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Job DescriptionWe’re looking for a driven, strategic, and ambitious Senior Partnerships Manager to join our growing partnerships team in London.
In this role, your main KPI will be to grow the acquisition of high net worth customers through strategic partnerships. You will play a pivotal part in expanding our growth engine by identifying, pitching, negotiating, launching and scaling high-impact referral partnerships.
As a Senior Partnerships Manager, you will bring vast experience in proactive outreach, network building, and closing complex commercial deals. You will be expected to set your own KPIs, establish immediate quick wins, and shape the overarching strategy for acquiring new strategic partners. Some examples include businesses serving globally mobile individuals, expats, and cross-border clientele (such as global mobility firms, relocation specialists, private client law firms, accounting, tax advisory, and wealth management).
You will own the partnership lifecycle end-to-end: from attending events and leading cold outreach, to pitching our product, negotiating commercials, launching the partnership, and actively managing the relationship during its initial 3 to 6 months to ensure referral momentum before handing off to the Account Management team.
As part of your role, you’ll need strong selling skills to convince partners to work with us, strong communicator, commercially minded and hands-on, with the ability to build trust and close partnership deals.
Responsibilities of the role include;
Find new partnership opportunities
Build, define and execute outreach of the partnership pipeline
Identify verticals we need to target, prospects to outreach and own outreach to targeted prospects
Work closely with Partnership Sales Specialist to outreach, preparing meetings and pitches to new partner prospects
Lead partner meetings, pitch our product and clearly articulate the added value of Wise.
Build relationships with senior stakeholders within partners
Represent Wise at industry events, conferences, and gatherings to build a deep external network and source prospective partners.
Close and launch new partnerships
Create end-to-end partner deal structuring, including commercial models, payout structures, and promotional terms.
Evaluate deal mechanics using metrics like LTV, CPA, and payback periods to ensure long-term profitability and alignment with product standards.
Work with Partnerships Account Growth Manager to ensure a smooth management handover of newly launched partners
Reporting on new partnerships
Regularly review deal progression on the pipeline to ensure you’re meeting desired KPIs.
Weekly check-in with partnerships sales specialists to discuss progress, blockers and any suggestions to maximise pipeline progression.
Collaborate with internal teams to review new deals performance, evaluate success of partnerships and rectify strategy if needed.
Identify new trends and key periods to find pipeline opportunities to help shape the team strategy.
Report to senior leadership on pipeline status and change direction when needed to meet KPIs.
A bit about you
This role is ideal for candidates with senior level experience in relevant roles who are passionate about unlocking true value through new partnerships.
Experience in partnerships, business development or sales roles
Experience in new customer acquisition and growth marketing roles
Demonstrated capability to set your own KPIs, self-manage complex projects, and build long-term commercial strategies from scratch.
Proven success negotiating complex commercial terms and navigating high-value, multi-stakeholder deals.
Strong affinity for in-person networking, cold/warm outreach, and building lasting relationships with senior external stakeholders.
Excellent communication and pitching skills with the ability to clearly present value propositions
Demonstrable commercial mindset, ability to negotiate agreement terms and deal with objections.
Comfortable rolling up your sleeves to handle both high-level strategy and day-to-day deal execution.
Using reporting tools such as Looker, Tableau, Lightdash
Strong knowledge on Google Sheets or Excel
Nice-to-have
Existing professional network within cross-border services, wealth management, or expat ecosystem verticals.
Strong understanding of cross borders financial services and international mobile individuals
Fluent in multiple languages, ideally Italian, Portuguese, French or German
You have used AI and automations to help you making your day to day work more efficient
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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Skills Required
- Experience in partnerships, business development, or sales roles
- Experience in new customer acquisition and growth marketing roles
- Ability to set personal KPIs, self-manage complex projects, and build long-term commercial strategies
- Proven success negotiating complex commercial terms and managing high-value, multi-stakeholder deals
- Experience with networking, cold or warm outreach, and building relationships with senior external stakeholders
- Excellent communication and pitching skills
- Commercial mindset and ability to negotiate agreements and handle objections
- Ability to manage both high-level strategy and day-to-day deal execution
- Experience using reporting tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Lightdash
- Strong knowledge of Google Sheets or Excel
- Professional network within cross-border services, wealth management, or the expat ecosystem
- Understanding of cross-border financial services and internationally mobile individuals
- Fluency in multiple languages, ideally Italian, Portuguese, French, or German
- Experience using AI and automation to improve daily work efficiency
Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is broadly accessible through RSUs granted to all employees in addition to salary, aligning rewards with company performance. This company‑wide ownership stance is consistently highlighted in the benefits descriptions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is notably generous, with a global minimum of 33 days and 36 days listed for U.S. locations. After four years, a six‑week paid sabbatical plus a £1,000 stipend further strengthens time‑away benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle support includes work‑from‑anywhere for up to 90 days per year after six months, flexible working principles, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program. Extras like three annual “Me Days” and a professional‑development allowance add quality‑of‑life value.
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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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