Airwallex Limited

Senior Product Manager, AI Risk & Fraud Intelligence

Airwallex Limited$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of Product Management experience in payments, fintech, or financial crime prevention.
  • Experience in transaction monitoring, fraud detection, or AML systems.
  • Strong data-driven mindset, adept at analyzing transaction data and rule performance.
  • Proficient with SQL and data tools for investigating signals and optimizing rules.
  • Ability to collaborate across Risk, Compliance, Operations, Data, and Engineering teams effectively.
  • Strong skills in stakeholder management, translating regulatory needs into scalable solutions.
  • Experience in building automated systems in regulated environments while balancing risk and customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Own the transaction fraud product and its alerting frameworks across the payments platform.
  • Optimize monitoring rules to enhance detection quality and minimize false positives.
  • Build scalable post-transaction monitoring workflows, including investigator tooling.
  • Design tailored risk controls for large merchants based on their transaction patterns.
  • Expand monitoring coverage as the business scales globally.
  • Drive decisions across risk and compliance workflows with an emphasis on automation.
  • Collaborate with Data and Engineering to ensure reliable monitoring data and scalable detection infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a strong focus on customer-centric solutions.
  • Engagement in a role that sits at the intersection of risk, compliance, data, and product.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology, including AI and advanced analytics for risk improvement.
  • The chance to lead product strategies that significantly impact financial crime prevention and customer experience.
  • Possibility to work from major locations like San Francisco or Singapore, catering to diverse professionals.
Full Job Description
About The Team

The Product team at Airwallex is a group of passionate builders and problem-solvers who are obsessed with crafting customer-centric solutions that empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime. We combine deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of regulatory and operational requirements to design and build unified, scalable, and compliant financial products. As a team, we thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, constantly iterating and raising the bar to deliver best-in-class product experiences.

What You'll Do

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the development and optimisation of our transaction monitoring capabilities across payments and financial operations. This role sits at the intersection of risk, compliance, data, and product, ensuring that our monitoring systems effectively detect suspicious activity while maintaining an excellent customer experience.

You will own the end-to-end product strategy for real-time and post-transaction monitoring, including rule design, alert optimisation, workflow automation, and client-specific risk controls. You will work closely with Risk, Compliance, Operations, Data, and Engineering teams to build scalable and intelligent monitoring systems that reduce fraud and financial crime while minimizing operational overhead.

This role will be based in San Francisco or Singapore.

Responsibilities

Own the transaction fraud product, including real-time rules, alerting frameworks, and detection logic across our payments platform. Optimise monitoring rules and thresholds to improve detection quality and significantly reduce false positives. Build scalable post-transaction monitoring and manual review workflows, including delay modes and investigator tooling. Design client-specific risk controls for large and complex merchants, tailoring monitoring rules, limits, and safeguards to their transaction patterns and risk profiles. Expand monitoring coverage as business scales globally. Drive decisions across risk and compliance workflows, including automation and data driven decisioning. Partner closely with Risk Operations to optimise alert triage, case management, and investigator productivity. Work with Data and Engineering to ensure reliable monitoring data pipelines, high-quality signals, and scalable detection infrastructure. Identify opportunities to leverage AI and advanced analytics to improve detection accuracy and reduce manual operational effort. Ensure monitoring capabilities align with AML, fraud, and regulatory requirements while maintaining a seamless customer experience.

Who You Are

We're looking for candidates who meet the minimum qualifications below. Preferred qualifications are a plus but not mandatory.

Minimum Qualifications
  • 6+ years of Product Management experience, ideally in payments, fintech, or financial crime prevention.
  • Experience building or owning transaction monitoring, fraud detection, or AML systems. Strong data-driven mindset with the ability to analyse transaction data, alerts, and rule performance.
  • Comfortable working with SQL and data tools to investigate signals, optimise rules, and evaluate monitoring performance. Experience defining risk detection logic, monitoring rules, and thresholds.
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Risk, Compliance, Operations, Data, and Engineering teams.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to translate regulatory and risk requirements into scalable product solutions.
  • Experience building scalable, automated systems in regulated environments while balancing risk, operational efficiency, and customer experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with AML monitoring or fraud detection platforms.
  • Familiarity with case management and investigation tooling.
  • Exposure to machine learning or AI-driven risk systems.

About Airwallex Limited

Airwallex is a financial technology company that provides cross-border payment solutions for businesses. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of entrepreneurs from Australia and China. Airwallex's platform allows businesses to make and receive payments in multiple currencies at competitive exchange rates. The company has raised over $400 million in funding to date and has offices in several countries, including Australia, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Learn more about Airwallex Limited
Size
800 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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