Head of Acquiring - Product

Wise; Greater London; On-site; GBP 115,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial technology company based in the UK is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead the development of innovative solutions for small businesses. This role involves creating international payment products to enhance customer experiences. The ideal candidate will possess strong product management skills, a data-driven mindset, and previous leadership experience managing product teams. The position offers a competitive salary range of £115,000-£185,000 gross annually, along with stock options and extensive benefits.

Benefits

Stock options

Diverse work environment

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in building products for small businesses.
• Track record of managing products at scale with significant user base.
• Leadership experience, having led multiple product managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and execution for new international payment solutions.
• Collaborate with marketing for product launches.
• Directly manage two teams and oversee their roadmaps.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional team leadership

Data-driven decision making

Customer focus

Technical understanding

Communication skills

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.

Job Description

This is a great opportunity to build a 0-1 product and scale it massively. You would be building products to help small businesses get paid internationally. Today, we process over £5B per month for small businesses getting paid through bank transfers.

We’re now looking to also enable our customers to get paid by cards and local payment methods for Subscriptions, E‑Commerce Checkouts etc. This would be your opportunity to create a truly differentiated product focused on getting paid internationally unlike the domestic first experience of most competitors.

You would be responsible for the product strategy & execution, economics risk and go‑to‑market with support from relevant teams within Wise.

You will directly lead two teams / PMs and be responsible for their roadmap and execution.

Qualifications

• You’ve built products for Small businesses.
• You’ve managed products at scale : Series B / £100M+ in volume / 100K+ paying users.
• You’ve taken a product to market : worked with marketing on new product launch.
• You’ve leadership experience, led 2 or more PMs.
• Excellent product management skills, with the ability to lead cross‑functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Customer‑focus – You’ve worked on a product with thousands or even millions of customers, ran surveys or research and interviewed people who used your product. You’re able to define the customer impact of product investments you make.
• You’re data‑driven – You are able to dive into data to identify opportunities and then measure your impact. You prioritise the value you can add to customers, and can get the entire company behind you by telling stories with data.
• You have a good technical understanding - help your team prioritise technological investments, tech debt reduction, bugs and new features.
• Communicating clearly and logically – You are able to effectively frame problems to influence across the team. You are comfortable communicating with internal and external partners on challenging issues, whether in written format or at sprint planning with the team.
• You’re not afraid of being a true lead, helping your team with hiring, learning skills you don’t know today to unblock things everywhere needed. You don’t stick to a “by the book” product manager role definition. You get it done.

Additional Information

Our Offer

Base salary: 115,000-185,000 GBP gross annually (based on experience & interview outcomes)

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) & numerous amount of other benefits.

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.