Director of Executive and Board

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16‑17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get‑paid‑early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award‑winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers. We’re not about selling products – we want to solve problems and change lives.

London | £ + equity + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits

Our team:
One single product has grown into one of the UK's leading digital banks, serving millions of customers with products spanning personal banking, business banking, savings, investments, pensions and borrowing. As we continue to scale and expand our product offering and international footprint, attracting exceptional senior leadership talent has never been more important. The leaders we hire today will shape Monzo for years to come.

This role exists to ensure we continue to build one of the strongest leadership teams in financial services.

As Director of Board & Executive Hiring, you'll lead the team responsible for hiring Monzo's most senior leaders across Vice President, General Manager, Executive Committee and Board appointments. You'll partner directly with the Board, Executive Committee and senior People leaders to build the leadership teams that will take Monzo through its next stage of growth.

• You set the vision, strategy and operating model for Board & Executive Hiring at Monzo, ensuring we continue to raise the bar for how we identify, assess and hire exceptional leaders.
• You establish a culture of excellence across the team, creating clear standards for quality, stakeholder partnership and candidate experience, while continually evolving our approach through market insight, data and innovation.
• You ensure our hiring strategy supports Monzo's long‑term growth, enabling the business to proactively build the leadership capability it needs for the future.

• You partner closely with the Chief People Officer, Executive Committee, Board members and senior leaders to understand where Monzo is heading and the leadership capability required to get us there.
• Rather than reacting to vacancies, you proactively shape hiring plans, succession strategies and executive talent pipelines, ensuring we're building the leadership capability Monzo will need for the future.

• You lead and develop a lean team of specialist Executive Recruiters and Sourcers through coaching, mentoring and continuous capability building.
• You create an environment where your team can do their best work, helping them navigate complex senior hiring, strengthen stakeholder partnerships and continually raise the bar for executive search, candidate experience and hiring quality.

• Our most senior leaders value thoughtful challenge and honest advice.
• You influence hiring decisions using market insight, talent intelligence and a deep understanding of what good leadership means at Monzo.
• You regularly bring together complex stakeholder groups with differing priorities, creating alignment through clear recommendations, strong facilitation and excellent judgement.

• Executive and Board succession planning
• Leadership capability and organisational design
• Executive assessment and calibration
• Senior leadership hiring strategy

You ensure senior leadership hiring is fully connected to Monzo's broader business strategy rather than operating as a standalone recruitment function.

• You continuously evolve how we identify, assess and attract…