Inbound Sales Representative, Japan

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Tokyo, JPN
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Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Payments • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Generative AI
Do the most ambitious work of your career. Airwallex is building the future of global banking.
The Role
As an Inbound Sales Representative, you'll manage SME leads, qualifying and onboarding clients, while advocating for Airwallex's products and collaborating with marketing teams.
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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.
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.
2015年に豪州メルボルンで設立されたAirwallexは、北米、欧州、中東、アジア太平洋の各地域で80のライセンスを保有し、世界有数の包括的な金融インフラを築いています。Airwallexは、各地域の規制に準拠したインフラを基盤に、アクワイアリング、請求、グローバル口座、法人カード、支出管理などのサービスを世界中で展開しています。現在世界で最も急成長している金融テクノロジー企業の1つとして、世界の主要拠点20カ所に約2,000人の従業員を有しています。2025年12月、AirwallexはシリーズG資金調達ラウンドで3億3,000万ドルを調達し、企業評価額は80億ドルとなり、6か月前のシリーズFから約30%の増加を記録しました。
About the team
The SME & Growth Business team at Airwallex is a passionate group of collaborators and business champions dedicated to empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to thrive in the global economy. We combine deep financial expertise with a growth mindset, working closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and develop tailored solutions that streamline cross-border payments and unlock new revenue streams. As a team, we are driven by a desire to make a positive impact and are constantly innovating to find new ways to support the success of our SME customers.
What you'll do
As an Inbound Sales Representative at Airwallex, you will join our fast-growing and dynamic team to drive Airwallex's future growth engine. You will challenge the norms, never settle, and relentlessly find a way to create an even better experience for future clients. You will be responsible for end-to-end management of small and medium enterprise (SME) leads, ranging from qualifying, pitching, onboarding and activating new clients. You will also collaborate closely with the Marketing and Channel Partnerships teams to refine our ideal customer profile. As a key member of the Growth team, you will also share valuable insights that will help create an even better experience for future clients.
Responsibilities:
  • Advocate for Airwallex: Create a strong first impression to our prospects by providing them with an end-to-end world-class experience and product expertise.
  • Identify Opportunities: Utilize data and speak with prospects to qualify and understand how our use cases can address their business needs and pain points.
  • Educate and Activate: Teach customers how to leverage the full range of Airwallex products, and ensure adoption of our products.
  • Champion Customer Needs: Act as the voice of the customer within Airwallex, ensuring their needs and feedback are heard and addressed

Minimum qualifications:
  • 1+ years of sales, business development, or customer-facing experience, preferably in a tech/startup environment
  • Native-level Japanese and business-level English communication skills (written and spoken); you can confidently speak with Japanese clients and also communicate internally with global teams
  • Understanding of the Japanese SME business landscape and customer needs
  • Strong interest in sales, fintech, and startups-you're curious, motivated, and eager to learn
  • Comfortable using CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce), spreadsheets, and other productivity platforms
  • A "hustler" mindset: self-motivated, resilient, and proactive in chasing goals and solving problems
  • Strong team player, eager to collaborate and support others while growing your own career

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience working in fast-paced start-up payments organization

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters
To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
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. We don't regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Skills Required

  • 1+ years of sales, business development, or customer-facing experience
  • Native-level Japanese and business-level English communication skills
  • Understanding of the Japanese SME business landscape and customer needs
  • Comfortable using CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce), spreadsheets, and other productivity platforms

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Airwallex Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, vision, short- and long‑term disability, and basic life insurance are explicitly included, alongside confidential mental‑health support through Modern Health and related resources. Named carriers and multiple plan options indicate breadth beyond baseline coverage.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth U.S. roles state 20 paid vacation days plus 12 paid company holidays, with additional items like birthday leave and three paid volunteer days highlighted. PTO, sick leave, and bereavement leave are also referenced as part of a generous time‑off approach.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity via RSUs is presented as a meaningful part of total compensation, with annual equity refreshes and bonus eligibility noted in employer materials. Mentions of liquidity opportunities for vested shares further reinforce perceived long‑term value.

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The Company
2,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

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.

Why Work With Us

Airwallex was founded by people told their idea was unreasonable, and we've hired that way ever since. We move fast, think globally, and give you ownership from day one. If you want to pioneer global finance at scale alongside the ambitious, let's talk.

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