Senior People Partner

About this role

ABOUT AIRWALLEX

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/en-us/operating-principles to see it in full.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders, aligning people strategies with business objectives and providing practical, data-driven guidance.

• Own and drive core people cycles: performance management, promotions, talent reviews, and succession planning, ensuring consistency at scale.

• Lead and resolve complex employee relations and workforce issues, applying sound judgment and a pragmatic understanding of employment law and risk management.

• Shape and deliver talent strategies for hiring, development, engagement, and retention, leveraging people data and insights to inform decisions.

• Coach and upskill leaders to build high-performing, inclusive teams and strong leadership capability.

• Partner with cross-functional leaders in a global environment, navigating ambiguity and change at scale.