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Seccl.tech is a brand that aims to revolutionize the financial planning and investment industry by challenging the status quo and bringing about positive change. The financial sector is currently plagued by outdated technology, complex processes, and misaligned interests, resulting in unnecessary complexity for professionals and subpar experiences for customers. Seccl.tech is on a mission to change this by building innovative technology that powers investment propositions, offering a range of services and products to cater to different needs. Their embedded infrastructure allows forward-thinking firms to streamline investment processes, lower costs, and enhance overall experiences. They provide digital tax wrappers, including ISAs, JISAs, and SIPPs, offering a comprehensive range of options for tax-efficient investing. Seccl.tech enables financial advisers, consolidators, adviser tech providers, neobanks, and established fintechs to optimize their client experience and deepen customer engagement through their own platforms. Seccl.tech is backed by a team of experienced founders and leaders who have a deep understanding of the industry. With a commitment to being easy to work with and a focus on quality and scalability, Seccl.tech is transforming the investment landscape for the better.

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## Company mission

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that's helping more people to invest – and invest well.

## Our take

Seccl is an embedded investment platform revolutionising how companies offer investment services. With its API-first technology infrastructure, it helps financial professionals and businesses launch and manage investment platforms easily. By simplifying old, clunky processes, Seccl gives firms the tools they need to offer customers a seamless, digital investing experience - whether it's for financial advisers, neobanks, or fast-growing startups.

Since being acquired by Octopus in 2019, Seccl has seen impressive growth. Now supporting over 1 million investors, it manages more than £6 billion in funds through its platform. With this, Seccl is well on track to power even more businesses, and as it continues to grow, its mission to disrupt the industry with smarter, scalable solutions is only growing in momentum.

## Company benefits

- Flexible/hybrid working: We don't prescribe when or how many days you come into the office. It's what you deliver that's important
- Events and socials: Twice-yearly all-company offsites, regular team socials and plenty of non-work activities – from gigs to sporting activities – to get stuck into
- Private medical: Access GP and other health and dental appointments work through private medical insurance
- Focus on mental health: Your wellbeing is more important than work. We offer free and confidential access to therapy if you need it
- Long-service award: A month's fully-paid sabbatical when you've worked here for eight years (we're part of Octopus, after all)
- The usual stuff: 27 days' holiday (plus religious holidays and your birthday), Cycle2Work scheme and workplace pension

## Role

### Who you are

- You've led a people function in a scaling, commercially driven and regulated environment
- You have direct experience of SMCR and ideally Enhanced firm governance requirements
- You're confident operating at exec and Board level, able to influence and hold senior leaders to account
- You bring strong organisational design and workforce planning capability
- You have deep knowledge of UK employment law and regulatory people risk (European experience desirable)
- You balance strategic clarity with operational pragmatism and are comfortable rolling up your sleeves
- You're calm in ambiguity and energised by growth, change and evolving complexity
- You lead through others, building trust quickly while combining empathy with accountability
- If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We'd love to hear from you!

### What the job involves

- This role is a maternity cover on a 12-month FTC, ideally to start in May 2026
- We're looking for an Interim head of people to join our People team, reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with our executive team
- This is a pivotal maternity cover role with full accountability for the people function at an exciting moment in our growth and change - including our transition from Core to Enhanced SMCR, potential European expansion, the evolution of our hybrid and location strategy, and the increasing impact of AI on how we work
- Our People team plays a critical role in enabling Seccl's growth ambitions - shaping culture, building leadership capability, and ensuring our people foundations are strong, scalable and compliant
- As technology and AI continue to reshape the fintech world, you'll help the business and our people adapt thoughtfully and responsibly – ensuring we build the skills, governance and ways of working needed for the future
- You'll lead a capable team across partnering, development, operations and talent acquisition, balancing strategic direction with hands-on delivery
- With major governance, expansion, organisational and technological priorities ahead, this is an opportunity to influence at the highest level and leave a lasting impact on how Seccl scales – strengthening our readiness not just for regulatory change but for the future of work itself
- Partnering with the CEO and exec team to ensure people strategy is fully aligned to business goals and growth plans
- Holding senior leaders to account for embedding our culture and role-modelling our operating principles
- Leading organisational readiness for Enhanced SMCR, strengthening governance, accountability frameworks and regulatory learning
- Shaping organisational design and workforce plans to ensure we have the right skills, structure and succession in place
- Preparing the business for European expansion, including hiring, policy localisation and operational setup
- Driving the evolution of our hybrid and location strategy, including office moves, future footprint planning and health & safety oversight
- Supporting responsible AI adoption across the business, ensuring our approach enhances productivity and innovation while maintaining fairness, compliance and strong ways of working
- Overseeing performance and engagement frameworks, ensuring insight from feedback and survey data translates into clear action
- Acting as an escalation point for complex people relations and regulatory matters, ensuring fair, consistent and compliant outcomes
- Leading and enabling the People team, setting priorities, running quarterly planning and ensuring operational excellence across the full people lifecycle
- Partnering with Finance on reward strategy, salary reviews, executive incentives and long-term workforce cost planning

### Compensation & Work Arrangement

- £100-120k
- 12-month FTC (maternity cover)
- 3 days a week in office
- Locations: Edinburgh or London
- Start date: May 2026 (ideally)

Seccl Interim Head of People | Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)

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This is a 12-month maternity cover role for an Interim Head of People at Seccl, focusing on leading the people function during a period of growth and change. The role involves strategic leadership, organizational design, and workforce planning, with a focus on governance, European expansion, and AI adoption.

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