Tech Recruitment Manager

Monzo Bank Limited; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MacBooks for all employees

Learning budget and training

Flexible working hours

Enhanced benefits

Job summary

Monzo Bank Limited is seeking a player-coach Head of Recruitment to lead a small squad of Recruiters and stay hands-on with senior-level hiring. You’ll partner with Workforce Planning and executive stakeholders to shape hiring strategy and ensure high-impact outcomes.

You’ll drive inclusive hiring, data-informed decisions and scalable processes while supporting growth and talent development across Monzo’s teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience recruiting in-house, within tech functions (e.g. Product, Engineering).
• Experience coaching recruiters and helping others develop and succeed.
• Comfortable in a player-coach leadership role combining people leadership with hands-on recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small squad of Recruiters while remaining hands-on with hiring.
• Partner with senior stakeholders (VPs and executives) on hiring strategy and planning.
• Embed inclusive hiring practices and drive process improvements at scale.

Skills

In-house recruiting

People leadership

Sourcing

Stakeholder partnership

Tech recruitment

Job description

You'll be the trusted hiring partner for Execs and senior stakeholders, helping shape hiring plans, organisational design, and hiring strategy. You'll work closely with Workforce Planning and Business Hiring leadership to understand upcoming demand and ensure your team is focused on the highest-impact hiring. You'll work closely with other Hiring Leaders to share best practice, solve cross-functional hiring challenges and help shape how our team evolves as Monzo continues to grow. As our team continues to grow, we're looking for a Player Coach to lead a small squad of Recruiters while remaining hands-on with hiring. This is a leadership role for someone who loves developing people just as much as they love finding great talent. You'll be passionate about improving how we hire. You'll use data, market insights and candidate feedback to identify opportunities, refine our processes and influence hiring decisions. You'll help embed inclusive hiring practices across your team and continually look for ways to improve quality, efficiency and candidate experience.

• You've built significant experience recruiting in-house, within tech functions (e.g. Product, Engineering etc.)
• You've managed or coached Recruiters and enjoy helping others develop and succeed.
• You're excited by a player-coach role that combines people leadership with hands-on recruitment.
• You're comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders, including VPs and executives, influencing hiring strategy and challenging constructively where needed.
• You've recruited across a range of levels, from mid-level hires through to Senior Manager and Director roles.
• You're an excellent sourcer and know how to attract outstanding passive talent.
• You use data and market insights to influence hiring decisions and improve recruitment processes.
• You're passionate about inclusive hiring and creating exceptional candidate experiences.
• You build trusted relationships quickly and thrive in fast-moving, collaborative environments, You've managed hiring teams across multiple locations or hybrid/remote environments.
• You've recruited tech roles within a high-growth startup or scale-up.
• You've partnered closely with workforce planning or capacity planning teams.
• You've helped build or improve recruitment processes at scale. Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we're making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we're embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report. London | UK Remote Competitive Salary + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits, Competitive Salary Incentive Awards tied to your performance.
• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team. £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences. We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup. Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits.