Lending Strategy Architect & Growth Leader

OakNorth; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity — we want everyone to have a 'a

25 days holiday plus personalised bene

Subsidised private medical insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Wellbeing and social events, Barista,

Volunteering time off

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

OakNorth is seeking a senior operating leader to drive the scaling of our UK and US lending businesses. Working with the Chief Lending Officer and the lending team, you will translate priorities into a concrete roadmap and connect strategy with execution.

You will own and deliver across growth initiatives, optimize the commercial engine, and lead a small team across marketing, revenue operations and sales enablement.

Qualifications

• A track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from idea to outcome.
• A strong systems thinker with sound commercial judgement and analytical ability.
• Enough commercial and credit fluency to engage with senior dealmakers and how deals are originated, structured and underwritten.
• The ability to move comfortably between strategy and operational detail.
• An entrepreneurial approach and confidence without a playbook.
• High energy, low ego and a bias for action.
• Comfort with ambiguity, pace and accountability.
• Strong preference for experience in financial services - banking, private equity, a credit fund or similar

Responsibilities

• Translate lending priorities and strategy into an executable roadmap across the UK and US in support of our scaling mandate.
• Partner with lending leadership to set and align OKRs, dovetailing into the Monthly Business Reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews, and strategic planning operating rhythm.
• Own the roadmap for our highest priority strategy and operational initiatives - including growth bets into new sectors and geographies.
• Own and strengthen the commercial engine and our sales operation processes across the funnel, with the overall goal of widening top of funnel and improving conversion rates.
• Own the commercial operating model, including the agenda on recruitment, org design, capability, and our capacity model.
• Improve the end-to-end lending journey and build scalable, efficient processes, with an emphasis on where we need human touchpoints versus technology, automation and AI.
• Manage a small team across marketing, revenue operations and sales enablement

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Systems thinking

Commercial judgement

Strategic to operational

Entrepreneurial mindset

High energy

Ambiguity management

Financial services experience

Job description

OakNorth is seeking a senior operating leader to drive the scaling of our UK and US lending businesses. Working with the Chief Lending Officer and the lending team, you will translate priorities into a concrete roadmap and connect strategy with execution.

You will own and deliver across growth initiatives, optimize the commercial engine, and lead a small team across marketing, revenue operations and sales enablement.