Workforce Management Operations Partner Lead

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Singapore, SGP
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 Workforce Management Operations Partner Lead guides operational decision-making by translating WFM insights, mentoring staff, and shifting focus from reactive staffing to planned execution.
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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 Workforce Management Operations Partner Lead to join our Operational team in our Singapore office!

The WFM Operations Partner Lead is the primary interface between Workforce Management and Operations, responsible for ensuring that WFM disciplines are consistently understood, adopted, and applied in operational decision-making.

This role does not execute tactical WFM activities such as intraday moves, schedule creation, or capacity modelling. Instead, it acts as a business partner and discipline guardian, translating WFM insights into clear operational trade-offs and constructively challenging decisions that undermine workforce plans.

Your Mission

  • Your mission is to shift Operations from reactive, short-term workforce decisions toward planned, data-driven execution, ensuring intraday, scheduling, and capacity principles are applied consistently to protect service, cost, and scalability outcomes.

  • This role is not accountable for forecast accuracy, schedule creation, or intraday execution, which remain the responsibility of WFM execution teams.

  • In addition, the WFM Operations Partner serves as a mentor and capability multiplier for Intraday and Scheduling Specialists, supporting their professional development and decision quality through guidance, coaching, and feedback, while maintaining a dotted-line connection rather than direct people management accountability.

 

The candidate will focus on these high-priority initiatives immediately upon joining:

  • Stakeholder Transition: Moving Operations leaders away from "gut-feel" staffing decisions toward the Service Scale operating principles and WFM playbooks.

  • Governance Framework: Auditing and surfacing recurring "exceptions" or manual overrides in scheduling to identify where WFM discipline is breaking down.

  • Decision-Quality Coaching: Running "mentor clinics" for Intraday and Scheduling Specialists to help them think about long-term trade-offs rather than just short-term fixes.

  • Scenario Steering: Facilitating structured "What-If" conversations with Ops leads regarding upcoming demand spikes or staffing constraints, ensuring they understand confidence ranges rather than just "point estimates."

Qualifications

  • 2–4 Years WFM/Ops Experience: Proven track record in high-volume, scaled environments (Contact Centers or Shared Services).
  • Financial Services Knowledge: Specific understanding of KYC, FinCrime, or regulated operational environments.
  • The "Translator" Ability: Capable of turning complex WFM jargon (Erlang, Shrinkage, Occupancy) into clear, actionable business advice.
  • Strategic Assertiveness: The backbone to constructively challenge senior leaders and say "no" when decisions undermine WFM plans
  • Analytical Reasoning: Ability to interpret data trends and identify leading vs. lagging indicators rather than just reading metrics.
  • Stakeholder Management: Experience acting as a partner rather than just a reporting function; comfortable operating with Heads of Departments.
  • Forward-Looking Mindset: A bias toward proactive risk identification and prevention rather than reactive firefighting.
  • Change Management: Experience driving the adoption of new playbooks or frameworks across different operational units.
  • Strong stakeholder management.
  • Flexibility to work weekends/Public Holidays

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.

Skills Required

  • Proven track record in high-volume, scaled environments (Contact Centers or Shared Services)
  • Understanding of KYC, FinCrime, or regulated operational environments
  • Experience driving the adoption of new playbooks or frameworks across different operational units
  • 2-4 years of Workforce Management/Operations experience
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to interpret data trends and identify leading vs. lagging indicators

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The Company
9,000 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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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.

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