People & Talent Lead

Lenkie; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary including equity

Hybrid working model

Impact on company culture

Regular team socials

Job summary

A fast-growing fintech company in Greater London is seeking an experienced People & Talent Lead to manage and develop its people function. The successful candidate will oversee the entire employee lifecycle, from recruitment to performance management, while ensuring alignment with company culture and values. The role offers a competitive salary, equity options, and the opportunity to shape the organization's growth as it scales. Join a high-performing team dedicated to supporting small businesses across the UK.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in People & Talent or HR roles.
• Experience owning the full recruitment lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of performance management and employee development.
• Practical knowledge of UK employment law.
• Practical knowledge of UK employment law and best practices (international exposure is a plus).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A pragmatic, hands-on mindset—you’re comfortable with both executing and designing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end hiring across the organization.
• Design and run an effective onboarding experience.
• Own and improve HR systems and processes.
• Support managers in developing high-performing teams.
• Act as a steward of company culture and values.
• Implement clear performance management frameworks, including goal-setting, reviews, feedback cycles, and progression paths.
• Support managers in building high-performing teams through coaching, feedback, and people development practices.
• Own and improve core HR systems and tools (HRIS, payroll coordination, benefits administration, documentation).
• Develop and maintain people policies that are compliant, pragmatic, and aligned with Lenkie’s values.
• Ensure smooth people operations across a distributed, international team.
• Act as a steward of Lenkie’s culture, values, and ways of working.
• Design initiatives that reinforce accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with leadership to build a performance-driven, inclusive, and engaging work environment.
• Support employee engagement, retention, and wellbeing as the company scales.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management on people-related topics, including performance, structure, and team dynamics.
• Use data and insight to inform decisions on hiring, retention, and organisational design.

Skills

People & Talent Management

Recruitment Lifecycle

Performance Management

Organizational Design

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

HR Systems Implementation

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Benefits administration

Job description

At Lenkie, we’re on a mission to help small businesses turn their bold ambitions into reality. Our lending products make access to capital faster, fairer, and more flexible, enabling SMEs to grow with confidence. We’ve provided millions in funding to hundreds of UK businesses with our loan book growing 4× in 2025 and we’re just getting started. We are a friendly and collaborative team with a fast‑paced and high‑performing culture acima. We are headquartered in London but with team members across Nigeria, South Africa and London. We’re backed by top‑tier investors and have recently closed a £49M equity and debt Series A investment round to significantly scale the business across the UK in 2026.

Position Overview

We areckte looking for an experienced and hands‑ Canon People & Talent Lead to own and build Lenkie’s people function as we scale. You will be responsible for the full employee lifecycle—from talent acquisition and hiring, through onboarding, performance management, and long‑term development—while building the people processes, systems, and culture needed to support a high‑performance organisation. This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable operating at both a strategic and executional level, enjoys building from first principles, and thrives in a fast‑moving startup environment.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

• Own end‑to‑end hiring across the business, including role scoping, sourcing, interviewing, offer management, and onboarding.
• Partner closely with senior management to anticipate hiring needs and build scalable recruitment processes.
• Design and continuously improve hiring frameworks that assess both performance potential and cultural alignment.
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline across technical, commercial, and operational roles.

Onboarding, Performance & Development

• Design and run a structured onboarding experience to help new hires ramp quickly and effectively.
• Implement clear performance management frameworks, including goal‑setting, reviews, feedback cycles, and progression paths.
• Support managers in building high‑performing teams through coaching, feedback, and people development practices.

People Operations & Processes

• Own and improve core HR systems and tools (HRIS, payroll coordination, benefits administration, documentation).
• Develop and maintain people policies that are compliant, pragmatic, and aligned esforços Lenkie’s values.
• Ensure smooth people operations across a distributed, international team.

Culture & High‑Performance Organisation

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• Act as a steward of Lenkie’s culture, values, and ways of working.
• Design initiatives that reinforce accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with leadership to build a performance‑driven, inclusive, and engaging work environment.
• Support employee engagement, retention, and wellbeing as the company scales.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management on people‑related topics, including performance, structure, and team dynamics.
• Use data and insight to inform decisions on hiring, retention, and organisational design.
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Qualifications / Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in People & Talent, HR, or People Operations roles, ideally within startups or high‑growth businesses.
• Proven experience owning the full recruitment lifecycle across multiple roles and functions.
• Ihouard strong understanding of performance management, employee development, and organizational design.
• Experience implementing and managing HR systems and people processes from the ground up.
• Practical knowledge of UK employment law and best цветов in practices (international exposure is a plus).
• Excelente interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• A pragmatic, hands‑on mindset—you ใช้ comfortable with both executing and designing frameworks.

Nice to Have

• Experience scaling teams across multiple geographies.
• Background in fintech, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Experience working closely with founders or leadership teams during periods of rapid growth.

What You’ll Get from Us

• Competitive salary, including equity.
• Hybrid working, with 3 days per week in_ROLY Aldgate East office.
• The opportunity to build and shape the people function at a pivotal stage of growth.
• Direct impact on company culture, performance, and long‑term success.
• Regular team and company socials.

If you’re excited about building high‑performing teams and want to shape the foundations of a fast‑growing fintech, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV and any relevant information to [e-mail].