Senior Product Compliance Manager – AML

Overview

In this role, you will lead the design of AML controls within Wise’s FinCrime PC&R program and partner with product and engineering teams to deliver compliant, scalable features. You’ll use data to measure control effectiveness, drive improvements, and support an ongoing assurance program. You will balance strong financial crime detection with a smooth customer experience, helping Wise scale responsibly. This is a chance to shape Wise’s in-house AML capabilities and contribute to a global payments platform.

Responsibilities

• Own AML control design and risk detection strategy for Wise’s products
• Collaborate with AML product teams to translate global regulations into practical controls
• Identify and implement enhancements to improve detection quality, growth, and operations
• Use data to define control effectiveness and support ongoing testing/assurance
• Work with Product and Engineering to prioritise improvements for faster deployment and automation
• Lead end-to-end project plans when audits, regulatory feedback, or incidents require changes
• Conduct periodic reviews of controls against changing regulations and guidance
• Contribute to annual financial crime risk assessment across typologies and regions

Key requirements

• 7+ years’ AML/financial crime experience with focus on implementing/enhancing controls
• CAMS, ICA or equivalent certification desirable
• Experience collaborating with product and engineering to build AML controls in-house
• Experience automating financial crime controls and reducing manual effort
• Strong data analytics skills to define and interpret performance and implement changes
• Clear communication, project coordination, and management skills
• Professionalism and integrity, ability to justify trade-offs between friction, cost, and risk
• Willingness to travel as required

• clear communication
• project coordination
• resilience
• transaction monitoring
• behaviour/risk detection
• typology-based coverage

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