Product Lead, Embedded Finance

The role

You will shape product strategy and lead teams building capabilities for the Embedded Finance portfolio. This includes embedded payments, financial accounts, cards, treasury services, and global money movement.

What you will do

• Own the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Embedded Finance portfolio
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers
• Identify opportunities to expand how customers and partners use financial infrastructure
• Partner with Engineering, Design, Commercial, Partnerships, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Executive Leadership
• Use customer insights, market dynamics, competitive intelligence, and data to set priorities
• Shape company strategy through understanding customer needs and market opportunities
• Act as a thought partner to senior leadership on platform strategy and ecosystem growth
• Lead a group of talented Product Managers on a global scale

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience
• Significant experience leading product teams in high-growth technology or fintech environments
• Proven track record of defining and scaling successful platform, infrastructure, payments, fintech, or ecosystem products
• Ability to connect customer needs, technical capabilities, and business objectives into a clear product vision
• Deep customer empathy and strong product intuition
• Proven success with API or platform integrations and technical go-to-market launches
• Strong analytical and commercial mindset
• Experience making data-informed decisions and prioritising high-impact opportunities
• Comfort working across multiple time zones
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong record of academic achievement from a highly respected university

Nice to have

• Experience in Embedded Finance, Banking-as-a-Service, Payments, Treasury, Cards, Financial Infrastructure, Platform Products, APIs, or Developer Platforms
• Experience building products for businesses, software platforms, marketplaces, or ecosystem partners
• Experience operating in global markets and navigating regulatory, operational, and technical complexity at scale

About the company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure for over 675,000 businesses globally.