People Operations Partner

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 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. 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 People & Talent at Airwallex is a global team that designs and delivers the people, culture, and workplace foundations that help us scale at pace. We partner closely with leaders across regions to build high‑performing, engaged teams and a consistent employee experience. From hiring and onboarding to performance, development, operations, and workplace experience, we focus on practical, high‑impact work that supports our business and our people as we grow. Role overview As our People Operations Partner in Bangalore, you will be the on‑the‑ground owner for day‑to‑day people operations for our India entity. You will run the core HR operations rhythm across the full employee lifecycle, manage payroll inputs and HR governance in partnership with our payroll provider (Deel) and internal stakeholders, and ensure our local processes stay compliant, accurate and scalable as we grow. You’ll partner with India leaders and our global People & Talent teams to deliver both global and local people programs—making sure they land in a way that works for our India team. This is a hands‑on role with a high degree of ownership in a fast‑growing environment. What you’ll be doing Day‑to‑day India people operations Own day‑to‑day people operations for our India entity across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, changes and offboarding in BambooHR, Deel and related tools. Maintain high data integrity in our HR systems and trackers; ensure changes are processed accurately and on time. Coordinate with Talent Acquisition and managers to ensure a smooth experience for new joiners, internal moves and exits. Payroll coordination and HR governance Coordinate monthly India payroll operations end‑to‑end in partnership with Deel and Finance, including managing inputs (new joiners, exits, changes, allowances, variable pay), reviewing draft reports, and resolving discrepancies. Ensure pay, tax, EPF, gratuity and other statutory components are calculated and processed correctly and on time. Maintain strong HR governance for India by operationalising employment policies, templates and controls (contracts, letters, checklists, approvals, audit trails). Partner with Legal, Finance and global People Ops on entity‑related changes, audits and compliance requirements. Manage