Wise

London

Senior Design Researcher - Account Sharing at Wise

ON-SITE SENIOR
Posted about 20 hours ago
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Company snapshot

Wise

Wise, formerly TransferWise, is a global tech company revolutionizing money transfers and international banking. With 50+ currencies and 170+ countries, Wise offers fast, secure, and cost-effective solutions for individuals and businesses worldwide.

Insurance B2C Internet Financial Services
HQ
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Team size
1K-5K
Founded
2011

Quick Summary

Role Overview

As a Senior Researcher in the Shared Accounts team, you will build cross-border financial solutions for families, friends, and caregivers. You will lead complex research projects within a community of over 30 researchers to drive evidence-based product decisions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead complex research projects to frame problems and identify new opportunities
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate evidence into product action
  • Plan and sequence work streams while defining metrics to measure impact
  • Advocate for research-led approaches through storytelling and cross-functional workshops
  • Utilize AI and modern tools to accelerate research delivery and efficiency
  • Guide product designers on ideation based on generative and evaluative findings

Requirements Snapshot

  • Extensive experience researching children, young people, and multi-generational family units
  • Deep expertise in both generative and evaluative research methodologies
  • Demonstrable history of leading UX research within the tech industry
  • Ability to work autonomously on highly complex and ambiguous projects
  • Strong skills in connecting user evidence to specific business outcomes

Expected Impact

You will shape the strategic direction of the Shared Accounts team by translating user evidence into actionable business outcomes. Your work will directly contribute to the mission of making cross-border money management seamless for families and vulnerable groups globally.

A DesignJobs.World summary of the employer's posting, written to highlight scope, requirements, and fit (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

Job Description

Your mission is to build the world’s best, truly cross-border shared accounts, for every kind of relationship – families, friends, children, partners, intergenerational care givers and receivers. You'll join a thriving research community of 30+ researchers in London and work embedded in the Shared Accounts team.


As a Senior Researcher, you'll be owning your expertise. You'll contribute by:

  • Leading complex research - work on large projects that are often complex and ambiguous, helping teams make better decisions by framing problems, identifying opportunities, and translating evidence into action.

  • Problem-solving excellence - proactively demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills and holistic research thinking

  • Taking ownership - regularly lead work and take responsibility for research decisions

  • Collaborating - routinely work with other researchers and disciplines, often leading workshops and crits

  • Planning strategically - able to explain how work streams should be planned, coordinated and sequenced

  • Defining success - ensure key milestones and metrics are in place to measure and assess impact

  • Storytelling and advocacy - strong cross-functional collaborator and accomplished storyteller; effective advocate of a research-led approach

  • Using modern tools thoughtfully - leverage AI and emerging tools where they help accelerate research delivery, while maintaining research rigour


This role will give you the opportunity to:

  • Own complex work - lead large, ambiguous research projects with significant autonomy and impact

  • Shape direction - influence how your team prioritises and sequences work to achieve squad goals

  • Develop your expertise - continue growing as a research expert while expanding your strategic and leadership capabilities

  • Be part of our mission to make money without borders the new normal


A bit about you…

  • You must have experience doing research with children, young people and families, so that you can develop operational frameworks that are suitable for working with vulnerable groups including multi generational family units.

  • You have deep experience with both generative and evaluative research; exceptional problem-solving skills and holistic research thinking

  • You know how to choose the right research approach for different ambiguity levels, build decision confidence through well-designed studies, and connect user evidence to business outcomes

  • You're comfortable working embedded in cross-functional product teams; able to work autonomously and collaboratively with PM, data, design and engineering

  • You're able to guide teams on actioning insights and work closely with designers to ideate based on findings

  • You have strong presentation and storytelling skills, especially when sharing impactful insights

  • You're comfortable using modern research tools and thoughtfully applying AI where it can accelerate delivery without compromising quality


You're also…

  • capable of prioritising and sequencing activities, addressing uncertainties and defining success

  • self-directed; you can spot opportunities and take appropriate steps to action them with minimal guidance


And as a heads up, this role probably isn't for you if:

  • Your experience is primarily market research and/or academia

  • You don't have demonstrable experience leading UX research within the tech/product industry

  • You're not comfortable working with significant autonomy on complex, ambiguous projects

  • You don't have experience doing research with children, young people and families

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.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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