Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone.
About the role
Starling Bank is on a mission to change banking for good, and our dedicated employees are at the heart of our success. Our People team is crucial in attracting, onboarding, developing, and retaining exceptional talent, all while fostering an enjoyable and legally compliant work environment.
A core function of our People team, Talent Acquisition, is responsible for identifying, acquiring, assessing, and hiring the fantastic individuals who contribute to Starling's achievements.
We are seeking a proactive and data-driven Talent Acquisition Partner for a 12-month fixed-term contract to support our Corporate Functions. You will manage a Talent Acquisition Specialist and collaborate to address our ambitious hiring needs throughout 2026. This role will be based in our London office and therefore you must be able to commute to our London office on a weekly and regular basis.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders and the People team to define hiring requirements and develop comprehensive talent acquisition plans.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring an excellent candidate experience from sourcing and shortlisting to interviews, evaluation, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
- Collaborate with the wider team to build and manage management information (MI) for data-driven decisions on sourcing strategies and hiring processes.
- Act as a Starling Bank brand ambassador, actively seeking opportunities to showcase us as an employer of choice.
Requirements
- Demonstrable track record in recruitment, preferably in-house, with experience in Corporate roles (e.g., Risk, Compliance, Finance, Marketing, People, Legal).
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work quickly.
- Strong understanding of the local market for operational talent, with the ability to build relationships for both immediate and long-term hiring.
- Tangible evidence of driving improvements in candidate experience, including coaching hiring managers and implementing effective process changes.
- While experience in finance/banking is not essential, a passion for our mission is paramount.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to negotiate and influence effectively with both candidates and hiring managers.
- Essential experience in line management.
- Demonstrable ability to manage and prioritize your own time effectively.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring a consistently positive candidate experience.
- A data-driven approach, actively seeking proactive hiring strategies.
Applications for this position will close on Thursday 30th October at 5pm.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Incentives refer a friend scheme
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
About Us
You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway. We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.
What We Do
Hello, we’re Starling.
Banking was broken – so we decided to fix it. The vision? Fast technology, fair service and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.
We built Britain’s first digital bank.
One hard-won banking licence later, we set about giving people a new way to spend, save and manage their money (and take better care of the planet, too).
We’re changing banking for good.
Back then, we were obsessed with unravelling the knotty world of finance and solving people’s problems rather than selling them stuff. We still are.
Since then, we’ve grown. A lot.
Over three million accounts (and four account types!). A team of thousands. Headquartered in London with offices in Cardiff, Dublin, Manchester and Southampton. Five years voted Which? Recommended Provider and Britain's Best Banking Brand. Still zero branches.
Our culture is open, inclusive and focused on solving real customer problems, with an emphasis on doing the right thing, even when it’s not always the easy thing. From our approach to working together and sustainability to how we build our products, our decisions need to make the world – and Starling – a better place to be.
Everyone at Starling is essential to our mission, which is really quite simple: to solve our customer’s problems – and build the best bank in the world!
And now we're providing Starling to other banks, via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) proposition through our subsidiary Engine, using the proprietary technology platform that it uses to power our own bank.
