Director of Executive and Board Hiring
$31,200–$31,200 year
RemoteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead Monzo's Board & Executive Hiring function by setting the vision, strategy, and operating model for identifying and assessing exceptional leaders across the Vice President, General Manager, Executive Committee, and Board levels. Partner directly with the Board, Executive Committee, and Chief People Officer to proactively shape hiring plans, succession strategies, and executive talent pipelines that align with long-term business growth. Coach and develop a high-performing team of specialist recruiters and sourcers through mentoring and capability building while establishing clear standards for candidate experience and hiring quality. Act as a trusted advisor to influence complex hiring decisions, facilitate alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, and contribute to organizational design and leadership capability assessments. This strategic role combines executive search with organizational influence to build the leadership teams driving Monzo's next stage of expansion in the UK financial services sector.
Required Qualifications
- significant experience leading Executive, C-suite and Board hiring within a high-growth technology company or modern financial services organisation
- experience hands-on hiring senior functional leaders, including Vice President and General Manager populations
- built trusted relationships with Executive Committees, Boards and senior People leaders
- equally comfortable advising a Board Chair as you are directly engaging executive candidates
- experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing team members
- Can influence without hierarchy and build alignment across complex stakeholder groups
- Have partnered on organisation design, executive succession planning and leadership strategy
- Understand executive compensation, including equity
- Bring strong commercial judgement and use market insight to influence leadership hiring decisions
- Thrive in environments characterised by pace, ambiguity and constant evolution
- Care deeply about candidate experience, inclusion and building exceptional leadership teams
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