Product Compliance & Risk Operations Manager (APAC) at Wise

Our Product Compliance & Risk (“PC&R”) team in APAC is at the forefront of navigating some of the world’s most dynamic regulatory landscapes. As we continue to scale our footprint across Asia-Pacific, we need a dedicated Operations Manager to ensure our regional engine runs smoothly, stays aligned with global standards, and delivers on our mission for customers in the region. We’re seeking a highly organized, process-oriented professional to manage and support the operations for our APAC PC&R function. This role involves maintaining and improving the regional processes and systems that allow our Product teams to operate compliantly and efficiently. Your Mission: Reporting to the PC&R Head of Operations, you’ll be the operational go to person for the APAC PC&R team. Your mission is to drive regional accountability, streamline compliance reviews, ensure our quarterly planning is synchronised across both regional needs and global initiative and help to coordinate PC&R’s quarterly committees.  Key Responsibilities: • Manage the end-to-end regional review cadence. You will maintain and improve the process to ensure that APAC-specific product launches and updates are reviewed for compliance and risk with high velocity and clear stakeholder accountability. • Help execute and refine core PC&R processes within the APAC region, with a specific focus on issues management. You’ll ensure regional risks are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. • You will help align and coordinate APAC’s PC&R committed initiatives with both the global PC&R roadmap and regional product goals to ensure we are working on the most impactful tasks. • Own and operate the internal rituals that keep our APAC team connected and high-performing. • Work closely with the Global Ops team to ensure APAC-specific documentation, meeting outcomes, and regulatory insights are captured within the central knowledge base. • Help to coordinate and hold stakeholders accountable towards PC&R’s quarterly committee meetings in the region.