London On-site Full-time

Taptap Send is hiring a People Operations Lead

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop the People Operations team; setting direction, raising the bar on execution, and building the function’s capability as TTS scales
  • Own the People Operations strategy and AI-enabled transformation agenda, designing scalable systems and automation across payroll, compensation, reporting, and operational workflows to achieve 80–90% automation of day-to-day processes
  • Build the people data infrastructure and self-serve dashboards across headcount, attrition, hiring pipeline, and compensation, enabling leadership to make workforce decisions with confidence
  • Own compensation and role governance, including salary banding, benchmarking, and levelling frameworks, keeping TTS competitive and consistent as we scale
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Finance, Legal, and the wider business, serving as the connective tissue between people data and business planning
  • Institutionalise goal-setting and management operations across the organisation
  • Own the knowledge function; keeping the knowledge centre and internal Q&A current, accessible, and self-serve
  • Define what “great” looks like for People Operations at a high-growth fintech, and shape the future operating model as we expand into new markets over the next 12–24 months

Requirements

  • 8+ years in a high-performing, analytical environment; consulting, business operations, finance, or a fast-growing startup, including experience leading a function or team
  • Strategic and transformative mindset; capable of rethinking traditional processes to drive organisational change and deliver long-term business impact
  • Strong track record of building systems and processes from scratch and owning them at scale
  • Highly analytical; comfortable building dashboards, working with data, and using metrics to drive decisions
  • AI-native in your approach; actively use AI tools to work faster, build smarter, and automate what doesn’t need to be manual
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to work across functions and influence others
  • Proven people leadership; built, managed, and developed high-performing teams, and can set direction, coach, and hold a high bar
  • This is a fully office-based role, requiring attendance in the office five days per week. Candidates should be comfortable working on-site full-time and value the collaboration and pace of an in-person environment

Work Arrangement

On-site

Also you are

  • Outgoing - you love speaking to people and enjoy building meaningful relationships
  • Execution Oriented - we have an ‘impact first’ philosophy and a lot to get done. You should be able to take an idea to implementation
  • Mission Oriented - you are passionate about working for a net positive organisation / tech for good
  • Organised - you have a system for how you approach your work that can keep you on track in a scrappy startup environment
  • Driven - you thrive in a fast-paced, target oriented company

Taptap Values

  • Impact first
  • Team next
  • Accept reality
  • Propose solutions
  • Win with grit
  • Be proactively candid, with yourself and others
  • Love the particular
  • Own it
  • Create positive energy
  • Maybe, even have fun

Additional Information

  • Equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce
  • Encourages applications from members of underrepresented communities
  • Reasonable adjustments available during recruitment process
  • Imposter syndrome is real - any candidate that does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply
About company
Taptap Send
We’re building the world’s leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets - empowering families, fueling local economies, and changing how millions access financial services. Since our launch in 2019, we have transformed how money moves across borders with our operations spanning 6 out of 7 continents and covering both the busiest and most underserved (remittance) corridors. We tapped into a massive shift - from banks to phones - bringing digital finance to places where traditional systems never reached. The next stage of growth will fuel a network of services and products especially designed to make money more accessible to diaspora communities including local cards, and additional savings and payments features. We’re growing fast, backed by world-class investors, and scaling a product that blends real world impact with cutting edge fintech innovation. Here’s a little more: - Founded by Harvard grads and 3-time founders who previously built Segovia (acquired) and GiveDirectly (> $300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO in the world) - Backed by top investors including Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, Unbound, Wamda, and more - Built by global top performers from Bain, Google, McKinsey, Uber, Checkout, Bolt, and beyond - we move fast, stay humble, and care deeply about our mission - Truly global team - 250+ people, 50+ nationalities, 50+ languages - Guided by our values - ownership, impact, humility, and heart - in deed, not just word
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Job Details
Department People Operations
Category other
Posted 11 days ago