Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move money around the world. Wise Platform is Wise - but for banks, large businesses and other major enterprises. 

We provide financial infrastructure for over 85 partners worldwide, including some of the world’s largest and most trusted banks, neobanks and fintechs such as Bank Mandiri, IndusInd, Monzo, N26, Google Pay, and Brex.

We are looking for a Global Director to lead Wise Platform’s Product Compliance division. 

In this role you will be responsible for:

Product design:

• Empower Product teams to build compliant by design new products and services by advising them on how to implement regulatory requirements in a customer-oriented way while fully adhering to regulatory requirements

• Ensure that regulatory analysis of new products and services are performed and well-documented, and that related controls are implemented consistently prior to launch

Regulatory risk and remediation:

• Collaborate with Regional 1st and 2nd line Compliance teams and Product teams, to ensure remediation plans are agreed upon across lines and executed timely; 

• Advise product and operational teams on how to interpret regulatory requirements or improve processes to avoid regulatory breaches and/or incidents

Third party relationships:

• Represent Wise in external meetings with Banking Partners and Regulators, being able to clearly and effectively articulate Wise Platform offer

• Provide input on regulatory related agreements and clauses, always representing Wise customer-oriented culture while ensuring compliance

• Previous financial regulation advisory role or experience in a compliance/legal department (i.e. Chief Compliance Officer, Global/Regional Head of Compliance in a SAAS start-up)

• Regulatory analysis capability - demonstrated ability to understand and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them effectively

• Experience dealing with multiple regulatory domains (i.e. regulatory permissions, consumer, fincrime, security, privacy, etc.) and to understand how they interact with one-another

• Experience in a B2B sales environment

• Ability to effectively communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical, actionable, and value added recommendations

• Strong problem solving skills, with the ability to use regulation together with data to drive business decisions

• Demonstrated ability to scale and develop a high performing team

• Adept at driving and delivering project from inception to completion, identifying key areas of improvement and implementation required from a regulatory point of view

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.

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