Senior People Partner

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 2,300 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 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.

• Continuously improve people processes, leveraging HR systems and data to drive efficiency and scalability.

• Support organizational change, transformation, and growth initiatives, coaching leaders through periods of change.

Who you are

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

Minimum qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in HR/People Partnering roles, with a strong track record supporting senior leaders in fast-growing or complex organizations.

• Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end people cycles: performance management, promotions, talent reviews, and succession planning.

• Proven capability handling complex employee relations matters with sound judgment and familiarity with employment legislation and risk management.

• Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders in global or regional environments, navigating ambiguity and change at scale.

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced HR qualifications or certifications (e.g., CIPD, SHRM, or equivalent).

• Experience working in high-growth technology or fintech organizations.

• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills.

• Proactive, resourceful, and able to solve complex problems.

• Experience leveraging HR systems and people data to inform decisions and drive process improvements.

This role is based in Singapore.

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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 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.