Principal People Partner

Wise plc launched in 2011 under its original name TransferWise. Fast forward to 2025 - we are 8000+ Wisers across 17 countries and 117 nationalities. We are one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable technology companies and the largest tech company by market capitalisation to ever list in London.

We disrupted an industry and created a new way to move money across borders. Today, over 16 million people and businesses use Wise. We process over £10 billion in cross-border transactions every month, saving customers over £1.5 billion a year. We are continuing to grow at pace and to redefine the international money space. 

Since our founding, Wise has worked to make cross-border payments better for people with international lives, from expats, to small businesses trying to compete on a global scale, to students studying abroad, to customers sending money home to their families, to vacationers, to countless others. We have stayed true to our mission - making cross-border payments instant, convenient, transparent, and eventually free. 

Regional People Partner

We are seeking a commercially-minded, collaborative, and goal-oriented Regional People Partner to join our growing global Partner team. Based in Hyderabad, this role involves actively partnering with our India and APAC leadership team and leading the Hyderabad People team members at Wise. You will have the opportunity to work internationally with talented individuals, and be part of a larger People Team making a significant impact at scale.

If you’re a curious, collaborative, passionate and results-oriented HR professional, with an eye for delivery, detail and data, then this role is for you! 

Looking at all aspects of the employee experience and growth agenda through a regional lens, this role offers a lot of variety and scope, giving you access to make an impact at scale at Wise across all markets.

You’ll thrive in creating great workplaces and working on a complete cycle of people services, including establishing trusted partnerships with business leaders, the People team and Wisers.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about all things people. You will love developing and delivering a regional people strategy, working with other people team members, enabling your client groups, getting to know the business, and providing pragmatic solutions to their everyday and longer term challenges.

The problems we are solving:

We are building the People Partner capability at Wise as a way to empower leaders and ensure the service we offer is able to scale and enable growth.  We help build our ways of working in a way that optimises for driving higher performance at speed  and gives a great Wiser experience.  Having customer-facing People Partners embedded across our business ensures that Wiser’s problems are being tackled at speed. 

The How:

• Create close, effective relationships with the regional leadership team, acting as a trusted people advisor to identify and achieve shared objectives, coaching, advising, and enabling them with their people plans and talent needs 
• Work with the regional leadership team, broader people team globally and regionally to create and drive a regional people plan, along with metrics and OKRs,  across all facets of HR including performance management, talent development talent identification and succession, org design, employee engagement & communications, learning, workforce planning and reward
• Work with the regional leadership team and Talent Acquisition to drive a strategic workforce plan for future growth across the region as well as a practical view on immediate workforce hiring needs.
• You will have accountability for completing talent planning, succession, assessments, and similar processes that drive the people plan with high quality and integrity.  Drive organisational development, re-design, change, learning & engagement as needed against regional priorities, including project management & employee communications of the plans
• Actively drive our DEI strategy looking at how this can be improved across all touch points of the Employee lifecycle. Support Wise initiatives and actively contribute to embed DEI nudges across our processes.
• Analyse people metrics and risks adding further insight into the overall health of our teams and to share trends or determine opportunities for focus
• Lead the WiserPulse (our engagement survey) rollout and drive action plans for the region.
• Provide advice and consultation on complex Employee Relations issues
• Help shape the global people team plan and priorities through the collation of regional  business trends, needs and anticipated future requirements
• Champion our values and culture, being a role model for these and supporting the continual embedding of them in everything we do.

Qualifications

A bit about you:

• Influencer: you have the ability to inspire and motivate others, leveraging your expertise and credibility to drive change and achieve results. You can effectively build a network of advocates and use your influence to align stakeholders with strategic goals.
• Big Thinker: you’re willing to challenge the status quo, speak up and help others see things from other perspectives
• Collaboration: relationships get you out of bed in the morning, building and fostering them over time. Also not afraid to challenge and say no, without creating damage
• Data Driven: you’ll always start with data, facts, and insights to help inform your approach to solving problems and analyzing needs. You have a high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and can use data to provide insights, inform decisions, and visualize it to influence others through storytelling. Additionally, you are adept at leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance data analysis, uncover deeper insights, and drive more informed decision-making.
• Initiative - we’re not a ‘one size fits all’ kind of business and we’re not looking for off the shelf solutions; we need you to think creatively and be flexible in your outlook
• Resilience - you need to be comfortable being challenged and keeping cool and calm through times of adversity
• Change agent - the skills and desire to change the status quo for the better. These should include the ability to manage all elements of organisational transformation, facilitation, and training.
• Employee Relations -  use knowledge to coach and advise managers and drive necessary actions. With tested mediation skills, you can guide managers in supporting conflict resolution. 
• Communication – You are an effective and thoughtful communicator who is able to understand diverse perspectives and vary your communication style based on the circumstance. 

What you’ve done before Wise:

• Partnered with and collaborated with a Regional or Global Leadership Team in a high growth environment - this’ll help you know how to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities, plus you’ll need to have experience of working closely with a scaling, global team
• Lead and contribute to projects across the People Function - we’re always looking to improve our ways of working as we continue to grow
• Developed a broad range of expertise and skills - so no matter the challenge (a restructure, salary benchmarking, skills gap, employee relations, etc) you can bring thought leadership and take ownership
• Project management - you’ll be strongly solutions focused, able to identify problems and drive initiatives that have a measurable impact
• Regional / multi-site experience - you’re experienced supporting Leads and employees split across geographies and timezones. One of your super powers is being able to adapt to many different cultures and backgrounds

Additional Information

We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, qualifications aren’t that important to us. If you’ve got great experience, and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.

And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money 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.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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