expansion and product launch processes, and experience in a CEO Office or similar central team.
• Comfort building lightweight AI tooling to standardise launches and automate status, risk tracking and dependency management.