Director, Channel Partnerships, SME & Growth, 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 200,000 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 2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 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. Attributes We Value 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. About the team The GTM & Ecosystem Partnership team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of dealmakers, partner managers, and partner experience builders with a vision to build a thriving ecosystem of partners and developers -- expanding our reach and enhancing Airwallex as the leading global financial platform. What you’ll do Airwallex is seeking a Director, Channel Partnerships to lead and scale our partnerships strategy across the Americas, with an initial focus on building the channel from the ground up in Mexico as part of our market entry. In this role, you will own the end-to-end partner lifecycle, from identifying and qualifying high-value channel partners to designing scalable programs that drive consistent revenue growth through network, referral, co-sell, and integration partnerships. You will work closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, Strategy, and Operations to position Airwallex's multi-product platform (FX, cross border and local payments, cards, treasury, billing) to partners and their clients, while navigating an evolving regulatory and licensing landscape in the region. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape how Airwallex wins through partnerships in a new market, with the potential to expand the channel strategy across the broader Americas over time. This role is based in Mexico City, MC. Responsibilities: Lead, own, and develop a partnership strategy that aligns with Airwallex's overall go-to-market motion in the Americas, with an initial focus on Mexico. Be accountable for identifying growth opportunities, testing new verticals, and building a high-quality portfolio of partners across Big 4 Consulting firms, ERPs, SaaS platforms, accounting/bookkeeping firms, PE/VC networks, and fintech ecosystem players. Design and build scalable channel programs, including referral models, affiliate structures, co-marketing initiatives, and technical integrations, to consistently deliver growth in the partnerships channel. Work closely with Marketing, Sales, Strategy, and Product teams to position Airwallex's value proposition to partners and their clients in the Americas region. Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of Channel/GTM Partnership Managers as the Americas partnerships function scales. (Confirm team scope with HM.) Represe