Head of Product Compliance - India

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
Hybrid
Mid level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Wise is one of the fastest growing fintechs in the world and we’re on a mission to make money without borders a new norm
The Role
The Head of Product Compliance will oversee compliance for Wise products in India, collaborating with product teams to ensure regulatory alignment while managing risks and representing the company in external meetings.
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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

We’re looking for a Product Compliance Leader to manage our growing team in India and to help out build and improve our Wise products in a compliant way in India. This role is a first line Compliance role, giving you a unique opportunity to advise and work closely with our India Product Team and have an impact on Wise’s mission.

You, together with the team in India, will be responsible for:  

Compliantly creating and improving our amazing products in India:

  • Deeply understand regulatory needs, translate this into solutions and work together with the Product Teams to build compliant new products and services  in a customer oriented way; 

  • Perform regulatory analysis of new products and services, and ensure controls are implemented appropriately prior to launch. 

Regulatory risk and remediation:  

  • By understanding both the Wise product deeply enough and the local regulatory expectations - support Product and other teams on how to interpret the local regulatory requirements, improve processes and our product to avoid regulatory breaches and/or incidents; 

  • In collaboration with second line Compliance and Risk, identify and align on the main regulatory risks in India. Present this in a very clear and understandable way to the wider teams, to work with them on defining the solutions and how this should be executed. 

Third party relationships: 

  • Represent Wise in external meetings (with for example regulators, bank partners, auditors), being able to clearly and effectively articulate all Wise Products ; 

  • Provide input on regulatory related matters, always representing Wise customer-oriented culture while ensuring compliance. 

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

  • Grow your hands-on Fintech knowledge at full speed; 

  • Keep compliance right at the heart of the product development cycle, in a fast-moving environment

  • Be empowered to identify ‘regulatory problems’ and opportunities and take a lead in the solution design and implementation

  • Work together with all our amazing teams globally 

Additional Information

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.

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Fintech
Regulatory Analysis

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The Company
8,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.

Why Work With Us

We’re truly global in who we are, how we work, and how we build. Everything we do is centred around creating a world of money that’s fast, easy, fair. And open to all. Everyone who works here owns a piece of Wise, from the work they do, to the stock they hold.

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We expect new joiners in the office most days to build connections and learn from colleagues for their first six months. After that, most Wisers split their working week between the office and home, typically coming in at least 12 times a month.

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