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.

At Wise, our mission is to revolutionise financial technology with a diverse and talented team. The Talent & Performance team is dedicated to inspiring Wisers to achieve our mission through innovative, data-driven, and people-centric solutions. Our global initiatives encompass performance and talent management, career development, and succession planning. Join us as a key contributor in shaping a high-performance culture at Wise across all talent initiatives.

Role Overview 

We are seeking a strategic and innovative Performance and Talent partner to be part of driving global initiatives, positioning Wise as a top destination for talents to thrive. In this role, you will advance our mission by cultivating high-performing teams through goals, ongoing feedback, development, and growth. You will play an active role in running performance reviews, lead impactful talent projects, collaborate with people partners in our dynamic product - engineering teams to drive the performance and talent agenda and work closely with the people team to embed performance and talent deeply in our ways of working.

About You

You are a passionate and experienced performance and talent management professional, with a proven track record of delivering impactful performance and talent initiatives ideally in high-growth businesses. You have successfully owned and driven multiple global initiatives and collaborated with senior stakeholders to achieve objectives. Your strengths lie in building connections, strategic thinking, communication, problem-solving, project and change management. 

Your Mission:

• Build relationships with key stakeholders taking a coaching approach to deliver the talent and performance strategy.

• Design, implement, and optimize performance and talent management solutions at scale, this may include performance reviews, succession planning and career progression.

• Planning and executing medium to large-scale performance and talent projects, utilizing a phased MVP approach.

• Act as a strategic talent partner for the product-engineering functions, collaborating with People Partners to optimise talent and performance initiatives to drive high performance.

• Manage performance and talent tools in Workday, exploring best practice in optimisation of the process. 

• Create learning and knowledge management solutions tailored to performance and talent management needs.Gather and analyse trends in performance and talent data for senior stakeholders to drive informed talent decisions.

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the people team to deliver a holistic approach to performance and talent management at Wise.

Core skills:

• Proficient in stakeholder management, strategic thinking and project management. 

• Proficient in the use of HRIS tools to drive high performance .e.g. Workday or other. 

• Consultative approach to problem-solving, applying data-driven insights to create tailored solutions.

• Adept at stakeholder management, collaborating and communicating effectively with senior stakeholders to achieve set goals.

• Open to feedback and committed to personal and professional growth.

Desirable Attributes:

• Challenges the status quo to deliver impactful performance solutions for wise. 

• Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, can be flexible and adaptable to business needs.

• Enthusiasm for collecting, processing, and applying data to streamline workflows and drive successful team projects.

• Passionate about mentoring, coaching, and facilitating for both business stakeholders and team members.

• Exceptional at storytelling, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Proactive and self-starter, anticipating potential challenges or opportunities and proposing solutions.

• Keep up with key trends in the industry, contributing innovative ideas to evolve professional and leadership learning at scale.

Join Us:

Embrace a role filled with creativity, impact, and the chance to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Apply now to become a Talent and Performance Partner at Wise and help shape the future of talent development in the fintech world.

£56,000-£66,000

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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