About Lendable
Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing: faster, cheaper, and friendlier. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:
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One of the UK’s newest unicorns with a team of just over 500 people
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Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK
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Profitable since 2017
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Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs
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Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot)
So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days.
We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.
Join us if you want to
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Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1
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Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo
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Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting
The role in a nutshell
A terrific opportunity to lead our Talent Acquisition team, developing the strategy and responsible for the delivery of bringing the best talent to Lendable. We’re looking for someone who can think big and execute effectively, an inspirational leader who can partner with Executives and be the Talent expert for Lendable. Reporting to the VP of People, this role is ideal for someone who is passionate about people and process to help us hire the very best.
Key responsibilities:
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Lead, coach and develop the Talent Acquisition team (4.5 Full Time Equivalent people), setting them up for success to deliver a high-performing function.
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A large proportion of the role will be spent as the hiring lead for middle level and senior hires, comfortable getting stuck in and supporting all roles globally as required.
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Create and execute a Talent Acquisition strategy to bring top talent to Lendable.
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Ownership of all recruitment systems and processes, optimising and automating wherever possible.
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Business partnership with a range of stakeholders - from hiring managers to Executives.
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Coach Hiring Managers in recruiting techniques - LinkedIn profiles building, candidate pipeline building, talent spotting, interviewing and assessments.
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Important leadership voice and contributor for wider People deliverables.
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Leverage data and market insights to stay ahead of hiring trends, salary benchmarks, and talent pools across multiple geographies.
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Work towards turning employees into brand ambassadors by creating programmes and activities to boost our digital footprint.
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Champion inclusive hiring practices within our recruitment processes.
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Define and develop key performance metrics for how we bring people into Lendable, implementing strategies to increase the team’s effectiveness.
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Ensure we are holding a high bar when bringing in talent.
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Deliver a consistently exceptional candidate experience.
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Bring external best practice into how we hire.
Your Profile
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Experience managing and leading a Talent Acquisition team in a fast-paced environment - one which can be ambiguous and ever-changing.
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Strong experience recruiting for technical and non-technical roles, including volume hiring.
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In depth knowledge of the full recruitment lifecycle.
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Passionate about candidate experience.
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Data fluency and metrics driven.
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Ability to both be strategic and also very hands on in the day to day.
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Highly collaborative, commercial business partner - strong listening skills and commercial acumen to deliver impactful solutions to business challenges.
For this role, you can expect:
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Screening call
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1st stage with the hiring manager, VP of People
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2 stakeholder interviews
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Case study
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Final interview
Life at Lendable
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The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies.
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Best-in-class compensation, including equity.
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You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish - on the other days, those based in the UK come together IRL at our Shoreditch office in London to be together, build and exchange ideas.
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Enjoy a fully stocked kitchen with everything you need to whip up breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office every Tuesday-Thursday.
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We care for our Lendies’ well-being both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance
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We're an equal-opportunity employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London
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What We Do
Lendable is a lending platform that makes borrowing money effortless. Using technology, we have trimmed the fat from the traditional loan application process. The result allows us to make an instant decision, offer personalised rates, and transfer funds within minutes. We look beyond applicants' credit score, offering loans to people with less-than-perfect credit histories, and charging them less than banks. This way, we provide fair rates to a wider range of borrowers. Once customers have accepted our quote, we deposit their loan within minutes. Because our technology is brand new. Unlike banks, who use huge systems built at a time when the world was different. The internet has made commerce faster, cheaper and safer. Time for finance to step up
