Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Airwallex
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Communication","Stakeholder management","Commercial judgment","High ownership"]

Lead Airwallex’s global strategy for third-party spend, shaping category and vendor strategies across major indirect categories with emphasis on technology, software, and cloud. Own key commercial negotiations from market assessment through contracting and renewal, building value through pricing, commitments, contract structure, and realized cost outcomes. Establish sourcing frameworks and a source of truth for vendors, contracts, commitments, and governance to support long-term vendor value and cost discipline.

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Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

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Job Summary

Lead Airwallex’s global strategy for third-party spend, shaping category and vendor strategies across major indirect categories with emphasis on technology, software, and cloud. Own key commercial negotiations from market assessment through contracting and renewal, building value through pricing, commitments, contract structure, and realized cost outcomes. Establish sourcing frameworks and a source of truth for vendors, contracts, commitments, and governance to support long-term vendor value and cost discipline.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop category strategies across major third-party spend areas based on business priorities, market dynamics, cost drivers, and vendor landscape.
  • •Lead Airwallex’s most important sourcing initiatives and vendor negotiations from market assessment through contracting and renewal.
  • •Build and prioritize a pipeline of opportunities to drive pricing, demand, utilization, specifications, vendor consolidation, and commercial structures.
  • •Establish sourcing frameworks and best practices for supplier selection, negotiation, strategic vendor management, renewals, and governance.
  • •Quantify and track commercial outcomes to ensure realized financial impact and inform budgeting and forward planning.

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, commercial strategy, or related fields, ideally in technology/fintech.
  • •Strong track record personally leading complex, high-value negotiations and delivering material commercial outcomes.
  • •Deep experience in technology and software sourcing, with desirable exposure to cloud, data, professional services, or other major indirect categories.
  • •Strong strategic, analytical, and financial capabilities, including evaluating pricing structures, usage, total cost of ownership, and vendor economics.
  • •Ability to operate from strategy through execution, from category roadmap planning to detailed pricing model or contract work.
Experience:8+ yearsFintechTechnologyGlobal business
Skills:Analytical thinkingCommunicationStakeholder managementCommercial judgmentHigh ownership

Company Brief

Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, cross-border payments, treasury, corporate cards, and embedded finance APIs to help companies manage global financial operations and scale internationally.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2015
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