Talent partner

Talent partner

Hybrid role to be based in our Holborn, London or George Street, Edinburgh office.

About us

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform, on a mission to help more people invest, and invest well.

We’re building the infrastructure behind the next generation of investing. Our technology already powers some of the UK’s most ambitious fintechs, banks, financial advisers and wealth firms, with close to a million investors relying on Seccl-powered platforms. And we’re now expanding into Europe.

We’ve got a proven product, strong momentum and big ambitions for what comes next: helping more household-name brands launch and scale investment propositions, entering new markets and replacing outdated investment infrastructure with technology that’s faster, simpler and built for scale.

We’re proud to be part of Octopus, one of the UK’s most successful privately held investment and technology groups. That gives us the backing and long-term perspective to build something substantial, while keeping the pace and energy of a high-growth business. Seccl and Octopus are both B Corp certified and share a belief that profit and purpose should go hand in hand.

If you want to help shape the future of investing in the UK and across Europe, you’ll be in good company.

Check out the Seccl website to see what we’re building and read more about our mission to shape the future of investments.

The role

We’re looking for a talent partner to join our People team, reporting to our talent lead. We have an ambitious hiring plan and need an experienced recruiter who can help us bring great people into Seccl at pace.

This is a hands-on delivery role. You’ll primarily support our Product and Engineering teams, owning roles from intake and sourcing through to interview, offer and close. Product and Engineering will be your core focus, but you’ll also pick up hiring across other teams as our priorities change.

You’ll build trusted relationships with hiring managers and bring clear advice, market insight and constructive challenge. You’ll help teams make strong decisions and keep hiring moving, while recognising that hiring managers remain accountable for the final call.

Things move quickly here and plans change. You’ll need to be comfortable working with ambiguity, adapting your approach and switching focus without losing momentum. You’ll care about a high hiring bar and a brilliant candidate experience, while staying pragmatic about how we get there.

What you’ll own

• Delivering end-to-end hiring across a portfolio of roles, primarily within Product and Engineering, while flexing across Seccl when priorities change to support with non-Technical roles

• Building strong candidate pipelines through direct sourcing, agency management, creative search approaches and thoughtful engagement

• Creating pace across every hiring process, spotting blockers early and keeping candidates and hiring teams moving

• Partnering with hiring managers and leaders to clarify what they need, share market insight and support strong, evidence-based decisions

• Maintaining a high hiring bar and an inclusive, engaging experience without adding unnecessary process or complexity

• Using hiring data and day-to-day insight to improve delivery, sharing practical ideas with the talent lead and wider People team

This role’s for you if...

• You have strong experience owning and delivering end-to-end recruitment across multiple live roles in a fast moving, scaling business

• You bring genuine expertise in Product and Engineering hiring, with the technical understanding and market knowledge to work credibly with hiring teams

• You’re a confident direct sourcer who knows how to find, engage and build relationships with strong candidates

• You’re highly delivery-focused, organised and proactive, and you naturally create momentum without needing lots of direction

• You’re comfortable with ambiguity and incomplete information, and can change direction quickly when business priorities shift

• You can challenge constructively, stay pragmatic and judge when to advise, when to push and when to help a hiring manager move forward

• You’re happy to recruit outside your core specialism when needed. Experience in a fast-paced or scale-up environment would be valuable

This role isn’t for you if...

• You’re looking for a mainly strategic or project-based role. Most of your time will be spent actively delivering hiring and owning live roles

• You need priorities and processes to stay fixed. Our needs can change quickly, so you’ll need to adapt and make sensible calls without perfect information

• You prefer to stay within one recruitment specialism. Product and Engineering will be your focus, but you’ll pick up roles across Seccl when needed

• You see partnership as owning the final hiring decision. We want you to bring expertise and challenge, while enabling hiring managers to make the call and keep things moving

• You rely mainly on inbound applications or agencies. Direct sourcing and proactive pipeline building are important parts of this role

What’s in it for you

We offer a generous mix of benefits designed around the things that matter to our people:

A salary between £55,000 and £65,000, reviewed annually, plus a 6% employer pension contribution and life assurance

27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, your birthday off and paid dependant leave

Two volunteering days each year

The option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year

Secclbrate, our recognition programme offering flexible rewards including extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget

One-month paid sabbatical after eight years

Private medical insurance with AXA Health

Enhanced parental leave

MacBook and up to £500 towards your home office set-up

£750 annual learning budget

Health and wellbeing support, including free therapy through Wellness Cloud and mental health support through Headspace

Financial wellbeing benefits, including Octopus Money, the Octopus Share Incentive Plan and will writing through Octopus Legacy

Perkbox, with flexible points and a range of discounts and perks

Access to Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing

Our culture

We put people first and try hard to create an environment where people feel trusted, heard and able to do their best work.

We value openness, curiosity and different perspectives. You’ll have the freedom to challenge how things are done, experiment with better ways of working and take real ownership of your impact.

Check out our Glassdoor page for the latest reviews or our LinkedIn for company updates and insights from the team.

Interview process

Interviewing is a two-way process. Our interviews are conversational, with plenty of time for you to get to know us and ask questions too.

First stage - competencies based interview with the talent lead

Second stage - interview with the head of people and talent lead to delve into your technical skills (this may include a case study or live interview task)

Final stage - 45 mins bar-raiser culture-based interview with two key stakeholders for this role

We review applications as they come in and may close the role once we have enough candidates to move forward. We’ll keep you updated throughout.

Everyone’s welcome

We want to build a diverse and inclusive company full of brilliant people with different skills, experiences and perspectives. All applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity or disability.

If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you.