Tech Recruitment Manager
Cardiff, London or Remote (UK) · 16-17 years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 5, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 16-17 years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)
About the role
- As our team continues to grow, we're looking for a Player Coach to lead a small squad of Recruiters while remaining hands-on with hiring.
- This is a leadership role for someone who loves developing people just as much as they love finding great talent.
Responsibilities
- You'll lead hiring strategy for your tech business area
- You'll be the trusted hiring partner for Execs and senior stakeholders, helping shape hiring plans, organisational design and hiring strategy
- You'll manage, coach and develop a team of Recruiters, creating an environment where people can do their best work
- You'll balance day-to-day coaching with making decisions about priorities, workload and resource allocation across your team as business needs evolve
- Alongside leading your team, you'll personally manage a requisition load
- You'll partner with Hiring Managers to design effective assessment processes, challenge thinking where needed and deliver exceptional candidate experiences from first conversation through to offer
- You'll use data, market insights and candidate feedback to identify opportunities, refine our processes and influence hiring decisions
- You'll proactively source exceptional talent, understand competitor activity and share market insights with Hiring Managers and your team
- You'll work closely with other Hiring Leaders to share best practice, solve cross-functional hiring challenges and help shape how our team evolves as Monzo continues to grow
Requirements
- You've built significant experience recruiting in-house, within tech functions (e.g. Product, Engineering etc.)
- You've managed or coached Recruiters and enjoy helping others develop and succeed.
- You're excited by a player-coach role that combines people leadership with hands-on recruitment.
- You're comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders, including VPs and executives, influencing hiring strategy and challenging constructively where needed.
- You've recruited across a range of levels, from mid-level hires through to Senior Manager and Director roles.
- You're an excellent sourcer and know how to attract outstanding passive talent.
- You use data and market insights to influence hiring decisions and improve recruitment processes.
- You're passionate about inclusive hiring and creating exceptional candidate experiences.
- You build trusted relationships quickly and thrive in fast-moving, collaborative environments.
Preferred qualifications
- You've managed hiring teams across multiple locations or hybrid/remote environments.
- You've recruited tech roles within a high-growth startup or scale-up.
- You've partnered closely with workforce planning or capacity planning teams.
- You've helped build or improve recruitment processes at scale.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Incentive Awards tied to your performance
- Flexible working hours
- £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences
- Macbooks provided for all employees
- Extra support for work-from-home setup for fully remote workers
Workplace
- Location: Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)
