Principal Product Manager - People Experience at Wise

About the role  Wise’s mission depends on brilliant people doing their best work. This role is about building the technology foundations that help more than 7,000 Wisers stay productive, connected and focused on impact.   You’ll own the product strategy, roadmap and user experience for People Technology, shaping the systems that power our employee lifecycle. You’ll connect Wise’s strategic business needs with the evolving technology landscape — AI included — simplifying complex processes and reducing friction across the organisation.   To succeed, you’ll be skilled at finding the real problem behind the symptoms, defining clear outcomes, and taking senior stakeholders on the journey from ambiguity to practical, high-impact solutions.   How we work Wise teams are empowered to make decisions close to the problem. We care about clear ownership, fast learning, strong partnerships and measurable impact.   As Product Lead for People Technology, you’ll operate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to shape a domain that touches every Wiser. You’ll need to create clarity where there is ambiguity, balance business needs with technical realities, and make pragmatic decisions that help Wise scale.   You’ll work in partnership with People, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Analytics and Operations — aligning teams around the highest-impact problems and building technology foundations that are reliable, scalable and easy to use.   Read more about how we work here.   What You’ll Do (Responsibilities) • Set the product and technical direction for People Technology, including the roadmap, priorities and success measures for the domain. • Build scalable foundations across the systems that support the employee lifecycle, from core HR platforms to integrations, data flows, identity and automation. • Connect strategy to delivery by translating Wise’s people and business priorities into clear product outcomes and practical execution plans. • Make high-quality trade-offs across build, buy and integrate decisions, balancing user experience, scalability, reliability, security and compliance. • Lead through influence by aligning senior stakeholders across People, Engineering, Security, Compliance, Analytics and Operations. • Improve productivity and reduce friction for Wisers by simplifying processes and creating intuitive, reliable technology experiences. • Drive measurable impact by defining KPIs, learning from delivery and continuously improving how the domain operates.