Wise
Sr. Banking Partnerships Manager
Austin, TX, United States · Senior
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About the role
- Wise sends more money into and out of USD than any other currency.
- Our relationships with regulators, governments and domestic payment systems are also crucial.
- The team is led by a Head of Banking and Expansion, North America and has four additional team members covering the market (3 people in Austin, 2 in NYC).
Responsibilities
- Understand and help other teams understand in detail the existing and planned payments infrastructure in the U.S. and Canada and support our payments strategy to provide the best cross-border payments services to our customers in North America.
- Have in-depth knowledge about North America payment systems (e.g., rails and schemes) and support direct payments systems integration efforts as well as integrations to payment systems via bank partners in the US and Canada.
- This might include projects related to integrating and expanding payment rails that Wise utilizes to receive and deliver payments in North America or expanding regulatory licenses and entity infrastructure to process payments directly with central bank payment systems.
- Align closely with Government Relations and Legal teams to review and apply deep understanding of current and proposed payments and financial services regulations to support Wise's policy and regulatory goals to make North America payment systems more accessible, competitive and transparent.
- Lead key bank and payment partner relationships for the North America region
- Own key bank and payment partner relationships, collaborating between the partner and internal, cross-functional teams such as Product, Engineering, Platform, Compliance, Payment Operations and Legal.
- Advocate for Wise's products and compliance goals with banks and payment partners and act as the bank's advocate within Wise to ensure we are meeting agreed compliance and payment processing requirements.
- Drive and complete periodic and ongoing due diligences, to make sure bank partners are aware and comfortable with our operations and controls and that the bank is the right partner for Wise. Work closely with Compliance, Risk and Product teams for this.
- Lead commercial negotiations and business reviews, pitch for Wise's new products, features and platform innovations.
- Review and improve key metrics via business reviews to grow Wise's volume to ensure Wise is receiving the best possible leverage from our partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in relevant fields such as Finance, Law, Accounting, Economics, Business Management.
- 7+ years work experience with payments companies, transaction/corporate/investment banking, financial technology, financial consulting or a financial regulator.
- Detailed understanding of payment systems and FX regulation and experience with BSA/AML/KYC and risk management controls.
- You are an outstanding negotiator.
Nice to have
- Knowledge and understanding of credit card products and related financials, understanding of fintech banks and technology providers who cater to the credit card industry.
- For everyone, everywhere.
- 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.
- 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.
Benefits
- Work closely with product teams (Product Managers and Product Engineers) to develop our vision and build better products and experiences for our customers.
Company info
- More about our mission and what we offer.
- We're looking for an experienced Banking Partnerships Manager to join the North America Banking & Expansion team in Austin, TX.
- This role is part of the Global Banking team, which is focused on expanding and deepening our presence in local markets.
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