About

• StrideUp is leading a new era of values-driven finance. Ranked the 5th fastest growing in the UK and Ireland in 2025, we have already deployed hundreds of millions in property finance, supporting people in achieving their financial goals.
• What makes us different is how we combine purpose with performance. We began with home finance, creating a shariah-compliant alternative trusted by the Muslim community and welcomed by anyone seeking fairer, more transparent products. This product-market fit has powered our growth, and is only the beginning. Our vision is bigger; to expand our offering and build a financial institution that opens doors for communities often left behind.
• Joining StrideUp means being part of a high-performing, values-driven team at the most exciting point in our journey. We have proven success behind us and huge opportunity ahead, and now we are ready to build beyond. Are you?
• StrideUp is backed by leading VC and private equity investors, having raised over £25m in funding.
• The Role
• We’re looking for a Head of People & Talent to lead and shape the people agenda at StrideUp. This role is both strategic and hands-on — you’ll design and deliver the frameworks that underpin our culture, values, and growth, while ensuring operational excellence across HR, talent, and engagement. With at least 8 years’ experience, ideally in fintech or financial services start-ups/scale-ups, you’ll be a trusted partner to our leadership team and the go-to person for building a best-in-class people function.
• You are
• An experienced HR leader with 8+ years across people operations, talent, and culture, preferably within fintech or financial services.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, high-growth environments, able to create structure while scaling teams.
• A strategic thinker who can design frameworks (e.g. remuneration, OKRs, culture embedding) but also dive into the detail when needed.
• A natural relationship-builder, working closely with ExCo, managers, and employees at every level.
• Passionate about creating an engaging, values-led workplace that attracts and retains top talent.
• What you'll do
• People Strategy & Leadership: Define and drive StrideUp’s people strategy, embedding mission, values, and behaviours into everything we do.
• Talent Acquisition: Oversee recruitment ensuring a first-class candidate experience and helping managers hire top talent across all functions.
• HR Operations: Own HR processes and systems including contracts, onboarding/offboarding, benefits, and employee lifecycle management.
• Culture & Engagement: Lead initiatives like all-hands, Values in Action nominations, employee surveys, and values embedding to strengthen culture and engagement.
• Compensation & Benefits: Develop and manage frameworks including payroll, remuneration policies, and sales bonus schemes.
• Performance & Growth: Roll out and embed OKRs, and support managers in developing individual growth plans and feedback processes.
• Data & Reporting: Produce monthly HR management information packs, oversee headcount approvals, and provide insights to leadership.
• Projects & Continuous Improvement: Deliver strategic projects including StrideUp’s remuneration framework, employee experience improvements, and the StrideUp Hub in Notion.
• People Operations: Ensure smooth running of office-related processes, including ID cards, starter templates/folders, and people systems.
• Top Skills/Experience required
• 8+ years in senior HR/People roles, ideally with fintech or financial services exposure.
• Proven success in start-up/scale-up environments, building people functions from the ground up.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management, with experience working directly with executive teams.
• Expertise across talent acquisition, HR operations, employee engagement, and compensation/benefits.
• Confident with people systems (Workable, BrightHR, Notion or similar).
• Track record of designing and embedding frameworks (OKRs, remuneration, values, employee surveys).
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Salary: Competitive, based on experience
• Equity participation
• Bupa PMI
• Life Assurance
• 25 days annual holiday
• Annual L&D budget
• 3% pension contribution
• Monthly socials
• Central London location (hybrid role with an expectation of at least 3 days in the office)
• Friendly and informal startup environment with a focus on performance and impact
• Equal Opportunity Employer
• StrideUp is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We celebrate the diversity of our team and encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic.
• We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and look forward to seeing how you can contribute to our mission.