Americas Recruitment Manager

Reporting to the Head of Americas Recruitment, you will be responsible for all recruitment aspects of our Tech functions at Wise, in the US & LatAm. Leading a small team of recruiters and coordinators, you will act as a change agent, continuously improving the quality of our recruitment practices. 

Culture is everything to us at Wise and identifying, attracting and selecting the best talent to support our highly collaborative and non-hierarchical culture is key to our continued growth.

Some of your responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the recruitment for our Product, Engineering, Analytics, Design, Compliance and Banking, and manage the coordination team
• Ensure that our hiring follows the company’s hiring location strategy
• Work with hiring managers to sequence their hiring needs
• Lead, develop and grow a team of recruiters and coordinators 
• Develop and set clear goals, and ensure accountability and ownership
• Meet with department heads regularly to discuss their quarterly hiring plans, provide data and market insights that help guide their hiring decisions
• Work with your global peers to drive a high-performance hiring culture across Wise; incubate and scale new processes and tools accordingly
• Ensure that your team delivers the best possible candidate and stakeholder experience possible and that we are adhering to our values every step of the way. 
• Role-model DEI best practices to ensure that we embed diversity into the dna of our recruiting philosophy
• Ensure that we’re building robust and scalable processes, prioritising automation where possible
• Lead regional recruitment projects and contribute to Wise’s global recruitment initiatives
• Act as a primary local point of contact for senior leaders in Tech and Business functions; leading with data to provide actionable insights and unblock challenges along the way 

About you

• You have extensive experience building and developing Tech and Business recruitment functions, hiring for roles in Product, Engineering, Analytics, and ideally in Finance, Banking & Compliance
• You have in-depth experience managing a team of recruiters
• You’re a subject matter expert in recruitment, able to transform ideas and best practices into embedded new ways of working
• You are comfortable working in matrixed environments and able to engage and inspire multi-cultural teams
• You’re a coach, a negotiator, and a servant leader all in one; you’re focused on solving for the business whilst nurturing your team to be the best version of themselves.
• You enjoy rolling up your sleeves, and are able to take on a few requisitions, when the recruitment load exceeds your team’s bandwidth. 

Key Attributes

• Data Driven. You’re able to use data to build narratives and influence change. You can make evidence-based decisions and you’re able to use data to measure impact
• Flexible & adaptable. You’re able to switch effectively between tasks and deal with constantly-changing workload and priorities. 
• Growth mindset. You role-model curiosity, always seeking to understand.
• Big Thinker. You understand the impact of your work on the success of the company. You’re able to create well thought-through action plans built around the big picture. You consider others and you’re aware of the impact your work has on other teams. You’re always thinking and planning for scalable and sustainable solutions.
• Change enabler. You promote, deliver and facilitate change; driving adoption across our team and the business.

What do we offer: 

Key benefits: 

🚀  RSU’s in a rapidly growing company after a year with us

💻 Hybrid working model – A combination of work-from-home and from the office 

✈️  Wisers can work remotely for 90 days a year. By ‘remote’ we don’t just mean from home, but from wherever in the world you choose to

💪  An annual self-development budget

🩺  Medical, dental, & vision insurance – including HSA and FSA options

💝  Company-paid: Life Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability, and an EAP program

☀️  25 days PTO, 15 sick days, 11 bank holidays, 5 compassionate leave days, 3 paid “Me” days and a paid volunteer day, annually

🏝️  A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years

👶🏼  18-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us

💰  401k with up to a 4% employer match

🏆 BuiltIn Award winner for Best Places to Work and Best Large Places to Work

Click HERE for more info on our benefits - Austin

We're people 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.

Every Wiser should feel that they can be themselves at work. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to share their contributions towards mission zero and able to progress in their careers.

Having diverse teams that reflect our diverse customer base helps us build a better product. We can be more creative and empathetic to our customer's needs and life experiences and makes sure we leave no-one behind on our journey to mission-zero.

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.