Product Director, Credit and Lending
Airwallex
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.
The product organization is at the core of Airwallex, bringing together commercial strategy, engineering, design, and financial compliance to deliver Airwallex’s product suite to our global customers. Our customers range from SMEs that use our suite of Financial OS solutions to manage global payments to enterprise-scale partners who have built businesses on top of our platform and infrastructure. Our Product organization is guided by our Operating Principles, with craftsmanship, obsessive curiosity and customer mindset at our core in creating world-class products. We operate globally with determination and optimism with the conviction that what we are building is making a positive impact in the world. Our Product team are creative and dynamic problem solvers who dive into new challenges daily and can communicate across all levels of the organization.
Additional role description
This role will be reporting to our global head of product, building the team of credit and lending from 0-1, and enabling businesses to have seamless experiences.
Responsibilities
As a Product Director you will be responsible for leading high-impact projects from ideation to launch
Creating more delightful user experiences for businesses when they set up, monitor, and operate their online stores with Airwallex online payments
Building robust clearing and settlement mechanisms that ensure businesses have full visibility over their expected cash flow and protect Airwallex from financial risks
Improving Airwallex's reporting capabilities to streamline reconciliation processes for businesses and allowing them to fully optimize the online payments operations
Requirements
8 to 15 years of overall professional experience
4+ years of formal people management experience
Experience in product management, go-to-market propositions, product design, product planning and development
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or another STEM discipline is preferred
Evidence of exemplary academic achievements (e.g. high GPA, Dean's list, scholarship etc.)
Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey product strategy to both technical and non-technical audiences
Experiences in working with credit/ lending institutions, working on underwriting engine is strong preferred
Close attention to detail, ability to structure complex problems and inform decisions with data and first-principle insights
Drive, grit, and persistence to take ownership and move ideas to reality in short periods of time
Ability to thrive in cross-cultural and cross-functional teams
Experience in any of the following is a plus: hyper growth startup environments, software engineering, financial technology
Solid technical understanding and ability to engage in architectural discussions with engineering teams
Working experiences with enterprise customers is preferred
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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