Senior Manager, FCC Program Management (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid, based in London, United Kingdom

Company

Airwallex provides an AI-native financial operating system and regulated infrastructure for global payments, financial operations, and financial products.

What you will do

• Lead a global, multi-year financial crime compliance transformation across the operating model, processes, systems, testing, and controls.
• Build and manage the transformation roadmap, sequencing priorities, dependencies, and risks.
• Use AI, automation, and data tools to improve program tracking, reporting, and delivery across complex global workstreams.
• Run governance across working groups, Steering Committees, RAID processes, and executive updates.
• Coordinate FCC, Product, Operations, Risk, Legal & Compliance, and regional MLRO stakeholders.
• Define success measures, demonstrate progress, and transition improvements into business-as-usual operations.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience leading large, multi-workstream transformation programs in financial services or fintech.
• Direct experience delivering financial crime program change across AML/CTF, sanctions, FCC operations, monitoring, and testing.
• Practical experience using AI, automation, and modern tools for program planning, reporting, and execution.
• Experience delivering multiple global or multi-region programs across more than one complex institution.
• Strong organization, hands-on execution, executive presence, communication, and project management skills.
• Project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, payments, or digital banking.
• Background in consulting, regulatory remediation, or large-scale risk and compliance change.
• Strong proficiency with program tools, dashboards, and executive reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a hybrid format from London.
• Collaborate with global teams across financial crime compliance, product, operations, risk, legal, and regional MLRO functions.
• Work on financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
• Equal opportunity employment with accommodations available for applicants with disabilities or special needs.