Executive Assistant (Fintech) - CTO and Engineering Leadership

Location: London, UK (Hybrid); 2–3 days per week in the Shoreditch office required. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Salary: £60,000–£64,000 base per year, plus performance-linked incentive awards and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a UK fintech offering personal and business banking, savings, investments, pensions, credit cards, and related financial services.

What you will do

• Act as a strategic partner and trusted extension to the CTO, VP of Product Engineering, VP of Platform Engineering, or incoming General Manager of Fincrime.
• Manage complex calendars, competing priorities, leadership meetings, and decision-making preparation.
• Improve leadership team effectiveness through structure, communication flows, accountability, and proactive risk identification.
• Build relationships across hirify.global, influence without formal authority, create alignment, and remove blockers.
• Lead off-sites, engagement initiatives, process improvements, and cross-functional projects from concept through delivery.
• Handle sensitive information with sound judgement and confidentiality while contributing to the wider Executive Assistant function.

Requirements

• Previous Executive Assistant experience supporting senior leaders in Engineering or Technology teams.
• Significant experience operating as a strategic partner in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve problems, make decisions, and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent judgement, communication, relationship-building, influencing, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience with Slack, G Suite, AI, and modern workplace tools.
• Right to work in the UK required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Experience in a scale-up or similarly fast-moving environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours coordinated with the needs of the role and team.
• Collaborative and supportive Executive Assistant team.
• Opportunity to work closely with senior technology and engineering leaders.
• Performance-linked incentive awards and company benefits.
• Opportunity to improve how hirify.global operates and grows.

Hiring process

• Short video call with a hirify.global recruiter.
• 30-minute role-specific interview followed by a behavioural interview.
• 30-minute chemistry call with the relevant leader.