At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead global sponsorship strategies and execute impactful marketing campaigns.
- Company: Join Airwallex, a leading fintech company revolutionising global payments.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, diverse team, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in brand marketing while working with top-tier partners.
- Qualifications: 7-10 years in sponsorship or brand partnerships; strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 81000 - 99000 £ per year.
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 150,000 businesses worldwide 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 1,800 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future.
Attributes We Value
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.
About the team
The Marketing team at Airwallex drives brand awareness and customer engagement through innovative and strategic campaigns. We work to communicate the value of our financial solutions, attract new customers, and strengthen relationships with existing ones. By leveraging data-driven insights and creative strategies, we ensure Airwallex stands out in a competitive market.
What you’ll do
We’re looking for a Senior Sponsorship Manager to lead the strategy, execution, and optimisation of Airwallex’s global sponsorship initiatives. This role is pivotal in shaping how we leverage partnerships to deliver measurable brand and business impact. You will report to the Global Head of Brand & Experiences and work closely with regional marketing, brand, comms, and partnerships teams to ensure our sponsorship investments deliver against commercial and brand objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Define and evolve the global sponsorship strategy to align with Airwallex’s brand positioning and business goals.
- Identify, evaluate, and negotiate new sponsorship opportunities across sports, business, and cultural platforms.
- Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of sponsorship campaigns — from creative ideation to delivery across digital, media, events, and product integration.
- Collaborate with internal creative, product, and comms teams to ensure activations drive engagement and resonate with customers.
- Oversee rights delivery, ensuring Airwallex fully leverages all entitlements across media, digital, and experiential channels.
- Develop KPIs and measurement frameworks to assess sponsorship ROI, brand lift, and commercial impact.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with sponsorship partners (e.g., sports teams, event organisers, media owners).
- Partner with product, growth, and regional marketing teams to integrate sponsorship into GTM plans.
Who you are
We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
- 7–10+ years of experience in sponsorship, brand partnerships, or sports/entertainment marketing (agency or brand side).
- Proven track record of managing large-scale sponsorships from negotiation through to activation and reporting.
- Strong commercial and analytical mindset — comfortable assessing ROI and driving business impact.
- Excellent relationship-building skills, with experience managing senior stakeholders and external partners.
- A strategic thinker who can also get hands-on to deliver.
- Outstanding project management skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment.
Equal opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
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