Staff Product Manager, Lending
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
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 250000 businesses worldwide including Brex 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 2300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 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.
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.
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.
The Lending team is responsible for building and scaling Airwallexs credit and lending capabilities across both embedded lending and first-party lending models. This is a highly strategic space that sits at the centre of customer value creation commercial growth and platform differentiation. The team operates with a startup mindset inside Airwallex tackling complex challenges across product credit risk capital compliance and go-to-market.
As Staff Product Manager Lending you will lead some of the companys most important and complex lending opportunities. You will define strategy across large problem spaces drive alignment across senior stakeholders and shape how Airwallex builds differentiated lending products globally.
You will operate with broad scope and high autonomy balancing long-term vision with near-term execution. You will be expected to bring strong commercial judgment deep customer empathy and the ability to navigate ambiguity across multiple teams and addition to building products you will help raise the bar for product thinking execution quality and strategic clarity across the wider organisation.
Define and drive the product strategy for significant parts of Airwallexs lending platform including embedded lending and first-party lending capabilities
Lead highly ambiguous high-impact initiatives across origination underwriting servicing repayment partner enablement and portfolio optimisation
Identify and evaluate major market opportunities customer segments and product bets and translate them into multi-quarter roadmaps and clear execution plans
Partner closely with engineering design data commercial credit risk legal compliance finance and operations leaders to align on strategy and deliver outcomes
Shape product and business trade-offs across growth unit economics customer experience operational scalability and risk performance
Build scalable product frameworks decision principles and operating models that enable Airwallex to expand lending across markets and use cases
Work with external stakeholders such as financial institutions capital providers data partners and regulatory stakeholders where needed to unlock product capability and scale
Use data customer insight and market intelligence to continuously refine strategy and improve business performance
Mentor other product managers and raise the standard of product craft strategic thinking and cross-functional leadership within the team
Were looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have but are not mandatory.
8 years of overall professional experience including substantial product management experience in fintech financial services lending or other complex regulated domains
Strong track record of leading large ambiguous product areas from strategy through execution and measurable business impact
Deep experience building scaling or significantly evolving lending credit or embedded finance products
Strong commercial and analytical judgment with experience balancing customer needs business performance and risk considerations
Proven ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment without relying on formal authority
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate strategy priorities and trade-offs to both executive and working teams
Ability to thrive in cross-cultural and cross-functional teams
Bachelors degree or higher with strong academic achievement
Experience across both embedded lending and first-party lending products
Experience working with credit risk underwriting models capital structures or funding partnerships
Strong understanding of SME banking lending regulations and market structure in one or more global markets
Experience launching zero-to-one products and then scaling them in high-growth environments
Background in software engineering quantitative disciplines finance or strategy/consulting
Experience mentoring PMs or acting as a functional leader across a broader product area
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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.
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About Company
Grow your business faster with Airwallex - global business accounts, high speed transfers, multi-currency cards, online payments, embedded finance, and more.