Global Payments Banking & Expansion Manager

Wise; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is hiring a Global Payments Banking & Expansion Manager to lead initiatives that enhance their cross-border payment services. This position will involve optimizing banking networks and expanding currency coverage. Ideal candidates will have substantial knowledge in international payment systems and a talent for building strong partnerships with banking institutions. Join a diverse team committed to creating accessible financial solutions for everyone.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Opportunities for career progression

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of correspondent banking, cross-border payment systems, and international financial regulations.
• Experience working with banking partners and understanding their technical and operational constraints.
• Hands-on experience with payment operations, SWIFT messaging, and local payment methods.

Responsibilities

• Build a global correspondent network to eliminate hidden fees from payments.
• Expand currency coverage while maintaining speed and cost-effectiveness.
• Drive strategic expansion that supports product and engineering teams.

Skills

Payments Expertise

Technical Skills

Structured Thinking

Entrepreneurial Hustler

Job description

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 Global Payments Banking & Expansion Manager to join our team and drive the next phase of Wise's global expansion. This role is a unique opportunity to have a massive impact on Wise's mission by revolutionising how we connect banking networks worldwide and empowering millions of people to move their money instantly across borders

Note - This is not a sales role - for that, see our Business Development roles.

Your Mission

Your mission is to help Wise become the global leader in cross-border payments by dramatically expanding our currency coverage and optimising our correspondent banking network. You'll be responsible for scaling our payment capabilities from 50+ to 175 currencies while localising our international receive product across our established network of 90+ banking partners.

What you'll be doing

• Building money without borders globally: You will be at the forefront of eradicating hidden fees from the global payment chain, transforming traditional correspondent banking flows, and building the world's best correspondent network. Your work will directly impact millions of businesses and individuals who depend on transparent, fast international payments
• Solving complex cross-border payment challenges: Expanding currency coverage at scale while maintaining speed, transparency, and cost-effectiveness is a problem that hasn't been solved properly industry-wide. You'll get to flex your creative, technical, and analytical muscles to design scalable payment infrastructure and processes that can handle diverse regulatory environments, banking standards, and local market requirements across 175+ currencies
• Empowered to drive strategic expansion: This is highly strategic work that will lay the foundation for our product and engineering teams to build the world's best cross-border payment rails. Your decisions on currency prioritisation, banking partner selection, and network architecture will directly enable our technical teams to create scalable, efficient payment infrastructure that serves millions of customers
• Leadership and partnership management: You'll work closely with our extensive banking partner network, building relationships that enable seamless localisation of our products while navigating complex regulatory and technical requirements across multiple jurisdictions

Qualifications

Payments Expertise:

• Extensive knowledge of correspondent banking, cross-border payment systems, and international financial regulations
• Experience working with banking partners and understanding their technical and operational constraints
• Hands-on experience with payment operations, SWIFT messaging, local payment methods e.g. SEPA Instant, FPS, CHAPs, T2, and the regulatory nuances of different markets

Technical Skills

• Comfortable working with engineers and product teams, earning their trust on complex payment integration projects
• Understanding of engineering development processes in payment systems, with ability to proactively spot blockers and help unblock technical teams

Structured Thinking and Communication

• Able to structure ambiguous, complex payment problems into clear actionable steps
• Proactively collaborate with cross-functional teams (ops/product/engineering/compliance) to break down problems
• Able to explain complex payment concepts simply to diverse stakeholders
• Able to build relationships across the organisation and with external banking partners

Entrepreneurial Hustler

• Able to navigate organisations and find creative ways to unblock expansion initiatives
• Don't get boxed into existing assumptions about payment flows, partner relationships, or market structures
• Motivated by solving complex problems that others consider impossible

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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