Strategy and Operations Manager

About the role

Lendable is hiring a cohort of Strategy & Operations Managers to join our Operations function. These are roles for people from analytical or strategic backgrounds who thrive on ownership. We’re looking for people who are unusually good at getting to the bottom of a problem and making something happen. Each hire will take full ownership of a specific function within Operations: understanding how it works today, identifying what needs to change, and leading the initiatives that fix it. Some roles involve managing a team; others are individual contributors. The function you own will be confirmed through the hiring process based on fit and business need.

Your impact

• Own your function end‑to‑end: Embed deeply into your function, map current processes, and redesign them from first principles. Identify automation opportunities, eliminate inefficiencies and ensure the function consistently evidences good customer outcomes that align with the FCA’s Consumer Duty.
• Drive operational improvement through data: Pull and interpret data yourself to surface insights that improve how the function performs. Define the metrics that matter, build the monitoring to track them, and translate findings into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Deliver strategic initiatives: Scope and execute high‑impact projects across your function and, over time, across the wider Operations division. Work cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science and Compliance to bring initiatives to completion and validate that they’re working as intended.
• Influence without hierarchy: Present clearly and credibly to senior stakeholders. Approach every conversation with an open mind and let the quality of ideas do the work.
• Lead a team where applicable: In people management roles, hire, develop and motivate a team through a period of change, building a culture that challenges the status quo and holds itself to a high bar.

Your experience

• Track record of owning and delivering complex projects in a fast‑moving environment.
• Strong hands‑on analytical ability, comfortable pulling data yourself, not just commissioning it.
• Lateral thinker willing to challenge how things have always been done.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including at senior leadership level.
• Genuine interest in AI and technology and what they mean for how operations functions should be built.
• Experience in fintech, financial services, or highly regulated environments preferred but not essential – we value transferable skills and fresh perspectives.

Life at Lendable

• Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies.
• Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in‑office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in‑person connection through socials and off‑sites.
• Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls.
• Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover.
• Retirement & savings: long‑term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans.
• Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members.
• Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in‑house chefs on in‑office days at select locations.
• Sustainable commuting: cycle‑to‑work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations.

Please note: The availability and details of specific benefits vary by location and role. For more information, please speak to your Talent Partner.