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 DescriptionOur Board & Executive Talent Team enables us to deliver on our mission by ensuring we have the best leaders for our current & future needs.
We’re looking for an experienced Executive Recruiter to join us. You’ll partner with our senior leaders to hire exceptional engineering, product, data and design leaders who will shape the future of Wise.
What you’ll do.
Own and drive executive search strategies for critical leadership roles globally.
Advise senior stakeholders on candidate requirements, market dynamics and search strategy.
Develop inclusive search strategies to identify and engage exceptional leadership talent.
Assess executive talent, identifying leaders who will thrive in Wise’s environment and have a meaningful impact on our business.
Partner with senior stakeholders to shape hiring and succession strategies.
Build long-term relationships with executive talent, maintaining external leadership pipelines.
Guide candidates through our hiring process, delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
Negotiate and close executive offers.
Partner with talent development leads and people partners to develop strategies to minimise succession risks, build external succession pipelines and maintain long term relationships with passive candidates.
As a recognised expert in your field, you will develop a trusted advisor relationship with hiring managers and key stakeholders across our people and recruitment teams.
You will use market & competitor intelligence, to ensure that we identify, target, and engage with key talent.
You’ll continuously advocate our inclusive hiring practices and help drive our diversity sourcing initiatives.
Acting as a mentor to others, you will seek growth and share what you learn.
We are a fast growing team and company. You will be expected to lead and contribute to broader talent initiatives across the organisation.
The experience, background and competencies needed to succeed in this role.
- You are an experienced executive / senior leadership recruiter with a proven track record of leading complex end-to-end leadership searches, including search strategy, market mapping, direct sourcing, executive assessment, stakeholder management and offer negotiation.
You have significant experience recruiting senior leaders across engineering, product, data and/or design within a product-led technology company, with particular expertise in engineering leadership recruitment.
You have recruited senior engineering leaders (Director, VP or C-level) across multiple geographies and understand how product-led technology organisations are structured.
You have in-house executive recruitment experience within a product-led technology company. Experience combining search firm and in-house executive recruitment is highly desirable, with a proven ability to operate as a trusted adviser inside a business.
You consistently deliver an exceptional experience for candidates.
A bit more about you.
You’re curious and continuously look for ways to improve how we hire, assess and develop leadership talent..
You use data, market insight and evidence to shape decisions and influence others.
You enjoy working collaboratively across the People team and building trusted partnerships with senior leaders.
You thrive in ambiguity, take ownership and are comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
We support flexible working. During your onboarding you’ll spend more time in our London office, to build relationships across the business. Once established, you’ll typically spend around three days a week in the office.
Additional InformationFor 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.
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Skills Required
- Proven track record leading complex end-to-end executive leadership searches (strategy, market mapping, direct sourcing, assessment, stakeholder management, offer negotiation).
- Significant experience recruiting senior leaders across engineering, product, data and/or design within product-led technology companies, with expertise in engineering leadership.
- Experience recruiting senior engineering leaders (Director, VP, C-level) across multiple geographies.
- In-house executive recruitment experience within a product-led technology company.
- Experience combining search firm and in-house executive recruitment.
- Ability to develop inclusive search strategies and drive diversity sourcing initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder advisory skills: advising senior leaders on candidate requirements, market dynamics and succession planning.
- Proven ability to negotiate and close executive offers while delivering exceptional candidate experience.
- Use of market and competitor intelligence and data to inform search and hiring decisions.
- Mentoring and contributing to broader talent initiatives across the organisation.
- Ability to work hybrid, typically around three days per week in the London office (after onboarding).
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Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is granted to all employees via time‑based RSUs/stock awards, aligning staff with company performance. This broad accessibility makes ownership a core part of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies include a global minimum of 33–36 paid days off and a paid six‑week sabbatical after four years with a cash stipend. The sabbatical is positioned as a standard milestone benefit in addition to annual leave.
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Parental & Family Support — Wise commits to a minimum of 18 weeks’ fully paid parental leave for birth or adoption across many offices. Eligibility rules and tenure may apply by location while maintaining a companywide minimum standard.
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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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Wise Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
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.
