Senior Legal Counsel, Procurement

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 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, 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 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 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.

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. 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.

About the team

The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal professionals and risk experts. We safeguard Airwallex’s operations, foster a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and help the business navigate the global financial landscape with integrity.

Within LRC, Corporate Legal owns a broad range of corporate and operational legal work, including:

Vendor and other non‑customer contracts

Marketing, referral, advertising and sponsorship agreements

NDAs and general contracting support

Real estate and insurance arrangements

Corporate governance, M&A, fundraising and intragroup structuring

You’ll sit in Corporate Legal and be a key partner to Procurement, Finance, Marketing and other business teams, helping them move fast while managing risk across Airwallex’s global vendor and partnership landscape.

What you’ll do

As Senior Legal Counsel – Procurement, you will be the primary legal partner for global third‑party spend and non‑customer commercial relationships, with Singapore as a key contracting hub. You’ll own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of vendor, services and sponsorship contracts – from structuring and templates through negotiation, execution and ongoing advisory support – and help embed scalable, tech‑enabled contracting practices.

Key responsibilities

Vendor and services contracts

Review, draft and negotiate a broad range of vendor and operational agreements, including:

Technology / SaaS, cloud and infrastructure

Professional services, outsourcing, consulting and BPO

Facilities, real estate and office‑services arrangements

Other operational / back‑office suppliers and tools

Ensure alignment with Airwallex’s risk appetite, insurance and information security requirements, Acceptable Use / ABC frameworks and global contracting policies

NDAs, templates and playbooks

Review, draft and negotiate NDAs and other standard‑form documents used by non‑commercial teams

Maintain and continuously improve practical templates, fallbacks and playbooks to enable self‑serve or light‑touch review for low‑risk engagements (e.g. using Ironclad and other CLM / LegalTech tooling, consistent with “Contacting Legal: Tools and Best Practices”)

Define clear guardrails and escalation triggers (e.g. unusual IP terms, data use, exclusivity, restricted industries) so Procurement and business teams know when Legal must step in

Core contract risk and commercial advice

Advise on key risk allocation and commercial terms in business contracts, including:

Limitation of liability and exclusions

Indemnities and insurance interplay

IP ownership, licensing and usage rights

Confidentiality and data / privacy terms (with escalation to Data & Privacy where needed)

Service levels, credits, KPIs and termination / remedies

Provide clear, pragmatic and time‑sensitive advice to Procurement, Finance, Marketing, Operations and other stakeholders on:

Contract strategy, vendor selection and RFPs

Day‑to‑day contract interpretation, amendments and change management

Issue escalation, dispute prevention and early‑stage resolution

Insurance and risk transfer

Review and negotiate insurance clauses and schedules in vendor, landlord and sponsorship contracts (e.g. PI, cyber, GL, property, D&O, event and other relevant policies)

Partner with Finance and Corporate Legal colleagues who own group insurance to:

Align contract language with actual coverage and limits

Support placement, renewal and evidence of coverage (COIs, endorsements)

Escalate material gaps, over‑commitments or unusual requirements

Advertising, sponsorship and sports partnerships

Lead or support negotiation and documentation of:

Advertising and marketing services agreements

Sponsorships and brand partnerships (including with sporting teams, events and leagues)

Other brand, media and co‑marketing collaborations

Identify and manage risks around:

Brand and IP usage, rights packages, territories and exclusivity

Deliverables, benefits, content approvals and measurement

Morality / reputation clauses, termination rights and MAC triggers

Compliance with Airwallex’s ABC / Anti‑Bribery & Corruption Policy, Global Acceptable Use Policy, card‑scheme restricted MCCs and local marketing rules (coordinating with Regulatory Legal, Risk and FCC as needed)

Global contracting hub and P2P alignment

Partner with Tax, Finance, Procurement and Corporate Legal to:

Implement and maintain consistent “procure‑to‑pay” (P2P) and contracting‑entity practices, including use of Airwallex (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. as a contracting hub where in scope.

Ensure vendor contracts are integrated into the LRC Procurement‑to‑Pay Quick Guide, PO processes and cost‑centre structures

Support use of Oracle, JIRA and Ironclad workflows for intake, approvals and execution

External counsel management

Instruct, coordinate and manage external counsel for:

Local‑law, specialist or high‑risk procurement, insurance or sponsorship matters

Complex cross‑border issues or disputes

Scope questions tightly, manage budgets and enforce Airwallex’s External Counsel Guidelines (including preference for approved firms and cost‑effective, business‑oriented advice)

LegalTech, AI and process improvement

Contribute to continuous improvement of vendor and NDA contracting through:

Template, clause library and playbook development

Automation and CLM workflows (e.g. Ironclad) and integration with LRC LegalOps

Safe, effective use of AI tools (e.g. first‑pass review, issue spotting, playbook checks) with appropriate confidentiality and human‑review guardrails

Run or support training for Procurement, Finance and Marketing on contracting best practices and when to involve Legal

Who you are

Minimum qualifications

Qualified lawyer with a law degree and current right to practice in at least one common‑law jurisdiction

8+ years’ post‑qualification experience in a top‑tier law firm and/or in‑house legal team, with a strong focus on commercial contracting and procurement

Significant experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating vendor and services contracts and NDAs, including technology / SaaS, professional services and ot