Strategic Enterprise Risk Leader — US & Canada

Wise; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is seeking a Risk Lead to manage the North America Enterprise and Operational Risk Management team, driving risk frameworks and monitoring across the US and Canada.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Banking and Compliance to embed risk management, develop KRIs, risk appetite statements, and dashboards, while guiding issue remediation and risk-informed product launches.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and mentoring a risk team.
• Background in financial services or fintech with payments.
• Knowledge of OCC regulatory regime for enterprise and operational risk.
• Familiarity with Federal Reserve payment rails a plus.
• Ability to perform risk assessments and reporting.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of four risk management professionals.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to embed risk programs.
• Oversee enterprise and operational risk frameworks across US & Canada.
• Design scalable controls and monitoring, including KRIs and risk appetite statements.
• Develop dashboards in collaboration with data teams for monitoring.
• Drive issues management and regulatory remediation activities.
• Provide insights from incident analyses to stakeholders.

Skills

People management

Risk management

Data analysis

Leadership

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

SQL

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Tools

Audit Board

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Job description

Wise is seeking a Risk Lead to manage the North America Enterprise and Operational Risk Management team, driving risk frameworks and monitoring across the US and Canada.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Banking and Compliance to embed risk management, develop KRIs, risk appetite statements, and dashboards, while guiding issue remediation and risk-informed product launches.