People Partner Lead

Job Description

Company Description Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the worlds money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their life easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the worlds money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission . Job Description Were currently hiring a People Partner Lead to join our growing Partner team. Youll be supporting our Marketing and People teams and will be based in our London office. We are looking for a commercially-minded, driven and goal-oriented HR Business Partner who will actively partner across our tech teams at Wise. This gives you an exciting opportunity to work internationally with very talented people, while also being part ofa larger People Team. This role offers a lot of variety and scope, giving you access to make an impact at scale at Wise. If youre a curious, passionate and results-oriented HR professional, with an eye for detail and data, then this role is for you! Youll thrive in creating great workplaces and working on a complete cycle of HR services, including establishing trusted partnershipswith business leaders and Wisers. Were looking for someone who is passionate about all things "people". You will love supporting your client groups, getting to know the business, and providing pragmatic solutions to their everyday challenges. What problems are we solvingWe 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 keep up with growth. We help build our ways of working in a way that optimises for autonomy and gives a great Wiser experience.Having customer-facing People Partners embedded in their business areas ensures that Wisers problems are being solved autonomously and at speed. In your role as a People Partner Senior Lead, you will lead a team of People Partners and become the trusted advisor to your stakeholders, spending time building and executing a people plan within your functions. The How

• Create close, effective relationships with senior leads and their teams, acting as a trusted people advisor to identify and achieve shared objectives, coaching, advising, and supporting them with their people plans and talent needs
• Create and drive people strategy, along with metrics and OKRs, for your area of responsibility including performance management, talent identification and succession, org design, employee engagement & communications, training gaps, workforce planning
• Work with the Recruitment team and business partners to prioritise, plan and forecast roles for future growth
• You will have accountability for completing talent planning, succession, assessments, and similar processes that drive the people strategy with high quality and integrity; including execution upon agreed to and approved plans
• Drive organisational development, re-design, change & engagement in your areas, including project management & employee communications.
• Partner with leaders to develop our leadership capability and skills needed for our future success.
• Work closely with HR Centres of Expertise (CoE) to resolve complex and challenging problems through innovative and agile thinking
• Actively drive our D&I strategy looking at how this can be improved for your business units across all touch points of the Employee lifecycle. Support Wise initiatives and actively contribute to embed D&I 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 into functional areas and drive action plans
• Provide advice and consultation on complex Employee Relations issues
• Help shape the global people team plan and priorities through the collation of global 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.

A bit about you (attributes)

• Strong Leader - you have experience leading global teams and helping to set them up for success
• Big Thinker - youre 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 - youll always start with data, facts and insights to help inform your approach to solving problems and analysing needs. You have a high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and can use data to provide insights, inform decisions and visualiseit to influence others through storytelling.
• Initiative - were not a one size fits all kind of business and were 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 youve done before Wise

Built a high-performing team of global People Partners

Partnered with and collaborated with a global People Leadership Team in a high growth environment - thisll help you know how to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities, plus youll need to have experience of working closely with a scaling, global team

Lead and contribute to projects across the People Function - were 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 ownershipProject man