Senior Technical Product Manager, Core Banking

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.

About the team

The Product team at Airwallex is a group of passionate builders and problem-solvers who are obsessed with crafting customer-centric solutions that empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime. We combine technical expertise with a deep understanding of our customers' needs to design and build unified, intuitive, and scalable products. As a team, we thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, constantly iterating and pushing boundaries to deliver exceptional product experiences.

This role can be based out of Singapore or Shanghai

Responsibilities

This role will be part of the Core Banking Platform team, which is crucial in powering Airwallex's global operations by facilitating client wallet transactions and ensuring the financial accuracy of client ledgers. Primarily based in Singapore, our lean team delivers a robust, high-performance distributed multi-currency wallet platform that supports the continuous growth of Airwallex products like global transfers, payments and acquiring, card issuing, and lending. You will be building out our capabilities that enable Airwallex product teams to build new products quickly and as independently as possible. You will be responsible for leading high-impact projects from ideation to launch and need to quickly build an understanding of all aspects of the Airwallex business to be successful

• Drive alignment between engineering and product teams to ensure products meet end-user needs.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.

• Define scope and strategy for technical projects while ensuring they align with business objectives.

• Work with engineers to prioritize features, scalability, and performance optimizations.

• Identify and mitigate dependencies, bottlenecks, and risks across teams.

• Facilitate clear communication, ensuring that engineering efforts align with stakeholder expectations.

• Advocate for best practices in engineering excellence, scalability, and performance without getting into the code details.

• Manage program timelines, deliverables, and execution efficiency

Who you are

• Experience in Engineering or Technical Product Manager role, preferably in a ground-breaking technical environment

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM degree

• A strategic thinker who balances business priorities with technical feasibility.

• Strong communicator who excels at working with both engineering teams and product managers.

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders.

• Proactive problem solver who anticipates challenges and mitigates risks.

• Adept at managing trade-offs (e.g., performance vs. cost, scalability vs. user experience).

• Deep understanding of system design and high-level architecture but not necessarily writing code.

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.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters.  Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s).  Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.