APAC Sales Lead | Crypto Payments & Financial Infrastructure
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Posted: 04/11/2026
- Competitive
- APAC - Remote
- Permanent
Build APAC. Own the market. Shape the next stage of growth.
Location: Singapore / Hong Kong / Remote APAC
Package: Highly competitive base + uncapped commission + equity
Backing: a16z-backed US technology company
How often do you get the opportunity to join a fast-growing, well-funded technology business, take ownership of an entire region and build something that could become your own commercial organisation?
We're partnering with a US-based, a16z-backed financial infrastructure company with significant institutional traction, growing revenues and ambitious international expansion plans.
APAC is their next major growth market, and they're looking for the person to build it.
This is an opportunity for an ambitious, Mandarin-speaking commercial leader with strong relationships across the crypto, payments and fintech ecosystem who wants more ownership, influence and long-term upside than a traditional sales role.
The Business
The financial world is moving rapidly towards stablecoins, digital assets and blockchain-based payments, but integrating these technologies remains complex for banks, fintechs, exchanges and payment providers.
Our client is solving that problem.
Its infrastructure connects payment providers, exchanges and blockchain networks through a unified integration layer, making it easier for businesses to launch and scale crypto-enabled financial products.
This is real financial infrastructure supporting real commercial use cases, not another speculative crypto product.
With backing from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), established institutional relationships and strong US commercial momentum, the company is now investing in its next phase of international growth.
The Opportunity
You'll be the company's first commercial hire in APAC, responsible for establishing its regional presence, developing strategic relationships and securing its first major customers.
Working directly with senior US leadership, you'll have genuine influence over commercial strategy, market priorities and future regional growth.
This isn't about inheriting a sales territory. It's about creating one.
You'll be responsible for:
- Owning the APAC strategy, identifying the most attractive markets, customers and commercial opportunities.
- Opening major doors across exchanges, fintechs, banks, payment providers and digital-asset platforms.
- Winning significant enterprise customers, personally leading deals from initial engagement through to close.
- Shaping regional growth, working closely with leadership, product and engineering teams.
- Building the foundations for a regional team, with the potential to take on broader leadership responsibilities as the business scales.
You'll have the support of an experienced US team, combined with the autonomy to build the market your way.
Who We're Looking For
We're interested in commercially ambitious people who know the APAC crypto, payments and digital-asset ecosystem and have the relationships and experience to generate meaningful revenue.
You'll ideally bring:
- Fluent Mandarin and excellent English communication skills.
- An established APAC network across crypto exchanges, fintechs, payments or financial institutions.
- Proven success personally originating, negotiating and closing complex B2B deals.
- Strong crypto and digital-asset knowledge, ideally alongside payments or financial infrastructure experience.
- Experience selling technical solutions to senior commercial and institutional decision-makers.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and the confidence to build a market independently.
Experience in stablecoins, crypto payments, on/off-ramps, embedded finance or exchange infrastructure would be particularly attractive.
We're equally interested in exceptional senior individual contributors ready for greater ownership and experienced commercial leaders who still enjoy personally winning business.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
- First hire in APAC: Genuine regional ownership and the freedom to shape the commercial strategy.
- Credible backing: a16z investment, institutional traction and growing US revenues.
- Exceptional timing: Join as the company expands internationally and enters its next growth phase.
- Direct leadership access: Work closely with senior decision-makers and influence commercial and product priorities.
- Long-term career upside: Potential to build and lead the APAC commercial function.
- Financial rewards: Competitive salary, uncapped commission and meaningful equity participation.
Interested?
If you've built strong relationships across the APAC crypto, payments or fintech ecosystem and want the opportunity to build a region rather than simply manage one, I'd be interested in speaking with you.
This is an opportunity to join a well-backed business at an exciting stage, take genuine ownership of its next growth market and play a significant role in its future.
Apply directly or contact Andrew at Axiom Recruit for a confidential conversation.
andrew@axiomrecruit.com
andrew@axiomrecruit.com
Seniority Level: Senior IC / Regional Commercial Leadership
Industry: Fintech, Crypto, Digital Assets & Payments
Employment Type: Full-time
Andrew Phillips
Founder
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