Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Whether people and businesses are sending money across borders, spending abroad, or receiving international payments, our mission is to make lives simpler and save people money.
Read more about our mission here.
Job DescriptionThis role offers a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation that empowers Wise employees to achieve our mission. As a Senior Technical Product Manager in People Technology, you will be instrumental in transforming the People Technology Team by connecting Wise's strategic business requirements to our tech-stack, minimising friction and maximising productivity. To drive tangible impact on the company's mission you’ll be adept at getting to the heart of the problem and taking senior stakeholders on the journey to the solution.
How we work
We empower teams to make decisions and take ownership. We value clear outcomes, strong cross-functional partnerships and measurable impact.
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What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)
Own technical strategy & roadmap for People Technology: Create and communicate a multi-quarter roadmap that balances long-term architecture, platform capabilities, and short-term business priorities.
Define outcomes & measure impact: Translate problems into clear outcomes and KPIs; ensure teams measure impact and learn from results.
Drive cross-team alignment and foster collaboration: Lead stakeholders across People (HR), engineering, platform, analytics, security and compliance to prioritise and deliver work that integrates with wider Wise initiatives.
Lead technical trade-offs and architecture decisions: Evaluate build vs buy vs integrate, define integration patterns (APIs/ETL/SSO), and ensure solutions meet scalability, reliability, security and compliance requirements.
Uplevel execution: Improve delivery velocity, quality and observability by tightening planning, defining clear interfaces, and fostering product/program best practices.
Mentor & influence: Coach engineers, PMs and stakeholders on product thinking, technical trade-offs and measuring value.
We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!
QualificationsWhat we’re looking for
6+ years as a technical product manager / senior product manager with hands-on experience in People Technology or similar domains (HCM, ATS, LMS, payroll, or HR integrations).
Strong experience owning technical roadmaps and making architecture/integration decisions (APIs, identity/SSO, data model, vendor integrations).
Proven ability to define clear outcomes and KPIs and to drive teams to measurable impact.
Demonstrated success building partnerships across HR, engineering, analytics and compliance.
Excellent communicator who can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence senior leaders.
Comfortable in ambiguity and experienced at structuring complex problem spaces into deliverable increments.
Nice to have
Experience with cloud architectures, knowledge of HCM/payroll vendors and HR data privacy regulations.
Experience with platform-as-a-product thinking, internal developer experience, or large-scale integration projects.
Interested? Find out more:
The Wise Tech Stack, 2025 Edition
Our Application Security Journey
Platform Engineering KPIs
Internal Platform as a Product at Wise
Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering
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.
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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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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.
