UK Public Policy Lead

Who we are:

TrueLayer is Europe’s fastest-growing Pay by Bank network. We power smarter, safer and faster payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data. E-commerce, iGaming and Financial Services businesses use our products to onboard new users, accept money and make payouts in seconds, and at scale. Live across 22 countries and with 1 new user joining TrueLayer’s Pay by Bank network every 3 seconds, we’re in a very exciting growth stage. This is why we’re expanding the team across our offices in London, Milan, and Dublin.

Listed in Sifted as one of the 100 fastest growing start-ups in UK & Ireland, and CNBC’s World Top Fintech Companies, we’re trusted by industry leaders like RyanAir and Just Eat Takeaway for continued innovation within our payment products. To date, we’ve raised over $300 million from world-renowned investors including Stripe, Tiger Global, Northzone, and Tencent. But this is just the beginning.

We’re looking for people who are excited about joining the Pay by Bank revolution and helping us change the way the world pays. Could this be you? 

Description 

Reporting to the VP of Policy & Research we are looking for someone to lead the development and implementation of public policy strategy in the UK. The Policy lead will need to influence regulators and Government on payments and open banking policy in a pivotal year for the sector, in order to further the interests of TrueLayer - a leading open banking-powered payments provider. 

As a UK Public Policy Lead you will: 

• Work with TrueLayer teams to understand where rules and regulations create blockers, or opportunities for TrueLayer, and build a strategy to influence those rules.
• Work with autonomy on delivering against the UK public policy strategy.
• Build and develop relationships with key policy stakeholders across Government and regulators (HM Treasury, FCA, Payment Systems Regulator, Parliament, Bank of England).
• Maintain TrueLayer’s reputation in the UK as a policy thought leader, through writing reports, blogs, op-eds and press articles.
• Educate internal teams on the policy and regulatory horizon - incoming risks and opportunities.
• Represent TrueLayer at meetings, events, panels and to the press 
• Brief TrueLayer leadership for speaking events and meetings related to public policy.
• Feed into development of TrueLayer’s overall strategy.

About you:  

• Proven track record of influencing policy makers and achieving results through advocacy.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of how Government, Westminster and regulators work.
• Ability to develop and execute project plans and track progress against them 
• Ability to communicate complex concepts in simple and effective ways to a range of different audiences. 

We would be particularly excited if you have:

• Understanding of Payments Services Regulation 

Don’t meet all the requirements?

Multiple studies have shown that women and people of underrepresented groups are sometimes less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement.  At Truelayer, we are committed to building a diverse workforce, so if you are excited about this role and have the essential skills, but not the entire checklist - we’d still love to hear from you!

Benefits 

What you can expect from us:

• Meaningful equity in the company
• Flexible hours and hybrid working 
• 24 days holiday as standard  with flexible bank holidays, so you can take those days whenever you like
• 12 fully-paid wellbeing days a year and your birthday off (on top of the holiday allowance)
• 2 volunteering days to support causes important to you
• 90 day ‘work from abroad’ policy
• Generous parental leave, above and beyond statutory requirements and with no minimum tenure
• Competitive pension contribution at 4% & 4%
• Private health insurance from the day you start
• Life Insurance
• Membership of mental wellbeing platform Spill and premium Calm subscription
• A £1000 budget to spend on learning & development each year
• Free lunch from Just Eat when working from the office

At TrueLayer, we don’t just do inclusion and diversity. We embrace people that have different opinions, perspectives and personalities. Because we believe that by seeing the world from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all the people who live in it. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups (e.g. people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from all socio-economic backgrounds). If you’d like to discuss alternative working patterns, please let us know.

We will always aim to make appropriate adjustments to ensure we are fully inclusive to people with different needs during our interview process. So if you need us to make any adjustments to suit your individual needs please let us know - we’ll be happy to support you.