Engineering Lead - Identity & Productivity Management

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. 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 the Identity & Productivity Management Engineering Lead at Wise, you will be one of the leaders in the User Technology team. You will be primarily responsible for multiple teams that govern, deliver, maintain, and support the technology and products that enhance employee productivity and securely manage our user identities and access.

You’ll contribute to the mission by:

• Creating a seamless, secure and efficient internal environment, enabling productivity and supporting the organisation as it grows by scaling efficiently.
• Ensuring a strong internal security posture for Wise’s identity management, access control and governance, building trust with customers and regulators while protecting Wise from risks.

This is an exciting opportunity if you want to make an impact and enjoy leading engineering teams in a fast-paced and high growth environment.

The role will report to and be supported by the Head of User Technology and be based in London.

What you’ll be doing:

• Strategic & technical leadership: Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for the identity and productivity domains that aligns with Wise’s overall business objectives, focusing on scalability, security and the employee experience.
• Team management: Lead, mentor and coach multiple teams, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability and continuous improvement. Inspire teams to tackle ambitious problems and challenge the status quo to deliver a step change in experience, scalability and/or security.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with business stakeholders across various teams and functions, including security, HR, procurement, legal, etc. to understand their needs and deliver effective solutions. Communicate effectively and build strong relationships with vendors and stakeholders.
• Driving business value at scale: Identify opportunities to leverage technology to solve complex internal challenges to deliver value to the business. Drive initiatives that will scale and significantly improve the internal user experience and security posture of Wise. Constantly look for ways to improve automation, eliminate waste and reduce manual processes.

Qualifications:

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!

• Understanding of IAM principles, protocols (OAuth, SAML, OIDC, etc.), technologies and platforms (e.g., Okta, Entra ID, Sailpoint).
• Familiarity with various productivity suites (e.g., Google Workspace, Microsoft 365) and collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, Confluence, Jira) with experience of how they can be integrated.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code or Configuration as Code principles and an API-driven approach to script and automate processes in identity and/or productivity platforms.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies (Agile, DevOps).
• A proven track record for delivering ambitious productivity, collaboration or identity technical initiatives that have delivered significant business value.
• Experience managing an engineering team in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.
• Stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate effectively to multiple technical and non-technical groups.
• Ability to think strategically to drive value and solve complex problems at scale.

It would be ideal but not essential if you had:

• Experience working in the financial services industry or other regulated firms and environments.
• Experience in helping a team or team members adopt Infrastructure as Code.

Compensation: £120,000 - £145,000 Base Salary + RSUs. Numerous great benefits in our London office.

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.