Director, New Product Risk

**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 100,000 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 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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.

**Responsibilities**:

- Establishing our Global Risk Strategy and Intelligence team reporting directly to the VP, Global Head of Risk
- Managing the day-to-day Product Requirements Document (PRD) evaluation process for new products as a risk stakeholder, with a focus on enhancing efficiency and ensuring timely evaluations and approvals
- Developing new policies and strategies as needed for significant product or geographic expansions, collaborating with a cross-functional team spanning the financial partnerships, operations, legal, product, and other relevant departments (i.e. MexPago acquisition)
- Defining and driving our global risk performance KPI's and ensuring KPI achievement together with a cross functional team including the Risk Operations, Legal, Compliance and Risk Product teams
- Collating and maintaining all metrics and dashboards to deliver a clear message on the overall state of Airwallex's risk across business lines
- Establishing and overseeing task forces for special projects, addressing and mitigating risks beyond the group’s risk appetite, such as those related to the continuity of financial partner businesses and substantial credit losses resulting from severe economic downturns

**Qualifications**:

- 10+ years of technical experience in Consulting, Financial Services, and Payments
- Bachelor’s degree
- In-depth understanding of issuing and acquiring statistical analysis, modeling, scoring schemes, etc.
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into quality reporting and presentations
- Excellent interpersonal skills - the ability to positively influence stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to work under pressure, managing tight deadlines and/or unexpected changes
- Fluency in English required. Fluency in Mandarin is a plus

At Airwallex, you’ll be able to impact a rapidly growing, global fintech. You’ll be offered a competitive salary. We also like to create the best environment for our people by providing collaborative open office space. We organize regular team-building events, encourage flexible/remote working, and give our people the freedom to be creative.

**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.

Compensation Range: $200K - $300K