Head of Product Compliance, Wise

• Ability to prioritise effectively and call-out what are the key areas of improvement and implementation required from a regulatory point of view
• Ability to effectively communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical, actionable, and value added recommendations
• Problem solving attitude, with the ability to use regulation together with data to drive business decisions
• A natural owner, that drives and delivers project from inception to completion, timely and with attention to the details
• Experience (or interest) in working in a fast-growing environment
• Previous financial regulation advisory role or experience in a compliance/legal department (i.e. Head of Compliance in a SAAS start-up)
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them effectively
• Ability to deal with multiple regulatory domains (i.e. regulatory permissions, consumer, fincrime, security, privacy, etc.) and to understand how they interact with one-another
• Willingness to travel, as Wise offices are located across different countries; and
• Legally authorised to work in the UK

Desirable

• Your mission is to enable our Wise Platform team to launch new products and partnerships globally, through a deep understanding of the regulatory requirements and Regulators’ expectations around them
• This is a first line Product Compliance team lead role, embedded in the Wise Platform team
• Empower Product Teams to build compliant by design new products and services by advising them on how to implement regulatory requirements in a customer-oriented way while fully adhering to regulatory requirements
• Ensure that regulatory analysis of new products and services are performed and well-documented, and that related controls are implemented consistently prior to launch
• Collaborate with Regional 1st and 2nd line Compliance teams and Product teams, to ensure remediation plans are agreed upon across lines and executed timely
• Advise Product and operational teams on how to interpret regulatory requirements or improve processes to avoid regulatory breaches and/or incidents
• Represent Wise in external meetings with Banking Partners and Regulators, being able to clearly and effectively articulate Wise Platform offer
• Provide input on regulatory related agreements and clauses, always representing Wise customer-oriented culture while ensuring compliance
• 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 issues and take a lead in their remediation