Product Manager - People Technology
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Job description
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation that empowers Wise employees to achieve our mission. As a Senior Technical Product Manager in People Technology, you will be instrumental in transforming the People Technology Team by connecting Wise's strategic business requirements to our tech-stack, minimising friction and maximising productivity. To drive tangible impact on the company's mission you'll be adept at getting to the heart of the problem and taking senior stakeholders on the journey to the solution.
How we work
We empower teams to make decisions and take ownership. We value clear outcomes, strong cross-functional partnerships and measurable impact.
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What You'll Do (Responsibilities)
- Own technical strategy & roadmap for People Technology: Create and communicate a multi-quarter roadmap that balances long-term architecture, platform capabilities, and short-term business priorities.
- Define outcomes & measure impact: Translate problems into clear outcomes and KPIs; ensure teams measure impact and learn from results.
- Drive cross-team alignment and foster collaboration: Lead stakeholders across People (HR), engineering, platform, analytics, security and compliance to prioritise and deliver work that integrates with wider Wise initiatives.
- Lead technical trade-offs and architecture decisions: Evaluate build vs buy vs integrate, define integration patterns (APIs/ETL/SSO), and ensure solutions meet scalability, reliability, security and compliance requirements.
- Uplevel execution: Improve delivery velocity, quality and observability by tightening planning, defining clear interfaces, and fostering product/program best practices.
- Mentor & influence: Coach engineers, PMs and stakeholders on product thinking, technical trade-offs and measuring value.
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!
Requirements
Do you have experience in APIs?