Head of Talent Development

Starling Bank

Head of Talent Development driving strategic leadership and operational initiatives for Starling Bank's culture transformation. Overseeing leadership development and establishing metrics for success in a hybrid workplace.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement a Senior Leadership Development ‘programme’ that will drive the Senior Leaders’ behaviours to deliver Starling’s mission.
Ensure that the relevant senior leadership development modules are cascaded to all People leaders and managers at Starling.
Design and deploy diagnostic tools to assess the health, alignment, and performance of senior leadership teams.
Create and facilitate high-impact team effectiveness sessions that improves alignment, address specific friction points, improve trust, and accelerate team maturity.
Establish a Leadership Capability Measure based on the key leadership behaviours, research leadership measure and implement a simple and effective measure for the senior leadership population at Starling with the view to scale across all leadership roles.
All aspects of team leadership for direct reports and wider team (total team of 10).
Collaborate closely with the People Partner function and Programme Management and Comms to identify emerging leadership needs, tailor solutions accordingly, and deliver effective initiatives.
Manage relationships with external leadership development education providers and consultants, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective delivery.
Establish and track clear metrics to evaluate and overall effectiveness of all talent development initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience in leadership development/organisational development with a deep understanding of the unique pressures and preferences of C-suite and senior leaders.
Ability to balance creating high impact strategic programmes with a ‘hands-on’ delivery approach.
Experience in designing, delivering, and evaluating large-scale, high-impact leadership programmes.
Proven influencing and co-creating skills: Skillful in partnering with and leading others regardless of reporting lines.
Proven experience in delivering large change programmes
Low-ego approach
Qualified Coach
Experience using AI coaching tools
Experience in Organisational Effectiveness/Team effectiveness
Experience from scaling organisations

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
16 hours paid volunteering time a year
Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
Life insurance at 4x your salary
Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
Generous family-friendly policies
Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships

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Hard Skills & Tools

leadership developmentorganisational developmentteam effectivenessdiagnostic toolsprogramme designprogramme deliverychange managementmetrics evaluationcoaching

Soft Skills

influencingcollaborationstrategic thinkinghands-on deliverytrust buildingrelationship managementlow-ego approach

Certifications

Qualified Coach