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.
Airwallex's global Product Legal Team works cross-functionally and across multiple jurisdictions to facilitate the development and launch of cutting-edge products in existing and new markets. The team plays a critical part in supporting the continued development of Airwallex's suite of products and ensuring that products are launched in compliance with local legal and regulatory requirements.
As Global Product Counsel, you will help our rapidly growing business navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape by translating legal advice into actionable solutions. Although you will be based in Singapore or Hong Kong, you will have multi-regional responsibility by supporting one or more of Airwallex's key product domains globally, including in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Europe, and potentially other markets. This dynamic role is ideal for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and solving complex issues for our clients, is detail oriented and commercially-minded, is willing to take on challenges and adapt to changes, is obsessively curious and intellectually honest, thrives on taking actions and delivering impactful results, and aims to inspire and be inspired.
Responsibilities:
Trusted business partner to the Product teams and other stakeholders responsible for launching and developing products in the Airwallex product suite.
Support Product stakeholders throughout the entire product lifecycle. Provide advice on the legal and regulatory aspects of new product ideas as well as enhancements to existing products, from ideation through to launch and expansion.
Coordinate with local counsel across jurisdictions such as Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the U.S., the U.K., and the European Union to discern and devise optimal paths to market for key products from a regulatory and legal perspective.
Translate legal and regulatory advice into actionable solutions that can be integrated into the product development process.
Identify synergies and efficiencies in product development across jurisdictions from a legal and regulatory perspective as products scale and expand into new markets.
Become an expert in key products in Airwallex's product suite, understand the commercial drivers and provide legal and regulatory advice that is strategic and solution-orientated.
Collaborate with the Regulatory Compliance team and Product Marketing team.
You have:
Law degree from a renowned university and 5+ years of post-qualification experience, at least some of which at a top tier law firm.
Strong regulatory advisory and/or commercial disputes experience with reputable law firms, financial institutions or fintechs.
Proven experience of being a solution-orientated lawyer who enjoys working strategically with non-lawyers to support commercial end-results.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills and ability to deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
Proactive, results-driven, and take ownership of your work.
At Airwallex you'll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why you'll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the best environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organize regular team building events and we 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.
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