Head of People
London, UK | Reporting to: Group CFO | 4+ Days Office-Based with International Travel
About Elect Capital
Elect Capital backs ambitious businesses across the UK, Canada, Australia and the US with fast, transparent funding. We deliver 1–9 month business financing with daily or weekly repayments, and 90% of completed applications receive an offer within 4 hours. Whether clients apply directly or through a broker, we make the funding journey sharp, clean and simple.
We’re not here to reinvent financing. We’re here to do it better.
Our Mission
To back ambition — disrupting traditional finance and connecting businesses to capital that moves as fast as they do.
Our Values: C.O.R.E
- Challenge — Ask the hard questions. Improve what you touch.
- Opportunity — Spot it. Shape it. Run with it.
- Resilience — Stay steady. Adapt fast. Keep momentum.
- Edge — Think sharp. Move sharp. Stand out.
The Role
This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced people professional ready to build and scale a global HR function at pace.
Reporting to the Group CFO, you’ll develop and deliver Elect’s people strategy — covering organisational design, performance culture, learning and development, employee engagement and HR operations — across multiple international jurisdictions.
You’ll partner closely with senior leaders to build high-performing teams, develop managers, and ensure our people practices are consistent and effective wherever we operate. You’ll also play a key role in supporting new office launches as the business continues to expand internationally.
The role is based in London and requires regular international travel, including approximately two visits per year to each of our operating geographies: Georgia, Cyprus, Australia, Canada and the UAE.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver Elect’s global people strategy aligned to the company’s growth ambitions
- Partner with senior leadership on organisational design, workforce planning and team structure
- Build and embed a high-performance culture through clear objectives, regular feedback and consistent performance management
- Coach managers and develop leadership capability across the business
- Design and implement learning and development programmes that support career progression and organisational capability
- Lead and develop the Group’s people function, covering recruitment, onboarding, development and employee experience
- Establish and embed HR processes, policies and standards across multiple international jurisdictions
- Ensure compliance with employment legislation and HR best practice in all operating markets, working with local advisors where appropriate
- Drive improvements in HR systems, data and operational efficiency
- Lead employee engagement initiatives and use insight to improve the employee experience
- Support change management as the business scales
- Build strong relationships across the Group through regular international travel
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years’ experience in HR, People or Talent leadership roles
- Proven experience building and leading People functions within a high-growth business
- Strong knowledge of performance management, organisational design and leadership development
- Experience supporting international businesses across multiple jurisdictions
- Strong understanding of UK employment law; experience across international employment frameworks is highly desirable
- Confident balancing strategic projects with day-to-day operational delivery
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders
- Commercial mindset with the ability to align people initiatives to business objectives
- Experience improving HR processes, systems and operational efficiency
- Willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis
- CIPD qualification desirable but not essential
What We Offer
- The opportunity to build and shape the people function of a fast-scaling international fintech
- Direct influence over culture, leadership development and organisational design
- Partnership with the Group CFO and executive leadership team
- International exposure across multiple continents
- A high-performance culture built on pace, ownership and commercial thinking
- Competitive salary, performance incentives and long-term career development
Think you’re a fit? We’d love to hear from you.
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