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 life 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.

Job Description

As Product Recruitment Lead for the UK, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our company by developing and implementing a comprehensive recruitment strategy that aligns with our mission and delivers growth within Product  across the UK. You will lead a team of product recruitment professionals and work closely with senior leaders to forecast hiring needs, develop attraction strategies, and streamline recruitment processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and implement a strategic recruitment plan to meet the current and future hiring needs of our multidisciplinary UK teams across Product 

Lead, mentor, and develop UK based recruiters to achieve outstanding results; meeting hiring plans, exceeding metrics and delivering irresistible experiences along the way.

Partner with tribe leads, and senior leads across the product functions, to understand their hiring demand, skills gaps, opportunities for growth, and ensure specific recruitment strategies are built for each area whilst supporting our skills for the future agenda.

 Help architect and improve the end-to-end recruitment journey, ensuring that we deliver an irresistible candidate experience.

Oversee the effective use of recruitment software, tools and platforms across the UK team and ensure they provide a return on investment; work with the RecOps and People Tech teams to transform our toolset into an AI-first tech stack overtime.

Implement and maintain appropriate metrics to evaluate and improve recruitment processes, team delivery and candidate experience.

Promote and enhance the company’s employer brand to attract top talent, partner with the talent attraction team to activate our EB and deliver impactful recruitment marketing campaigns.

Partner with other Recruitment and People leads to design, build and deliver impactful systemic HR initiatives across the organisation.

Work closely with FP&A and the Workplace team to advise on future location strategy and workforce planning, contribute to and implement resulting transformation initiatives regionally and globally.

Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements related to recruitment in the UK.

 

Skills & Experience:

Proven experience in a recruitment leadership role, preferably within the Product and Fintech sector.

Extensive prior experience as a 360 recruiter, expertise in direct sourcing, storytelling, influencing stakeholders and using resulting insights from data.

Prior in-depth exposure to Product or Engineering recruitment, and ideally Risk and Compliance.

Strong leadership and team management skills, able to flex style to bring out individual potential whilst driving a one-team ethos.

Strong problem solving mentality with an ability to use data to build efficiencies 

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organisation.

In-depth knowledge of recruitment strategies, processes, best practices, and craft.

Proven experience in managing teams through change 

Experience with HRIS, recruitment software and applicant tracking systems, namely Workday and SmartRecruiters.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. First-principles critical thinker

Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across departments.

A determined commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment experience.

A growth mindset, resilience, proactivity and a sense of urgency will help the right person be successful at Wise. 

Additional Information

Salary Band: £79,000 - 97,000

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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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