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The Director, Strategic Partnerships, Americas, will play a critical role in driving business growth by identifying, developing, and managing the most pivotal and complex partnerships globally for Airwallex. Highly cross-functional, this role will work across key teams, including legal, product, operations, sales, marketing, and more, quarterbacking impactful strategic commercial and product integrations to accelerate Airwallex’s growth. This individual will be responsible for forming and nurturing key relationships with partners that align with the company’s business objectives, creating synergies that result in significant user adoption and revenue growth.
Job Responsibility:
Lead, develop, own, refine, and implement a partnerships strategy that aligns with and supports our overall business vision
Manage our most strategically important partnership opportunities in the region, both existing and new, and own executive level relationships
Understand the competitive landscape to ensure that Airwallex remains a ‘partner-of-choice’ and proactively present recommendations to executive management
Be the main point of contact in the partnerships organization for our Americas region and ensure the team are executing strategically important partnership initiatives, aligned with the regional commercial objectives
Coordinate due diligence processes with prospective partners and project-manage internal stakeholders through commercial, product and systems assessment
Position yourself as an industry expert and establish relationships with potential partners and key decision-makers in the industry
You will serve as a region expert while keeping in mind our global footprint
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree
Minimum 12 years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, product or related roles
A proven track record effectively managing a lean yet high-performing team across different time zones
Proven track record of being able to think strategically and manage complex dynamics and motivations
Ability to earn trust and work effectively in a cross-cultural, global environment across teams and time-zones
Strong executive presence, including excellent communication and presentation skills
Ability to craft product integrations, think through product or commercial nuances
Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategy into actionable plans, and deal with significant ambiguity
Quantitative capacity to measure partnership ROI, understand performance metrics and optimization levers
Nice to have:
Prior fintech and payments experience
A strong understanding of and fascination with the global financial ecosystem, embedded finance landscape, and globalization of enterprises
What we offer:
Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
medical, dental, and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan
short-term and long-term disability
basic life insurance
well-being benefits
20 paid days of vacation
12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year