Head of Global Partnerships - Cards

Wise
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 125,000 - 170,000 annuallyFunction: Business Development & PartnershipsSkills: ["Cross-functional leadership"]

Own Wise’s global card partnerships and commercial strategy across Visa, Mastercard, and acquiring/issuer banking partners. Lead negotiations, build and scale card programme economics, and shape how the Wise Card launches and expands into new markets and legal entities. Partner with Banking, Product, Treasury, Finance, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering to remove launch blockers, solve regulatory and financial-crime challenges, and improve customer outcomes while strengthening long-term programme economics.

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Head of Global Partnerships - Cards

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Job Summary

Own Wise’s global card partnerships and commercial strategy across Visa, Mastercard, and acquiring/issuer banking partners. Lead negotiations, build and scale card programme economics, and shape how the Wise Card launches and expands into new markets and legal entities. Partner with Banking, Product, Treasury, Finance, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering to remove launch blockers, solve regulatory and financial-crime challenges, and improve customer outcomes while strengthening long-term programme economics.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Development & Partnerships
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own executive relationships and global strategy for card partnerships, aligning commercial strategy, product priorities, and expansion goals across Visa, Mastercard, issuer banking partners, and acquiring partners.
  • •Define and lead the strategy for Wise’s global card programmes across issuing and card acceptance, including complex negotiations and long-term commercial frameworks.
  • •Own the commercial models underpinning the card business and continuously improve economics for how customers spend with Wise and fund their Wise Account.
  • •Partner with regional Banking & Expansion teams to launch the Wise Card into new markets and legal entities, removing blockers and accelerating launches.
  • •Ensure compliant, scalable card programmes by working with Compliance, Financial Crime, and Legal on scheme rules, AML/financial crime requirements, issuer obligations, and local regulation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 125,000 - 170,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Experience working directly with Visa and/or Mastercard and navigating large global organisations to drive outcomes.
  • •Deep expertise across the card ecosystem, including issuing, acquiring, scheme rules, network economics, commercial models, and payment acceptance.
  • •Track record negotiating complex commercial agreements with card schemes, issuer banks, or acquiring partners.
  • •Experience launching or scaling card programmes across multiple markets with schemes, regulators, and local banking partners.
  • •Comfort working with Compliance, Legal, and Financial Crime teams to address regulatory and financial-crime requirements for global card programmes.
Skills:Cross-functional leadership
Languages:English

Company Brief

Wise
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based fintech that provides low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts and payment infrastructure for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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