Executive Sourcing Partner

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 150,000 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 1,800 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, 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.

What You’ll Do

As an Executive Sourcing Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Airwallex by identifying and engaging exceptional executive and senior leadership talent globally. Your collaboration with our Executive Recruiters and business leaders to proactively build strategic talent pipelines for our most business-critical roles will be instrumental in our growth.

As a trusted advisor, you will bring deep sourcing expertise, rigorous research capabilities, and a strong point of view on talent to ensure we stay ahead in a competitive market. This high-impact, high-visibility role is ideal for someone passionate about sourcing at the highest level, who thrives in complexity, and delivers measurable results.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive executive sourcing strategies across leadership roles (Director/ VP to C-level) in Product, Engineering, Commercial, Strategy, Operations, Finance, and Legal functions.

• Partner with executive recruiters and hiring leaders to gain a deep understanding of business priorities and translate them into proactive sourcing roadmaps.

• Conduct comprehensive market research and talent mapping, identifying high-caliber candidates from top-tier companies and industries.

• Build and nurture long-term talent pipelines by cultivating relationships with current and future leaders, even before roles become available.

• Screen and assess talent for leadership capabilities, cultural alignment, and intellectual rigor, beyond just resume credentials.

• Leverage sourcing tools and platforms, and continuously experiment with creative outreach and engagement methods.

• Use data to inform decisions, track the performance of your sourcing funnel, measure the effectiveness of outreach, and leverage insights to iterate and improve.

• Champion sourcing excellence by contributing to scalable sourcing processes, documentation, and best practices that elevate the bar for leadership hiring at Airwallex.

• Communicate with clarity and consistency, keeping stakeholders informed, aligned, and engaged throughout the sourcing process.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a talent sourcing or research role, with a strong focus on senior/executive-level hiring (Director, VP, C-level).

• Proven experience sourcing leadership talent in high-growth, fast-paced environments.

• Demonstrated ability to ramp up quickly on new domains and understand complex org structures and hiring requirements.

• Strong collaboration skills with experience partnering with executive recruiters and senior stakeholders.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to influence and inform with clarity and empathy.

• Deep knowledge of sourcing tools, strategies, and market mapping techniques.

• Strong data and analytical skills to track KPIs and optimize search performance.

• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to work independently and thrive in ambiguity.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a top executive search firm.

• A Bachelor's degree.

• Background sourcing for technical, commercial, and strategic leadership roles across global markets.

• Professional experience in or working within the technology or Fintech industry.

• Understanding of global hiring trends, particularly in engineering, product, and fintech sectors.

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. If you are approached by someone claiming to represent Airwallex, please verify with our team.