Engineering Operations Manager

Overview

In this role, you will lead large-scale engineering programmes and translate SOX requirements into actionable plans. You will partner with engineering tribes to improve planning, governance and operational delivery while ensuring controls are maintained across projects. You’ll drive remediation, testing readiness and handovers to business-as-usual, using data to reduce manual work. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances programme management with practical control execution to support Wise’s mission of moving money easily and securely.

Pay / Benefits

• inclusive culture
• international team
• competitive salary (92,000-118,000k)

Responsibilities

• Define outcomes, scope, workstreams and milestones across teams from planning to ongoing operations
• Provide tribe-level Engineering Operations support to strengthen planning, prioritisation and operational reviews
• Coordinate SOX and IT General Controls audits, including remediation planning and evidence collection
• Identify risks and dependencies, clarify ownership and resolve competing priorities
• Establish governance and reporting to provide stakeholders with visibility on progress and testing outcomes
• Drive internal training, awareness and communications related to the programme
• Improve operational processes using data and automation to reduce manual reporting
• Ensure clear handovers to business-as-usual operations when programmes complete

Key requirements

• Independent track record leading large-scale technology programmes spanning multiple teams
• Hands-on SOX or IT General Controls programme experience, including remediation and audit cycles
• Understanding of control ownership and evidence requirements
• Ability to translate regulatory/audit requirements into practical delivery plans with technical and control specialists
• Experience collaborating with engineering leaders on planning, dependencies and operational improvements
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear plans and drive progress without formal authority
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to challenge unclear ownership and plans
• Clear communication and concise progress updates for leadership
• Analytical approach with data-driven problem solving

• stakeholder management
• effective communication
• problem solving
• SOX / ITGC
• governance and controls
• planning and roadmapping

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