Head of Global Partnerships - Cards

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s 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 lives easier and save them money.

We're looking for a Head of Global Card Expansion to own one of the most important parts of Wise's global payments infrastructure. You'll own the partnerships that underpin both how customers spend with Wise and how they pay Wise. Your decisions will shape the future of the Wise Card, our card funding capabilities, and the commercial partnerships that support millions of customers around the world.

Responsibilities

• Own Wise's global card partnerships:
• Own executive relationships with Visa, Mastercard, issuer banking partners, and strategic acquiring partners.
• Define how Wise works with these organisations globally, aligning commercial strategy, product priorities, and expansion goals to create long-term competitive advantage.
• Represent Wise in commercial negotiations, product forums, and strategic planning.
• Build and scale the world's best global card programme:
• Define the strategy for Wise's global card programmes across issuing and card acceptance.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations covering network economics, incentives, issuer partnerships, acquiring relationships, and long-term commercial frameworks.
• Own the commercial models that underpin our card business and continually improve the economics of how customers spend with Wise and fund their Wise Account.
• Enable global expansion:
• Partner with regional Banking & Expansion teams to launch the Wise Card into new markets and new legal entities.
• Work directly with regional Visa and Mastercard teams and local partners to define market strategy, remove blockers, and accelerate launches.
• Build compliant, scalable card programmes:
• Work closely with Compliance, Financial Crime, and Legal teams to ensure our card partnerships and programmes remain compliant as Wise scales.
• Understand how scheme rules, AML, and financial crime requirements intersect, and work directly with partners to solve regulatory challenges.
• Be Wise's card ecosystem expert:
• Become the company's go-to expert on the global card ecosystem.
• Understand the technical, operational, and commercial detail behind card schemes, issuer processing, acquiring, settlement, interchange, network economics, certification, digital wallets, and payment acceptance.

Qualifications

• Experience working directly with Visa, Mastercard, or both.
• Deep expertise across the card ecosystem, including issuing, acquiring, scheme rules, network economics, commercial models, and payment acceptance.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Experience launching or scaling card programmes across multiple markets.
• Experience navigating regulatory and financial crime requirements.