Team Lead, Payment Experience, APAC

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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you

Who we are:

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, delivering high-stakes, high-value payments across the global education, healthcare, travel and B2B industries.

Today, we’ve digitized payments for more than 4,000+ global clients in more than 140 currencies across 240 countries and territories around the world. And, we’re just getting started

With over 1,200+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

The Opportunity:

We, at Flywire, are seeking a Payment Experience Team Lead in APAC.

Payment Experience roles at Flywire are not your typical ‘support’ roles. As the first point of contact at Flywire, you will be equipped with broad knowledge of Flywire's core business capabilities, which alongside your positive attitude and the support of our amazing global team, allows you to troubleshoot any aspect of our payer’s problems.

As part of this role, you will liaise closely with Client & Payment Experience Managers, other regional team leads, Central Service team and all departments in a fast-paced environment where growth and change are the norm. Resilience, curiosity, cultural awareness, and empathy are key traits, as your day-to-day will be filled with communicating internationally. Strong written and verbal communication skills are also required.

You will be primarily responsible for supporting payer enquiries, serving as a content expert for Flywire payment offerings and products. In addition to this, you will also drive forward the regional Payment Experience Team and be both the key escalation point for Payment Experience Associates & Specialists and the key voice for payment experience. A Payment Experience Team Lead should support the Client & Payment Experience Managers in leading the regional Payment Experience Team, providing feedback on team training needs, regional teammates development plans, payer experience improvements plus anything else that would ultimately help our payers through a ‘frictionless’ experience. You will also support the regional & global Client & Payment Experience function through project work as necessary.

You will:

• Provide solutions to complex issues for payers by phone, chat, and email with speed, professionalism and empathy.
• Be the escalation point for teammates, serving as a content expert for Flywire payment offerings and products.
• Be the voice of payers within Flywire escalating insight within the Client & Payment Experience (CPE) Team and beyond, using data and context to highlight areas for optimisation.
• Work with the CPE Managers to design the regional Payment Experience team directions following the Global CPE direction and the company direction, proactively make plan to optimise our process, drive efficiency and scaling of manual work using data analysis.
• Work closely with the co-leadership in APAC team, to ensure cohesive team management, project coordination, and shared decision-making.
• Drive forward the regional Payment Experience Team, manage the team’s daily operations and projects execution, support team members in reaching the team goals and in their personal development.
• Handle regular team administrative tasks such as the creation of monthly schedules for live contact support and scheduled tasks, weekly updates, training and quality review.
• Be the main representative for regional Payment Experience Team, maintaining connection with both Regional CPE Team and other regional stakeholders for regional related new launch and training material preparation, tracking impact for the related change.

Here’s What We’re Looking For:

• 2+ years of experience with leading a team, strong people management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills, additional language (eg. Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) is a plus.
• Customer oriented mindset, able to listen, understand, and find a solution to the most difficult customer requests with professionalism and empathy.
• Comfortable with multi-tasking; able to work under intense pace and high pressure.
• Proactive and ambitious learner, able to quickly adapt to the fast changing requirements, remain organized through lots of change and updated materials.
• The desire to develop leadership skills, to drive a team’s success and support teammates within the role’s scope, being comfortable and composed when either giving or receiving feedback.
• Self motivated and self disciplined, take ownership & accountability (solving enquiries from start to finish).
• Great attention to details, sensitive to issues or potential issues and proactively seek for solutions.
• Strong analytical skill, able to use data / best judgement to prioritise tasks that have the most value-add impact.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enable effective interaction and collaboration within the team and key business stakeholders. Able to adapt the communication style to different audiences.
• Ability to work on a flexible schedule.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite and CRM software.
• Payment related experience (banking, forex company).
• International experience (preferred).

Technologies We Use:

• Google Suite.
• Looker.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Flying Start- Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams).
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media.
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years).
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates.
• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact.
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers).

Submit today and get started

We are excited to get to know you Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 40 nationalities across 14 different offices diversity, gender equality, and inclusion are at the core of our people agenda. We believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we’re excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.