Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management
Airwallex
Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management
Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management at Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform. Shape and scale enterprise risk management across US and EMEA, translating risk appetite into practical decision-making, strengthening governance and reporting, and guiding major changes. Requires 10-15+ years in risk management within financial services, fintech, or payments, with at least 5 years leading ERM or operational risk programmes in a complex, matrixed organisation.
Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management
Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management at Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform. Shape and scale enterprise risk management across US and EMEA, translating risk appetite into practical decision-making, strengthening governance and reporting, and guiding major changes. Requires 10-15+ years in risk management within financial services, fintech, or payments, with at least 5 years leading ERM or operational risk programmes in a complex, matrixed organisation.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the evolution of Airwallex's enterprise risk architecture, including risk appetite, taxonomy, governance standards, escalation protocols, and enterprise-wide oversight.
- Translate complex risk data, issues, and trends into clear, decision-useful reporting for the C-suite, Board committees, and external stakeholders.
- Oversee risk-informed change governance for new products, new markets, major systems changes, and structural changes.
- Own and strengthen the enterprise crisis management framework, including escalation triggers, governance, and executive response mechanisms.
- Drive a unified, risk-aware culture across the organisation by championing consistent adoption of enterprise risk standards.
- Build and lead a high-performing global second line team, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Compliance, Legal, Treasury, Finance, and regional leadership.