Role & Job Purpose

The Knowledge Management team’s mission is to help Wise achieve Mission 0 through enabling its operational teams to scale and provide excellent service to our customers by building and maintaining a centralised, easily accessible and high-quality knowledge base.

As a Knowledge Management Lead you will play a key role in executing the Knowledge Management Strategy and report directly to the Knowledge Management Senior Lead. You will support them in building a centralised directory of high-quality, up-to-date content for your designated operational area, in this case FinCrime.

You will be building and developing a high-performing team of Knowledge Management Specialists and Senior Specialists whose main role is to ensure the FinCrime teams have information & knowledge management mechanisms in place to support the speed of learning, deliver high-quality products and services, develop, share, reuse and continuously improve practices to achieve higher efficiency targets, consistently meet SLAs and provide excellent service to our customers. You are a strong people lead with experience in managing performance and operations, developing your team, stakeholder management, planning and delivering multiple projects simultaneously, managing capacity and forecasting resources.

As a Knowledge Management Lead you are highly trained in Knowledge Management best practices, thoroughly understand and follow the Knowledge Management E2E Lifecycle. You plan and drive projects on the global level, across your operational domain, product and servicing teams. You provide visibility, guarantee collaboration and opportunities to improve the operational performance and scalability of your domain.

You manage stakeholders efficiently within your KM initiatives & projects’ scope and you identify knowledge gaps and measure their impact through establishing relevant success criteria for each of your projects. You analyse and differentiate between Knowledge Management and operational metrics and drive projects that support your stakeholders’ highest priorities and needs.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain a positive work environment and scaling company culture and values
Developing a high-performing Knowledge Management team for your domain, support specialists on their personal growth paths while inspiring and motivating the team to succeed
Help team members to understand their role in the mission through coaching, challenge or mediate debates
Define the operational and KM goals for your team while supporting the Knowledge Management team’s vision
Managing team’s resources and their relevant skills
Propose decisions for direct reports like salary raise, promotion, leave approval, etc.
Responsible for setting up the success metrics for projects and given domain.
Onboarding new Knowledge Management Specialists and Senior Specialists in their role and in the team
Take ownership of implementing and operating the Knowledge Management strategy and framework with the team, supporting product, servicing and operational teams, fully aligned to the Knowledge Management and Servicing initiatives
Build connections between team members as well as cross-team, -servicing and facilitate and identify new collaboration opportunities on the team level
Measure and support the alignment of team KPIs and OLAs for success and efficiency
Driving team’s input and participation in Knowledge Management team’s planning, as well as taking part and contributing to operational/ tribe plannings where needed based on scope
Coordinate Knowledge Management Specialist and Senior Specialist activities ensuring at all times a high-quality, high-speed workflow with optimal coverage
Act as the main point of contact for the Payments area’s Quality Management topics for Internal and External parties;
Ensure that all information and documentation provided to satisfy parties information requests meets both the Payments, Vendors’ and Wise’ s expectations regarding quality and mode of presentation;
Hire, lead, develop and manage a Knowledge Management team, including amongst others administrative tasks such as scheduling, interviewing, hiring, organising team activities, conducting the GrowWise reviews etc
Owner of the team's entertainment budget. Keeping it up to date, syncing it with the rest of the leads in the group and their direct lead

You have 2+ years of leadership experience
Working knowledge of Atlassian Products (Confluence and Jira) or other matter/experience management systems (Guru, ServiceNow, Notion, etc)
Having a forward thinking, original and confident approach
Ability to lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously, with proven capacity for creative problem solving and commitment to meeting deadlines
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage effectively with individuals at all levels of the organisation
Effective stakeholder management skills and experience communicating with non-technical audiences on complex technical solutions and matters
Ability to work globally and interpret business requirements into sustainable products
Understanding of Agile lifecycle, project management/execution skills and user experience design; experience with Jira and Confluence is essential
Ability to develop a good understanding of the work, challenges and opportunities of the operational team to appreciate internal stakeholders needs
Outstanding organisational and planning skills associated with a familiarity with job training processes. Requirements include training employees who are new to the responsibilities and how to perform them. Great interpersonal skills are required to review the team’s work in the spirit of support and improvement so further growth in the job occurs.
Relevant experience with FinCrime operational & cross-functional teams. You can engage with operational analysis, data, and support operational change. You have experience with data visualisation tools (Looker.) and demonstrate storytelling ability with data.
You have great attention to detail. You’ll help build and maintain the knowledge base by using your domain expertise. Drive agent satisfaction and implementation projects, based on KPIs for your team and work with all other servicing teams as Continuous Improvement, Product, Training and Quality Assurance.
You’re a self-starter. With a proven track record of taking individual ownership and solving problems creatively, you’ll design, develop, and document knowledge base articles, FAQ content, Quick replies/Admin emails in your domain while also developing and improving operational workflows in order to enhance efficiency.
You’re reliable. You’ll be an ambassador for Knowledge Management as you effectively manage, delegate, oversee, or contribute to cross-team projects, no sweat - You’ve also got the ability to multitask and handle a varied workload, and you always take responsibility in challenging situations - In short, you get it done.
You are results driven. You’ve got some experience and expertise in Knowledge Management and how to enable operational teams through an efficient KM strategy.

Salary: 3400 - 4450 EUR gross mothly + RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
Flexible working - whether it’s working from home, school plays or life admin we get that flexibility is essential and you’re trusted to do the right thing and be responsible
Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities
6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

If you're interested in the position, please apply by submitting your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter, please answer the following questions:

What relevant experience would you bring to this role based on the job requirements?
What skills can you transfer from your previous experience into our fast paced, fintech environment? Demonstrate through 1 example

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