Global Events Lead - Platform

Position: Global Events Lead - Wise Platform
Company Description Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description We are seeking a strategic, execution-oriented Global Events Lead to build, scale, and lead the global event marketing strategy for Wise Platform, B2B side of Wise.

You will own end-to-end global event operations, driving market positioning, top-of-funnel customer acquisition, pipeline generation, and category leadership across all our international markets (EMEA, NAM, and APAC). You will balance overarching global strategy and creative innovation with direct leadership of our regional Event Marketing Managers and hands-on execution for flagship experiences.

Your mission:

Build a unified, scalable global event framework and tiered playbook covering Tier 1 flagship experiences, Tier 2 executive round tables, and Tier 3 regional sponsor ships and dinners

Direct the strategy and execution for our Wise Connect flagship conference series (running 3x per year across regions) and scale our executive C-level roundtable program (Wise Circles) across APAC, EMEA, and NAMBring creative vision to transform our event formats, refine global operating processes, and evaluate strategic external agency partnerships to ensure our flagship experiences continuously stand out Oversee Wise Platform’s presence at top-tier global financial industry trade shows and summits

Provide direct line management, strategic alignment, and coaching to regional Events Marketing Managers located in London, Austin, and Singapore Oversee event budgets, high-stakes vendor negotiations, and ensure execution standards across all global markets

Collaborate with marketing and sales to design end-to-end event communications (pre/during/post-event email nurture flows, landing pages, and social teasers) that translate attendee engagement into commercial pipeline

This role will give you the opportunity to:

Manage, empower, and mentor a talented team of autonomous Event Marketing Managers across London, Austin, and Singapore Work closely with Wise Platform executive leadership, regional commercial heads, and C-level leaders at tier-1 banks and fintech partners globally.

Take our flagship events to the next level, using creative thinking to scale memorable, high-impact experiences

Represent Wise Platform on the ground at flagship events and work directly with our regional teams across EMEA, NAM, and APACQualificationsA bit about you:8–10+ years of experience managing global or multi-region event programs within B2B SaaS (must have), Fintech, Payments, or Financial Software Proven track record of designing and running owned flagship conferences (200+ attendees), C-level executive round tables, and major third-party trade show presences

Direct line management experience leading, mentoring, and developing event marketing managers across global time zones

Ability to define high-level global strategy while staying hands-on with operational execution, logistics, and high standards

Comfortable using CRM tools (Salesforce or Hub Spot etc.) to measure event ROI, track campaign influence, and attribute commercial pipeline

Proven experience managing large event budgets, complex global contracts, and vendor negotiations

Ability to build or guide full lifecycle event marketing comms (landing pages, email sequences, social copy) to maximise attendee acquisition and post-event lead conversion.

Excellent at balancing global alignment with regional needs, collaborating smoothly across regional leadership, commercial teams, product marketing, and PRNice to have:

Direct experience in cross-border payments (FX, transaction banking, embedded finance).Prior experience marketing software solutions directly to banks or financial institutions.

Experience operating…