Wise

London

Principal Product Designer

ON-SITE SENIOR
Posted about 2 months ago

Quick Summary

Role Overview

As a Principal Product Designer for Global KYC Onboarding in London, you will set the vision for a scalable platform that streamlines global customer onboarding. You will create reusable design components that allow regional teams to build localized, compliant journeys efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with product and engineering leads to define the platform vision
  • Bridge global and local needs by collaborating with regional design leaders
  • Design experiences that balance compliance requirements with smooth user journeys
  • Build reusable platform components to accelerate regional onboarding development
  • Reduce friction for millions of customers while optimizing operational costs
  • Mentor and inspire designers across various onboarding and platform teams

Requirements Snapshot

  • Proven leadership of design teams in complex multi-stakeholder environments
  • Strong portfolio showcasing strategic thinking and detailed UX execution
  • Ability to balance user needs with business and regulatory constraints
  • Experience creating tools and patterns that empower other builders
  • Background in regulated industries or B2B platforms is highly desirable

Expected Impact

You will transform the onboarding experience by turning months of development into weeks through a modular platform approach. Your work will directly reduce friction for millions of legitimate customers worldwide while saving the company millions in operational costs. By pioneering platform design in fintech compliance, you will set the standard for how global financial systems handle identity and trust.

This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

Job Description

We're on the lookout for a brilliant Principal Product Designer to join our Global KYC Onboarding squad in London! You'll be part of Wise's global mission to build an open, fair, and human financial system. Because people without borders need money without borders.

Your mission:

As our Principal Product Designer for Global KYC Onboarding, you'll set the vision for the platform that makes onboarding into Wise safe, efficient, and scalable across all regions. Think of it as building the "Lego pieces" that regional teams can use to create localized onboarding KYC journeys - turning what currently takes months into weeks, and reducing friction for millions of customers worldwide.

Here’s how you’ll make an impact:

  • Be a cross-functional hero and partner up with the Group Product Manager, Engineering Lead, Analytics Lead, as well as researchers and content designers within your squad

  • Bridge global and local needs by collaborating with design leaders across regional teams (Europe, APAC, Americas) who will use your platform components

  • Transform a complex regulatory space by designing experiences that balance compliance requirements with smooth user experiences

  • Build the foundation for a platform that will save Wise millions in operational costs while reducing friction for legitimate customers

This role will give you the opportunity to:

  • Solve problems at massive scale - your work will impact how millions of customers join Wise and how dozens of internal teams build onboarding experiences

  • Pioneer platform design thinking in the fintech compliance space, creating reusable patterns that work across diverse regulatory environments

  • Inspire and empower a growing team of talented designers across Personal Onboarding, Business Onboarding, and future Platform partner teams

  • Be part of positive change - we're fixing a broken, greedy system and putting people in control of their money

About you:

  • You've led design teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and know how to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution

  • You're customer-obsessed but understand how to balance user needs with business constraints and regulatory requirements

  • You have a strong portfolio showcasing both strategic thinking and detailed UX execution, ideally with some experience in regulated industries or B2B platforms

  • You're excited about building for builders - creating tools and patterns that empower other teams to create great experiences

Qualifications

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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