Senior Data Governance Manager

Company Description

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.

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 Description

Are you an experienced Privacy and Data Governance professional looking to make a significant impact? Wise is seeking a highly skilled individual to join our growing Global Privacy team in London. This role offers the chance to shape the data landscape of a leading fintech company, ensuring data is secure, compliant, and drives business value.

This role reports directly to the Global Head of Privacy. You will play a key role in defining and implementing data governance frameworks and policies.You will partner with stakeholders in engineering, security, compliance, and business teams to embed best practices and safeguard personal and sensitive information throughout its lifecycle.

This role will be in London co-located with other members of the Privacy Team and the wider Wise Legal team.

What You’ll Work On

You will:

• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and product teams to embed privacy and governance controls into data pipelines and platforms and to automate and optimise data deletion workflows

• Ensure organisational adherence to privacy regulations regarding data deletion and retention and maintain documentation of data deletion processes

• Ensure data classification frameworks meet the standards of GDPR and other global privacy and personal data handling requirements applicable to Wise licensed entities globally 

• Work with data engineers and product teams to implement and manage automated enforcement tools for data classification and protection

• Prepare regular reports for management and regulatory bodies as needed

• Support risk management processes related to privacy and data governance

• Drive adoption of data literacy and best practices across the organisation, acting as a subject matter expert and advocate for effective data management

• Stay current with evolving privacy laws, industry standards, and best practices

• Recommend and implement improvements to data governance frameworks

• Support incident response on data related incidents

Skills

To succeed in this role, you should be a proactive, influential, and effective communicator. You'll be comfortable with ambiguity and making swift judgments. Detail-oriented, you'll manage competing priorities and diverse perspectives. Strong project management skills are essential, as is the ability to collaborate across teams to find practical solutions. You will have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law, Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field

• 6+ years of experience in privacy, data governance, or a related field, preferably within a regulated industry

• In-depth knowledge of global privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, LGPD)

• Proven ability to work collaboratively and influence cross-functional teams

• Demonstrated ability to drive data literacy and governance cultural change

• Hands-on experience with data lifecycle management, particularly data deletion and retention

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to bridge technical and non-technical teams.

Desirable

• Privacy certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT

• Experience with data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality tooling 

• Experience of relevant technologies including data anonymisation, PETS, artificial intelligence and familiarity with ethical frameworks, data governance and accountability.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to shape privacy practices in a data-driven organization

• Work with a passionate, multidisciplinary team

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Flexible work arrangements.

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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