Country Manager - Italy

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Country Manager - ItalyFull-time Compensation: EUR 79000 - EUR 101000 - yearlyCompany DescriptionWise 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.As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.More about our mission and what we offer.Job DescriptionOur ability to offer hyper-localised products and services determine the quality of our service to our Italian customers. And our relationships with regulators, governments, and payment systems are crucial too. So, we’re on the hunt for an executor with a brilliant mind and strong complex problem-solving skills to help more customers save money with us.We’re looking for a Country Manager for Italy. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to play a pioneering role to grow Wise in one of our key markets in Europe, allowing millions more potential customers to save money by using our services. You will have full responsibility for overseeing our local team and operations, defining our market expansion and winning strategies for product localisation and executing on it, and being the face of Wise in Italy.Your mission:Define the opportunities and direction for our products in Italy. Collaborate across global and regional teams, and inspire others so that we deliver the best solution. Work closely with product teams (Product Managers and Product Engineers) to develop our vision and build better and hyper-localised products and experiences for our customers in Italy. Work with our global teams (Product, Finance, Treasury, etc.) to ensure our customers and products are at the centre of our mission. To deepen our presence and infrastructure in Italy.Identify the most appropriate way to grow Wise in Italy. If we need new licences and/or registrations to offer more products and services in Italy, you will work with the central banking and expansion team to manage the entire process: understand the regulations, prepare, coordinate and submit the application, and obtain the regulatory licence as well as support the fulfillment of any other local requirements.Identify opportunities to offer the best product in the market taking advantage of our existing and future authorisations.Manage and support the day to day requirements for our authorisation in Italy, both from a Product and Compliance perspective. Lead our Italian branch and operations into its next stage of growth.You will also be appointed as Country Manager for Italy and be one of the Directors/Legal Representatives of our Italian branch.Manage the relationship with the local regulators and other important strategic relationships, and be accountable for strong governance.Work with our team in our European headquarters and maintain oversight of Wise’s business operations in Italy. Guide strategy, provide leadership and alignment amongst the various functions responsible for ensuring the proper functioning of the entity. Providing leadership on the ground to local teams and functional leads to ensure smooth operations.Participate in all relevant committees and Board meetings. Represent Wise in Italy, working with Public Relations, Government Relations, and Product Marketing teams to drive brand awareness and position Wise as a key industry player. Take ownership of maintaining and improving existing relationships with industry partners and other financial institutions. You will:Lead commercial and relationship discussions with partners to ensure we offer the most sustainable and competitive service in the market.Create new opportunities within existing relationships with relevant financial and non-financial...