Principal, Strategic Talent & Market Intelligence – US Lending

Help Build the Team Behind One of the Most Ambitious Commercial Lenders

At Oak North, we don't just hire talent—we build the teams that help ambitious businesses grow.

Since launching in 2015, Oak North has become one of the UK's leading commercial banks, deploying billions in lending to entrepreneurs and mid-market businesses. As we continue to expand our presence in the United States, we're looking for someone to build a market-leading talent intelligence capability that will help shape the future of our US Lending business.

We're hiring a Principal, Strategic Talent & Market Intelligence to partner with our US Lending leadership team and become our expert on the US commercial lending talent market.

This is not a traditional Talent Acquisition role.

You'll be embedded within our US Lending business, partnering closely with senior leaders to shape hiring strategy, provide market intelligence and build long-term relationships with exceptional talent across the industry.

At the same time, you'll be part of Oak North's Global Talent Acquisition organization, collaborating with Talent Partners across the UK and US to share market intelligence, best practices and innovative sourcing strategies. This unique model combines the influence of an embedded business partner with the support and collaboration of a high-performing global team.

Using strategic talent advisory, competitive intelligence, AI-powered research and relationship management, you'll help Oak North attract and retain exceptional lending professionals while building a sustainable competitive advantage.

You'll build a strategic talent intelligence capability that supports the continued growth of Oak North's US Lending business.

Rather than reacting to hiring needs, you'll identify market trends before they emerge, develop relationships long before vacancies exist and provide intelligence that informs workforce planning, succession planning and business strategy.

Using Ashby as your strategic Talent CRM, you'll build a living ecosystem of market intelligence, executive relationships and talent insights that enable smarter hiring decisions across the business.

Partner with US Lending leadership to develop long-term talent strategies aligned to business growth.

You'll:

• Translate business objectives into strategic hiring plans.
• Advise on organizational design and build versus buy decisions.
• Support succession planning and workforce planning.
• Provide market insight to inform strategic hiring decisions.
• Partner with leaders to identify future capability needs.

Become Oak North's expert on the US lending talent market.

You'll build and maintain live intelligence across:

• Organizational structures
• Team moves
• Promotions
• Compensation trends
• Reporting lines
• Team stability
• Succession risk
• Market expansion
• Office openings
• Emerging talent

Our ambition is simple: build one of the industry's most comprehensive talent intelligence capabilities.

Develop real-time insight into the competitive landscape.

You'll understand:

• Which firms are hiring
• Leadership movements
• Growing and shrinking lending platforms
• Compensation trends
• Team stability
• Market expansion
• Emerging competitors
• Industry trends

You'll translate market intelligence into actionable recommendations for business leaders.

Build one of the strongest professional networks in the US lending market.

Develop trusted relationships across:

• Commercial Banking
• Middle Market Banking
• Specialty Finance
• Direct Lending
• Private Credit
• Asset-Based Lending
• Sponsor Finance
• Corporate Banking

These aren't recruitment conversations.

They're long-term career relationships built through networking, market insight, industry events and trusted…