Product Lead - Servicing Platform - Identity Platform at Wise

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jan, 26

Salary

145000.0

Posted On

16 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Management, Leadership, Analytical Skills, Communication Skills, Influencing Skills, Identity Verification, Fraud Prevention, Financial Services, Data Privacy, Compliance, Technical Software Products, KYC, Financial Crime Risk, Regulatory Obligations, User Data Management, Team Mentoring

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Company Description Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission and what we offer. Job Description Wise is looking for a Product Lead for Identity Platform to join our team in London, Budapest, or Tallinn. You'll be a pivotal leader, responsible for crafting the vision and strategy for our core identity platform. Your work will focus on essential areas like onboarding (KYC), financial crime risk, and other regulatory obligations. This is a unique opportunity to have a significant impact on our mission. By leading the product roadmap for our Identity Platform, you will enable us to build a faster, cheaper, and more transparent financial system for everyone, ensuring we can deliver on our promises at scale. Job Description You're a product leader whose mission is to build a world-class platform for storing and orchestrating all user information at Wise, enabling every product team at Wise to ship new products faster and more effectively, enabling every operational team to utilize user data in a reliable, privacy-friendly way, and enabling risk and compliance teams to have full oversight of users. You are responsible for crafting a compelling vision for this platform, translating it into clear, measurable goals, and inspiring your teams to achieve them. You'll lead the creation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the product roadmap, working directly with empowered teams to define the product's direction. Your role is to communicate a long-term strategy with gravitas, while also keeping the team aligned and focused on near-term goals and milestones. You will lead, mentor, and inspire a team of product managers, fostering a culture of ownership and excellence. You'll be responsible for their growth and development, guiding them in setting a high bar for product strategy, execution, and user empathy. Your leadership will ensure the team is empowered to make independent decisions while remaining aligned with our broader business objectives. You will act as a key advisor and collaborator on deeply technical topics, helping to distill complex concepts and ensure technical decisions align with the broader product strategy - aligning with the vision, roadmap, and stakeholder expectations. You'll serve as the central point of contact, collaborating closely with growth teams to understand their goals and needs. By staying connected to their challenges, you'll ensure the platform you're building directly supports their objectives and fuels the company's overall growth. You are the ultimate owner of the platform's vision, ensuring it remains both a foundational enabler and a powerful growth engine for the entire business. Qualifications Our Expectations Experience: You have 10+ years of product management experience, with a significant portion in a platform or B2B SaaS environment. You have experience managing technical software products from vision to going to market. Leadership: You have a proven track record of leading, mentoring, and inspiring other product managers. You've built and nurtured high-performing teams, fostering a culture of ownership and excellence. Your experience includes setting a high bar for product strategy and execution, guiding team members in their professional growth, and ensuring they are empowered to deliver significant business impact. Education: A BA/BS degree in engineering, business, finance, or other related fields. Skills: You possess strong analytical, communication, and influencing skills, and you're excellent at managing competing priorities. You have experience with identity verification, fraud prevention, or financial services. You have strong familiarity with regulated markets and understand the complexities of data privacy and compliance. Good to Haves You hold a bachelor's or a post-graduate degree in Business, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, or a related field. You have a deep understanding of financial crime technology, payments, and financial systems. You have working knowledge of laws, regulations, and risk management practices for financial services. You have a background working in large-scale user-facing products, or high volume business products. You have worked in high growth or early stage companies. Additional Information Our Offer Base salary: 120,000 - 145,000 GBP gross annually (based on experience & interview outcomes) Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) & numerous amount of other benefits: https://www.wise.jobs/2020/07/07/benefits-in-our-london-office/ For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive. We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers. If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs. Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Responsibilities

You will lead the product roadmap for the Identity Platform, focusing on onboarding, financial crime risk, and regulatory obligations. Your role includes crafting a compelling vision, defining measurable goals, and mentoring a team of product managers.