About Cleo
At Cleo were not just building another fintech app. Were embarking on a mission to fundamentally change humanitys relationship with money. Imagine a world where everyone regardless of background or income has access to a hyper-intelligent financial advisor in their pocket. Thats the future were creating.
Cleo is a rare success story: a profitable fast-growing unicorn with over $200 million in ARR and growing over 2x year-over-year. This isnt just a job; its a chance to join a team of brilliant driven individuals who are passionate about making a real difference. We have an exceptionally high bar for talent seeking individuals who are not only at the top of their field but also embody our culture of collaboration and positive impact.
If youre driven by complex challenges that push your expertise the chance to shape something truly transformative and the potential to share in Cleos success as we scale while growing alongside a company thats scaling fast this might be your perfect fit.
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About the Role
As we scale finding the right talent is more important than ever. This role is all about helping Cleo grow by finding engaging and connecting exceptional people to the opportunities ahead. Youll work closely with recruiters and hiring stakeholders to build diverse high-quality pipelines across key functionslike Data Product Engineering and G&Aand help us stay one step ahead of our hiring needs.
Youll be joining at a pivotal moment with the chance to shape how sourcing is done at Cleo and influence how we scale the team for years to come.
Key Responsibilities
- Mapping out markets for the talent Cleo wants to hirenow and in the future. This could span across the UK Europe and the US.
- Proactively sourcing and engaging talent across a range of functions (Data Product G&A Engineering etc.) keeping pipelines warm balanced and inclusive.
- Running initial screening calls with candidates assessing mutual fit and setting a high-quality bar for the rest of the hiring process.
- Partnering with recruiters and hiring managers to prioritise pipelines share insights and make informed decisions on shortlists.
- Evaluating and recommending sourcing tools and platformsyour first-hand experience will help shape our sourcing stack and influence where we invest.
- Using data to measure sourcing effectiveness from tool ROI to pipeline health and driving continuous improvement in how we work.
- Helping define the scope of the role as it evolves. Youll have the autonomy to influence what great sourcing looks like at Cleo.
What Were Looking For
- You have 3 years of in-house sourcing experience with a strong track record of finding and engaging great candidates.
- Youve sourced across one or more of the following functions: Data Product G&A or Engineeringand youre excited to work across multiple areas.
- Youre passionate about sourcing and proactive talent engagement.
- You get energy from uncovering hard-to-find candidates and creating meaningful connections.
- Youre a compelling storyteller who can translate Cleos mission and culture into outreach that resonates with top talent.
- You take a structured data-informed approach to sourcinghow you break down markets prioritise roles and manage your time.
- Ideally youve worked in or alongside growing recruiting teams and can bring insight into best practices and scalable processes.
What do you get for all your hard work
- A competitive compensation package (base equity) with bi-annual reviews aligned to our quarterly OKR planning cycles. You can view our public progression framework and salary bandings here: at one of the fastest-growing tech startups backed by top VC firms Balderton & EQT Ventures
- A clear progression plan. We want you to keep growing. That means trying new things leading others challenging the status quo and owning your impact. Always with our complete support.
- Flexibility. We cant fight for the worlds financial health if were not healthy ourselves. We work with everyone to make sure they have the balance they need to do their best work
- Work where you work best. Were a globally distributed team. If you live in London we have a hybrid approach wed love you to spend one day a week or more in our beautiful office. If youre outside of London well encourage you to spend a couple of days with us a few times per year. And well cover your travel costs naturally.
Other benefits;
- Company-wide performance reviews every 6 months
- Generous pay increases for high-performing team members
- Equity top-ups for team members getting promoted
- 25 days annual leave a year public holidays ( an additional day for every year you spend at Cleo up to 30 days)
- 6% employer-matched pension in the UK
- Private Medical Insurance via Vitality dental cover and life assurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- 1 month paid sabbatical after 4 years at Cleo
- Regular socials and activities online and in-person
- Well pay for your OpenAI subscription
- Online mental health support via Spill
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
- And many more!
We strongly encourage applications from people of colour the LGBTQ community people with disabilities neurodivergent people parents carers and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
If theres anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation please let us know.
UK App access: The Cleo app is no longer downloadable in the UK (but only until next year). If youre an existing user youll still have access to the app. But some features wont be available (just for a little while). Why 99% of our users are based
in the US where financial health is often overlooked. Weve decided to shift our focus to where we can provide the most value and make the greatest impact for users who need it most. Then well be able to apply what we learn to better support our UK users in the future.