Strategic Programs Lead, Financial Crime Compliance (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid, based in New York, United States

Company

Airwallex provides an integrated payments and financial platform for global businesses, including business accounts, payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance.

What you will do

• Lead a global, multi-year financial crime compliance transformation across operating models, processes, systems, testing, and controls.
• Build and manage the roadmap, sequencing priorities, dependencies, risks, and transition activities.
• Use AI, automation, and data tools to improve program tracking, reporting, and execution.
• Run governance across working groups, steering committees, RAID processes, and executive updates.
• Coordinate FCC, Product, Operations, Risk, Legal and Compliance, and regional MLRO stakeholders.
• Define success measures, demonstrate progress, and embed 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 with 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 at more than one complex institution.
• Strong organization, hands-on execution, communication, executive presence, and ability to turn complexity into action.
• Project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a global financial crime compliance team supporting operations across products and regions.
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, Risk, Legal and Compliance, and regional MLRO teams.
• Operate in a high-ownership environment focused on practical execution, rigorous decision-making, and measurable impact.
• Join a global organization with more than 2,300 employees across 27 offices.