Senior People Partner, OakNorth
12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
Equity available
Digital bank for business loans and savings
Job no longer available
Digital bank for business loans and savings
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Equity available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To serve and empower businesses in the Missing Middle, ensuring each and every one of them has the right tools, insights, and support at every stage of their growth journey with us.
Role
Who you are
- The right person will have proven experience as a People Partner / HRBP supporting Tech and Product teams
- Gravitas and Influence – ability to build trust, command respect, and influence at all levels to drive meaningful business change and people-related decisions
- Strong Business Acumen – deep understanding of how HR strategy aligns with business objectives, leveraging people insights to fuel innovation and efficiency
- High-Performance Mindset – passion for managing and developing high-performing teams, ensuring they reach their full potential
- Analytical & Data-Driven – ability to translate HR metrics into strategic action, using data to drive decision-making
- Adaptability & Problem-Solving – thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments, applying a solution-oriented, people-first approach to challenges
- Global Experience – ability to support teams across different regions with cultural awareness and agility
- Regulated Environment Experience – comfortable navigating HR within financial or regulated industries would be a bonus
What the job involves
- We’re scaling further, and we need a Senior People Partner to support our Tech, Product, Finance, and Legal teams in driving strategic transformation while strengthening our innovative, high-performing culture
- This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of OakNorth’s people strategy, driving business transformation in a fast-moving environment. If you’re ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!
- Strategic Business Partnering – working closely with Tech, Product, Finance, and Legal leadership to align people strategies with business objectives and OKRs, ensuring teams are structured for growth and innovation
- Driving Business Transformation – providing HR leadership during periods of organizational change, including technology adoption, process improvements, and cultural shifts, ensuring smooth transitions and high engagement
- Talent & Workforce Planning – partnering with the Tech Recruiter and leadership teams to identify skill gaps, support workforce planning, and drive talent development initiatives for a future-ready organization
- Performance & Leadership Development – supporting managers to set clear performance expectations, conduct calibrated performance reviews, and enhance leadership capabilities
- Culture & Engagement – implementing people strategies that enhance employee engagement, team collaboration, and innovation, ensuring a culture where top talent thrives
- Employee Relations & Manager Enablement – providing empathetic, proactive guidance to managers on people challenges, upskilling them to handle issues effectively while ensuring a positive employee experience
- Data-Driven Decision Making – leveraging people analytics to identify trends, inform strategy, and present key insights to leadership for continuous improvement
- Global & Regulated Environments – supporting teams across multiple geographies, balancing business agility with compliance in regulated financial environments
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The cost-of-living crisis has put pressure on small and medium-sized businesses, making it harder for them to access the financing they need to thrive. And traditional banks often overlook these businesses, leaving a gap in the market for tailored financial solutions.
OakNorth is filling this gap, with its digital bank that provides loans to lower mid-market businesses. By leveraging advanced technology and data analytics, it offers better lending solutions compared to traditional banks.
Its impact is growing too. As of early 2025, it surpassed $1B in lending to US businesses since launching operations there in mid-2023. This is a huge milestone and one that reflects the demand for its services. With this success, the company is in a great position to continue expanding and helping even more businesses achieve their growth objectives.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2019
$440m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2018
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $911.9m
Company HQ
Carnaby, London, UK
Leadership
Rishi Khosla
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Copal, a financial research firm which they scaled to 3,000 employees and sold to Moody’s Corporation in 2014.
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