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 250,000 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 2,300 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 you’re 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 you’re 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.
You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.
The Marketing team at Airwallex drives brand awareness and customer engagement through innovative and strategic campaigns. We work to communicate the value of our financial solutions, attract new customers, and strengthen relationships with existing ones. By leveraging data-driven insights and creative strategies, we ensure Airwallex stands out in a competitive market. Our team is passionate about telling the Airwallex story and supporting the company's growth and success.
We’re looking for a Senior Manager of Influencer Marketing to build and lead our global influencer strategy from the ground up. This is a high-impact role responsible for driving virality around major brand and product moments, architecting our creator strategy, and building the systems and partnerships needed to operate at scale across key markets (US, UK/EU, AU, SG, HK).
You’ll combine strategic insight, cultural instinct, operational excellence, and influencer-world fluency to make Airwallex the most talked-about fintech brand globally.
The role is based in San Francisco.
Define and own Airwallex’s global influencer and creator roadmap across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, podcasts, newsletters, and emerging platforms. Shape strategies for major launches, campaigns, and cultural moments to drive brand awareness, engagement, and virality, while enabling local teams to execute market-specific adaptations.
Architect multi-layered creator campaigns that amplify major announcements, fundraises, product launches, partnerships, and company milestones. Identify and engage high-impact creators across business, fintech, tech, lifestyle, and culture who can authentically champion the brand.
Design and oversee systems, workflows, and tooling for creator sourcing, outreach, contracting, approvals, tracking, and reporting. Develop playbooks and templates for regional teams and maintain a robust global creator database.
Lead end-to-end relationship management with top-tier influencers and agents. Set expectations for performance, negotiate contracts, and ensure consistent brand safety, messaging alignment, and creative excellence.
Define success metrics across awareness, reach, engagement, and content performance. Oversee dashboards and reporting frameworks, test formats and creators, and implement insights to continuously optimize campaigns.
Partner with Brand, Product Marketing, Comms/PR, Social, Regional Marketing, and Executive Leadership to integrate influencer initiatives into broader brand and product strategies. Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Procurement to streamline global creator operations
We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
8+ years in influencer marketing, creator partnerships, digital marketing, or brand marketing (startup or high-growth tech preferred).
Proven track record driving large-scale influencer campaigns that create real cultural impact and measurable growth.
Deep understanding of the influencer ecosystem, platform dynamics, and what drives virality.
Experience managing global markets or multi-country campaigns.
Strong negotiation, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills.
Operational excellence - you can design systems, processes, and frameworks that scale globally.
Ability to move fast, thrive in ambiguity, and execute with precision under tight timelines.
Experience in fintech, payments, B2B SaaS.
Relationships with top-tier creators, agents, and podcast networks.
Experience building a global influencer program from scratch.
Ability to analyze performance data and turn insights into action.
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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 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.