Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a strategic talent acquisition plan to meet the current and future hiring needs of our multidisciplinary teams distributed across Austin, New York, Tampa and Sao Paulo (Product, Eng, Risk, Compliance, Banking, Enterprise Sales, People, etc…); circa 600+ hires a year.

• Lead, mentor, and develop your team to achieve outstanding results; meet hiring plans, exceed metrics and deliver irresistible experiences along the way.

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

• Help architect the end-to-end hiring journey, ensuring that we deliver an irresistible talent acquisition experience.

• Oversee the effective use of recruitment software, tools and platforms across the Americas 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 hiring 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 Talent Acquisition 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 talent acquisition in the Americas.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in a talent acquisition leadership role, preferably within the Tech or Fintech sectors.

• 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 hiring, and ideally Risk and Compliance.

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

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

• In-depth knowledge of talent acquisition strategies, processes, best practices, and craft.

• 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

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.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.