Head of Talent Strategy
Volt.io, United Kingdom

When Volt launched in 2019, we recognised how Open Banking has the power to transform how businesses, wherever they happen to be, receive payments from their customers.

So, we set about building an Open Payments Gateway that enables merchants across the globe to receive direct, account-to-account payments in real time.

Co-founded by industry experts Tom Greenwood, Steffen Vollert and Jordan Lawrence, we’ve brought together the most experienced, trusted names from across the industry. Now, we’re perfectly positioned to power a real-time payments revolution.

We’re headquartered in the UK - with offices in Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany and São Paulo our mission is truly global. We live by our ‘real-time payments everywhere’ vision.

Now, on the back of $23.5 million Series A and $60 million Series B funding rounds, we’re 150-people strong and poised for an exciting new phase of growth. Will you join us on our journey?

Position Overview:

The Director of Talent will play a pivotal role in shaping our organization's future by developing and executing a comprehensive Talent Acquisition Strategy alongside contributing to our Talent Engagement amp; Retention strategies. This role requires a strategic thinker who can lead a high-performing team, foster a culture of excellence, and drive recruitment efforts that align with our long-term business objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll be doing

• Embed and drive the Hiring Strategy for Volt.
  • Create a hiring strategy that is fit for purpose and that creates a competitive edge to acquiring talent. Work directly with the Executive Leadership Team to ensure hiring strategies connect with wider business strategy.
  • Work with People Partners, Finance and the wider business to undertake headcount forecasting analysis to ensure we are anticipating future growth to meet the needs of the business.
  • Maintain strong knowledge on market conditions, competitor activity and employer brand positioning with ability to present a clear and concise point of view and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead our Direct Recruitment amp; Agency Led Recruitment capabilities, delivering a best-in-class candidate experience
  • Inspire, motivate, enable, and lead a team of recruiters to deliver best in class talent to the business through a direct hiring model where possible. Ensure they expertly represent Volt as the face of the company.
  • Be the escalation point for specific issues with ability to problem solve and provide solutions quickly and effectively.
  • Develop cost effective and strategic relationships with a selected pool of recruitment intermediaries who work closely with, and on behalf of, Volt.
  • Lead and execute all executive recruitment for Volt, managing candidates, Partners, and external search firms accordingly. Expertly represent Volt as the face of the company.
  • Play an active role in developing our Employer Value Proposition and recruitment marketing collateral ensuring that our external branding is appealing and attractive in the marketplace.
  • Define and sustain a first class recruitment capability, e.g. end-to-end review of the recruitment process, system implementation(s), tailored on-boarding journeys, enhanced interviewer training.
  • Work with the Director of People Ops to hire into new territories, with knowledge of local markets and entity set up.
  • Leverage data in a meaningful way to monitor and improve our recruitment capabilities e.g. costs and time to hire metrics.
  • Contribute to Talent amp; Internal Mobility Initiatives for our existing team
• Work with the People Team to develop people development strategies and career frameworks leveraging your market knowledge.
• Work with the People Team to ensure an inclusive culture, a core part of our Employer Value Proposition. Support our Damp;I committee to design and embed inclusive culture practices. Continuously monitor our Quantitative and Qualitative data to ensure we continue improving our environment to be as inclusive as possible; ensuring any barriers are removed.
• • Support People Ops with our International Mobility process. Review and enhance our process end-to-end for all project-related international moves and permanent transfers. Work with Finance, Legal amp; Compliance to document our existing approach re immigration, tax equalisation policies, in order to facilitate international moves.
  • Carefully monitor the delivery of the function through robust planning, reporting and advanced analytics to ensure the delivery of talent matches the business needs.
  What we’re looking for.
  • Experience of leading a talent team within a fast growth technology organisation including hands on experience building processes and infrastructure.<

Job Rewards and Benefits