Senior People Partner Lead

We are seeking a delivery focussed, collaborative, and results-oriented Senior People Partner Lead to join our growing global Partner team. Based in London, this role involves actively partnering with our ProdEng leadership team and leading the People Partners that they work with. 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. Looking at all aspects of the employee experience and growth agenda through a technical and expansion focussed 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 a talented Partner team, 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 Leads and Wisers, 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 Leads 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 team. Help shape the global people team plan and priorities through the collation of  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: 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 analysing 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.