Head of SME & Growth, Canada

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, 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.

The SME & Growth team at Airwallex is focused on helping ambitious Canadian businesses grow faster across borders. We work with companies that are scaling quickly and need better ways to manage payments, financial operations, and global growth. Canada is still an exciting market for us, with a lot of upside and plenty of room to build. That means this role comes with real scope, real visibility, and the chance to shape how we grow from here. What you’ll do As the Head of SME & Growth, Canada, you will own the commercial strategy and results for the market. You’ll lead the team across sales, account management, and partnerships, and help build a more consistent, repeatable growth engine. This role is a mix of strategy, leadership, and execution. You’ll set direction, stay close to the work, and play a key role in how Airwallex shows up and wins in Canada. This role is hybrid, based in Toronto Responsibilities: Be the face of Airwallex in Canada across customers, partners, and the broader market Build, lead, and develop a high-performing commercial team across sales, account management, and partnerships in Canada Own the go-to-market strategy and commercial outcomes for Canada, from pipeline growth through to customer expansion and retention Stay close to the business by coaching deals, improving execution, and raising the bar on hiring, performance, and team development Partner closely with Marketing, Strategy, Product, and regional leaders to improve market readiness, sharpen positioning, and build repeatable growth levers Who you are We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Experience leading SMB sales teams or scaling high-volume sales motions in a high-growth B2B environment 10 years of commercial or GTM leadership experience, including time in strategy, operations, or high-growth technology businesses 5 years of experience leading multi-functional teams of 10 or more across sales, account management, partnerships, or marketing Demonstrated success owning commercial outcomes and growing customers and revenue in a B2B environment Strong strategic and analytical instincts, with the