Manager, Sales, SME & Growth

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 200000 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 2000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price Visa Mastercard Robinhood Ventures Sequoia Salesforce Ventures DST Global and Lone Pine Capital Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If youre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact accelerated learning and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking and youre motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment dig deep with curiosity and make decisions from first principles balancing speed and rigor.

Youre humble and collaborative; turn zerotoone ideas into real products and you get stuff done end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here youll tackle complex highvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you lets build whats next.

About the team

The SME & Growth Business team at Airwallex is a passionate group of collaborators and business champions dedicated to empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to thrive in the global economy. We combine deep financial expertise with a growth mindset working closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and develop tailored solutions that streamline cross-border payments and unlock new revenue streams. As a team we are driven by a desire to make a positive impact and are constantly innovating to find new ways to support the success of our SME customers.

What youll do

Airwallex aspires to serve the fastest-growing businesses globally. As the Manager Sales SME & Growth you will lead and scale a team of full-cycle Account Executives responsible for acquiring and closing customers within SMB segments.

You will be accountable for revenue pipeline health deal quality and execution velocity. This role requires a hands-on sales leader who can coach AEs on discovery deal strategy and closing while also building the processes metrics and operating cadence needed to scale a high-performing SMB sales motion.

If you are a data-driven leader who thrives on intensity accountability and continuous improvement and developing strong closers. This role offers the opportunity to shape one of Airwallexs most important growth engines.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

• Lead coach and develop a team of full-cycle Account Executives with a strong focus on closing excellence and consistent revenue delivery

• Partner closely with the outbound sales leader and cross-functional team leaders to continuously explore test and refine ICPs evaluate new SMB verticals and provide structured feedback based on deal quality win/loss insights and revenue outcomes

• Coach AEs on prioritizing leads and opportunities effectively ensuring time and effort are focused on the highest-conversion highest-revenue deals

• Drive best-in-class pipeline management practices including deal qualification stage progression discipline pipeline coverage and forecast accuracy

• Develop AEs ability to run strong discovery identify economic buyers and manage multi-stakeholder deal cycles within SMB organizations

• Coach and inspect deals on negotiation strategy objection handling pricing conversations and close planning to improve win rates

• Instill structured deal management habits including clear next steps mutual action plans and close plans for every active opportunity

• Drive a metrics-led operating cadence focused on deal velocity stage conversion win rates and pipeline quality

• Leverage data AI and sales tools to improve account research deal strategy and pipeline visibility

• Maintain high standards of CRM hygiene deal inspection and sales process adherence

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in B2B sales with experience managing/coaching Account Executives

• Mandatory experience selling payments fintech or banking/card products to SMB customers

• Proven track record closing deals and managing complex SMB pipelines end-to-end

• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to prioritize leads assess deal quality and forecast accurately

• Deep experience coaching AEs on closing negotiation objection handling and pipeline management

• Comfortable managing multi-stakeholder deal cycles including traditional business owners and finance teams

• Excellent communication skills - structured persuasive and credible in commercial negotiations

• Comfortable operating in fast-paced high-growth environments with high accountability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading SMB sales teams in fintech payments or trade-related platforms

• Strong intuition for mapping customer payment flows and identifying expansion or revenue opportunities

• Demonstrated ability to improve close rates deal velocity and win consistency

• Experience leveraging AI and sales tools to improve deal strategy pipeline visibility and forecasting accuracy

• Relationship-first leadership style with a strong coaching and talent-development mindset

• Experience in high-growth startups or scale-ups

• Fluency in Mandarin

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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 dont 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.

Required Experience:

Manager