Sales Manager; Acting), SME

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 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, 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 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US $8 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.

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.

UAE is a key expansion market for our EMEA region and will play a critical role in achieving Airwallex’s commercial success in EMEA and globally. This role is a key part of the commercial team in EMEA, responsible for the SME & Growth segment on the ground in Dubai, working to achieve ambitious commercial aspirations, including acquiring new clients (frontbook) and managing existing clients (backbook) and driving upsells/cross-sells, and growing our presence to cement Airwallex as the market leader within the global banking and payments industry.

• Drive SME Performance: Lead and partner with the Sales Development, Direct Sales, Account Management, and Channel teams to exceed the UAE targets and set new benchmarks for excellence.

• Execute Commercial Strategy: Formulate and deliver the end-to-end SME go-to-market strategy. Utilise data-driven insights to identify key revenue channels, driving sustainable growth and profitability against annual OKRs.

• Customer & Product Engagement: Interface directly with the market to lead strategic deal-making. Partner with the global Product team to translate customer feedback into actionable product strategies.

• Leadership: Recruit and retain world-class talent to build a positive, high-performing sales culture. Lead quarterly UAE Sales Kick-Offs to align the SME team on vision and execution.

• Brand Ambassadorship: Strengthen the Airwallex brand across the UAE by representing the company at key events. Collaborate with global teams to ensure local commercial strategies align with our worldwide vision.

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. Ideally, you are an ambitious individual with sharp analytical skills, exceptional emotional intelligence and highly collaborative spirit. This role demands a track record of success and resilience in navigating ambiguity. You will be an owner and a builder, expected to be adaptable to changes as the business grows and scales.

• Proven experience of at least 8 years in sales, revenue growth, or go-to-market leadership, driving cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious targets.

• Demonstrated ability to build and scale a high-performing team in dynamic, high-growth environments, with a track record of fostering team engagement and success.

• Strong analytical and data-driven approach to strategy…