Director, Commercial Legal – Americas

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Director, Commercial Legal – Americas

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.

What You’ll Do…

  • Partner with Airwallex’s dynamic, globally distributed commercial leadership to support the scaling GTM efforts which, in turn, enable the advancement of multi-product and multi-jurisdictional deal strategies and initiatives

  • Manage a wide variety of complex commercial deals originating in the US, many with significant cross-border elements; draft and negotiate outbound SaaS commercial agreements, strategic partnership agreements, and key vendor agreements

  • Build a strong, collaborative working relationship with our sales and partnerships teams in order to close deals efficiently; help our sales teams scale by working with them to improve legal processes, playbooks, and templates on a continuous basis

  • Work closely and effectively with Airwallex’s global legal, compliance, and risk teams on deals and projects that involve multiple jurisdictions

  • Handle a variety of other projects and requests as the need arises

  • Make positive contributions to the culture of the Airwallex legal team, the Americas leadership team, and the company as a whole

What You Bring…

  • J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and active membership in at least one US state bar (California or New York preferred)

  • 8+ years of experience in an in-house legal department and/or a well-respected law firm advising on legal issues related to financial services and technology platforms.

  • Experience at a fintech or high-growth and/or globally distributed company is a significant plus

  • Excellent communication, drafting, negotiation, and writing skills

  • The ability to explain complex legal concepts to various (often non-legal) audiences, and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deals

  • High motivation and the ability to operate independently and pivot quickly within a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

  • A learner’s mentality: you are consistently looking to take on new and diverse challenges and expand your knowledge beyond your current areas of expertise

  • A collaborative and empathetic mindset, a good sense of humor, and a keen understanding of how to work effectively with colleagues from different teams and backgrounds

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.

$216K – $279K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus

Airwallex promotes fair compensation practices in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.

These expected base pay ranges are based on information at the time this post was generated and represent the company’s good faith minimum and maximum ranges for this role at the time of posting.

The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, skills and other qualifications, geographic location as noted, internal equity, and other external market factors.

Certain roles may be eligible for other compensation including, but not limited to, annual bonuses, commissions, RSUs, or other forms of compensation in addition to the established salary range.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and work location. US-based employees are eligible to participate in medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits. US-based employees also receive 20 paid days of vacation and 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year.

Further details about our compensation and benefits package are available upon request by contacting our Talent Acquisition team.

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