OakNorth

OakNorth

Principal, Strategic Talent & Market Intelligence – US Lending

New York · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
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About the role

  • You'll build a strategic talent intelligence capability that supports the continued growth of OakNorth's US Lending business.
  • Rather than reacting to hiring needs, you'll identify market trends before they emerge, develop relationships long before vacancies exist and provide intelligence that informs workforce planning, succession planning and business strategy.
  • Using Ashby as your strategic Talent CRM, you'll build a living ecosystem of market intelligence, executive relationships and talent insights that enable smarter hiring decisions across the business.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with US Lending leadership to develop long-term talent strategies aligned to business growth.
  • Advise on organizational design and build versus buy decisions.
  • Support succession planning and workforce planning.
  • Partner with leaders to identify future capability needs.
  • You'll build and maintain live intelligence across:
  • The judgement to recognize outstanding talent and the credibility to build trusted relationships with senior professionals.
  • A genuine hunter mentality with exceptional research, networking and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience using Ashby or another modern Talent CRM to build talent communities and generate strategic market intelligence.

Skills

  • Talent mapping
  • Research
  • Market intelligence
  • Relationship management
  • Workflow automation
  • Reporting
  • Productivity

Compensation

  • Compensation trends

Benefits

  • Medical Care (managed through Insperity) - employees can add their family to their plan if needed
  • Dental & Vision bundle
  • 20 days Holiday
  • Pipeline health
  • An entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action.

Company info

  • At OakNorth, we don't just hire talent-we build the teams that help ambitious businesses grow.
  • Since launching in 2015, OakNorth has become one of the UK's leading commercial banks, deploying billions in lending to entrepreneurs and mid-market businesses.
  • As we continue to expand our presence in the United States, we're looking for someone to build a market-leading talent intelligence capability that will help shape the future of our US Lending business.
  • We're hiring a Principal, Strategic Talent & Market Intelligence to partner with our US Lending leadership team and become our expert on the US commercial lending talent market.
  • This is not a traditional Talent Acquisition role.
  • You'll be embedded within our US Lending business, partnering closely with senior leaders to shape hiring strategy, provide market intelligence and build long-term relationships with exceptional talent across the industry.
  • At the same time, you'll be part of OakNorth's Global Talent Acquisition organization, collaborating with Talent Partners across the UK and US to share market intelligence, best practices and innovative sourcing strategies.
  • This unique model combines the influence of an embedded business partner with the support and collaboration of a high-performing global team.
  • Using strategic talent advisory, competitive intelligence, AI-powered research and relationship management, you'll help OakNorth attract and retain exceptional lending professionals while building a sustainable competitive advantage.

Visa & Work Authorization

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