Executive Recruiter

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 Talent Acquisition team at Airwallex plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s future by sourcing and recruiting the brightest and most ambitious minds to drive our company forward. We collaborate with hiring managers and leadership teams to understand business needs and proactively find the right individuals who will contribute to our success. As trusted advisors, our team is passionate about building strong relationships with candidates and delivering a seamless recruiting experience that reflects Airwallex’s operating principles, dynamic culture and global ambitions.

What you’ll do

We are looking for an Executive Recruiter to be a trusted partner as we continue to scale our great talent bench in support of our sustained global growth. As a Leadership/Executive Recruiter, you will be a trusted partner with our Product, Engineering and Design leadership in hiring for our leadership roles, focusing on job scoping, executive alignment, candidate sourcing, and closing. We are building a truly unique, global company and as such, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of roles.

The successful candidate gets excited at the prospect of ramping up and learning new subject matter to properly identify talent and speak credibly to them. You will collaborate closely with the executive team to fill key strategic positions within Airwallex on a global scale. This role requires exceptional influencing skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment where successful outcomes are recognized and celebrated. If you are a Leadership / Executive Recruiter with a passion for finding exceptional talent on a global scale and contribute to building out world-class teams in a high-growth environment, we invite you to apply for this senior individual contributor role at Airwallex.

This role is based in San Francisco. 

Responsibilities:

• Partner with senior executives to define strategic hiring needs and develop candidate profiles

• Utilize creative and diverse sourcing strategies to attract top-tier executive talent

• Serve as a thought partner to hiring managers throughout the recruitment process

• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process for executive positions, from sourcing to offer acceptance

• Provide a consistently positive candidate experience by building trusted relationships with candidates

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment on hiring strategies and goals

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of recruitment processes and practices

Who you are

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in recruitment, hiring senior-level talent (VP or C-level) in a fast-paced, growth stage environment 

• Strong ability to ramp up on new domains in a short period of time

• Proven track record of successfully recruiting and closing candidates across various domains

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work autonomously and drive results in a global setting

Preferred qualifications:

• Demonstrated proficiency hiring for Product, Engineering, and Design (PED) roles

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.