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Lead and run complex generative and evaluative user research for Wise Business (Acquiring domain). Set research priorities and strategy, mentor and develop other researchers, influence product and senior stakeholders, translate user evidence into business outcomes, and apply modern research tools (including AI) while ensuring research rigour and impact.

Lead and coach an engineering team building scalable, event-driven microservices on the JVM to enable bank and enterprise integrations. Drive architecture, technical roadmaps, code quality, cross-functional collaboration, hiring, and mentoring while balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform health.

Build and own data pipelines and metric definitions for finance reporting, map systems to the General Ledger, produce audit-ready data extracts, automate reporting integrations (Anaplan/Planful), and partner with Finance leadership to ensure consistent, accurate financial disclosures.

Design, build, and maintain scalable microservices and integrations with local partners, payment rails, and government institutions across MEA. Support on-call rotations, incident response, and operational teams; share regional learnings globally to scale Wise's cross-border payments products.

Lead Group Financial Crime risk governance by developing and maintaining the global risk framework and methodologies (FCRA, country, customer, industry). Provide 2LoD oversight, KRI/MI development, incident and issue management, and regional support. Drive remediation, thematic reviews, and stakeholder engagement to ensure controls operate effectively and risk appetite is maintained.

Build a centralized risk platform that unifies data and decision-making across identity, fraud, and compliance. Design and implement scalable, high-throughput backend services and infrastructure that enable product and risk teams to ship safely and faster. Collaborate across teams and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Join the Assets or Investments teams to architect and scale high-availability, high-concurrency financial systems. Build a Yield Engine, custody and liquidity systems, or greenfield brokerage infrastructure. Collaborate with PMs, designers, and analysts to deliver clean, well-tested distributed web services focused on data integrity, performance, and excellent user experience.

Lead functional design, configuration, and optimisation of recruitment tech (ATS, scheduling, Workday). Own domain reliability, consult stakeholders, resolve complex support via Jira, build reports/dashboards, and evaluate new recruitment tools and integrations to improve candidate experience and hiring efficiency.

Lead and grow the Database Platform engineering team, coach and mentor engineers, and deliver high-impact database reliability and platform solutions. Provide occasional hands-on engineering and systems operation, drive cloud-based (AWS/GCP) scalable infrastructure, collaborate with cross-functional teams, own vendor negotiations and costs, and promote operational excellence to minimize downtime and improve reliability.

Lead first-line product compliance for Wise Assets, advising Product and Operations on UK securities regulation, performing regulatory analysis for new features, identifying and remediating regulatory risks, and shaping compliant product design and third-party interactions. Embed within the product team to translate regulatory requirements into practical controls and mitigation actions.