People Lead (Maternity Cover)

We’re on a mission to protect society from fraud and money laundering. We’ve already protected over 3 million people through life’s big transactions. Fraud and regulation are rising, costing the UK economy over £100bn every year; this makes it more difficult for businesses to protect themselves and their clients from fraud and money laundering. Thirdfort helps businesses to facilitate these anti-fraud checks so that individuals know they can transact safely and seamlessly with professionals during these big transactions. Our anti-fraud platform provides a secure way for professionals in regulated sectors like Lawyers, Estate Agents and Accountants to transfer funds and verify sensitive information through app-based document checks, facial recognition and open banking. Over 1,500 businesses now trust Thirdfort to verify their clients. We are FCA regulated and have raised over $33m in capital from leading Fintech investors.

The Role: We are looking for a People & Talent Lead to refine and execute a people and talent strategy that attracts, nurtures, and retains top talent while fostering a culture of high performance and growth so Thirdfort can achieve its goals. You’ll join and lead a People & Talent team of 3, currently made up of a People Partner, Talent Partner and People & Workspace Associate. You will report into our COO and work closely with leaders across the business.

As our People & Talent Lead, you will:

• Own and execute the People & Talent strategy: Deliver the 2026/7 People & Talent annual plan, reporting regularly on progress against the plan and day-to-day KPIs, while collaborating with the COO and leadership to align people strategies with business goals.
• Act as a Culture and Engagement lead: Championing and working to embed our values and culture across the business and in our People & Talent approach. You will also oversee and guide our workplace approach to support this.
• Build manager and leadership capability: Alongside our People Partner, work to ensure we’re enabling managers through effective partnership, coaching, advice, and training on strategic and operational people matters to drive high performance across their teams.
• Own our People Partnering approach: Partnering with leaders across the business, ensuring our approach enables teams across the business to achieve their goals.
• Oversee People operations and analytics: Manage day-to-day people operations through leading the People Associate, maintain regular People & Talent reporting for internal and business-wide use, and track KPIs to measure the effectiveness of People initiatives.
• Manage and develop the People & Talent team: Lead a team of 3, providing coaching and development to ensure the team delivers exceptional service and continues to grow their capabilities.
• Manage the People budget: Work with the COO to manage the annual People budget, ensuring spending delivers clear ROI and supports business objectives.

You may be right for this role if you:

• Have worked in a People & Talent Lead role or similar in a fast-growth business.
• Have experience partnering with Leaders and Managers - including supporting them to embed culture, manage complex ER and performance cases.
• Are organised and have experience leading company-wide projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Are data driven - comfortable using People & Talent data to identify trends, report on progress and inform strategy.
• Have a high level of emotional intelligence, and can see different perspectives and understand how your emotions and behaviour can affect those around you.
• Have experience managing and coaching a team.

Life at Thirdfort: Driven by our values, our culture promotes a collaborative and open environment where Thirdforters can take ownership, have impact, and feel empowered when it comes to their growth and development. We understand the importance of our teams' wellbeing and recognise a one-size-fits-all approach rarely works, that’s why we aim to provide the flexibility individuals need to work in the way that suits them and their families best.

Our Benefits: We’ve created our benefits package to reflect Thirdfort’s mission and values. We place a strong focus on Win Together given what we do, extending this to our team’s physical, mental and financial security to support them through their big life moments. Our benefits exist to empower our team, ensuring they feel supported and able to work in the way that enables them to do their best work.

When you join Thirdfort, you’ll get immediate access to our flexible employee benefits package that aims to support you across these areas:

• Compensation - £65-85K p.a. base salary
• Flexible Working Hours
• Enhanced parental leave
• Customisable wellness budget and £250 WFH Budget
• Enhanced employer matching pension scheme with salary sacrifice options
• Up to 30 days Working from Abroad
• Uncapped holiday
• Enhanced sick leave
• Private healthcare with our provider, AXA
• Regular company and team socials
• Uncapped budget for personal development
• Share options for all employees
• Access to our Cycle to Work scheme

We’re committed to building an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture where everyone has a chance to make a difference. We’re purposefully building a team of problem-solvers that reflect our values - which is why we hire from all backgrounds. If you’re a curious, kind individual who takes ownership, you’ll be a great Thirdforter.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let your dedicated Talent Manager know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.