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Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform serving over 250,000 global businesses. The company is valued at $11 billion, backed by leading investors including Sequoia and Salesforce Ventures, and operates across 27 offices with 2,300+ employees.
You will be the first Total Rewards team member based in the Americas, with end-to-end ownership of compensation, benefits, and equity programs across the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. This is a high-impact role rebuilding and scaling Airwallex's rewards infrastructure during a critical growth phase.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and execute compensation strategy: salary structures, pay differentials, market positioning, merit cycles, and offer decisions
- Own the complete benefits lifecycle: plan design, annual renewals, and broker/carrier negotiations
- Manage equity programs and stock plan administration, compliance, and governance in partnership with the global rewards team
- Lead Total Rewards initiatives end-to-end using market data and benchmarking to inform strategy
- Support IPO readiness initiatives
- Partner cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition, People Partners, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership on compensation decisions, org structure, systems, equity budgets, and compliance
You'll work as part of a small, global team with close collaboration with colleagues in Singapore and China. This role offers significant autonomy and the opportunity to shape rewards strategy at a scaling fintech company approaching public markets.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation, and benefits, including supporting Americas and global populations
- Experience building or managing a complete rewards program (compensation, benefits, equity)
- End-to-end benefits process management experience, including broker and insurance carrier negotiations
- Strong compensation data analytics capability; ability to own annual market review cycles and influence pay strategy
- Proven ability to build models and projections
- Working knowledge of US stock administration and equity compensation (RSUs, vesting mechanics, employee communication)
- Experience at late-stage private, pre-IPO, or public-transition companies, particularly managing equity program changes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Multi-region rewards experience, especially with global frameworks managed outside your time zone
- Familiarity with compensation and equity tools (Carta, BambooHR, Workday) and survey sources (Radford, Compensia)
- Comfort operating with high standards, fast pace, high pressure, and evolving priorities; bias toward execution over process
