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Chief Placeholder Officer

  • London
  • Full Time (Permanent)
  • Hybrid
  • Placeholder team
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About this role

Suspense thrives on uncertainty, a calculated pause that draws in the observer. In this pause, placeholders emerge as valuable cues. Their very presence suggests that what is yet unseen could hold the answers, a revelation or a solution. When used thoughtfully, a placeholder can tease and compel, engaging the imagination.

Responsibilities

In websites, a loading spinner is no different than the ellipsis of a suspenseful plot twist; it tells the viewer that what is coming is worth waiting for. Key benefits of effective placeholders include:

  • Maintaining engagement: By signaling more to come, placeholders prevent user drop-off.
  • Setting expectations: Clear, well-placed placeholders hint at what content is coming next, adding structure.
  • Building suspense: The anticipation of more content holds attention, just as in storytelling.

Placeholder content, however, must tread a careful line. Too sparse, and it risks undermining its own suspense; too dense, and it overwhelms with unnecessary clutter. The balance lies in leaving just enough room for the mind to wander and fill the gaps.

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Security GRC Analyst

  • London
  • Full Time (Permanent)
  • Hybrid
  • Infosec
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About the role

We are looking for a proactive Security GRC Analyst to join our Information Security team. You will play a pivotal role in scaling our security posture in a fast-paced, AI driven, cloud-native environment. You will be part of a growing team, where your voice will be heard, and your ability to take ownership and drive initiative will directly shape our security culture and operational resilience.

Your approach to GRC starts with the risk, not the checklist. Rather than chasing compliance for its own sake, you will identify and assess the risks first, then collaborate with stakeholders to design pragmatic mitigations. You understand that compliance doesn't drive the business; rather, it is the natural outcome of a mature security posture that actively works for the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Framework & Regulatory Alignment: Help maintain, improve, and scale our security compliance programmes, ensuring ongoing alignment with standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS, as well as regulator expectations and UK GDPR.

  • Risk & Mitigation: Collaborate on identifying security risks across the business - including emerging risks from AI-driven and agentic threats - and support the team in driving practical, risk-first mitigation strategies.

  • Compliance Automation: Utilise our security compliance platform (e.g., Vanta/Drata) to orchestrate automated evidence collection, reducing manual overhead and moving the company toward a state of continuous audit readiness.

  • Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM): Conduct vendor and third-party security risk assessments to evaluate the security posture of partners and critical outsourced service providers.

  • Translating Risk & Governance: Work with the team to bridge the gap between engineering and business governance by turning technical security metrics into clear, risk-based narratives for internal stakeholders and external auditors.

  • Security Culture & Awareness: Support the delivery and promotion of security awareness initiatives to help drive a strong culture of shared security responsibility across the organisation.

  • Technical Collaboration: Actively engage in conversations with engineers, developers, and IT teams - understanding their technical language and workflows to help align security controls with engineering realities.

  • Audit & Assessment Support: Participate in external audits and assessments by gathering evidence, preparing documentation, and helping to ensure a smooth, successful audit cycle.

What You Will Bring

Essential:

  • Experience: 5+ years of experience in a related role (ideally within a regulated, cloud-native business or FinTech).

  • Compliance & Risk Expertise: A strong, foundational understanding of security risk management principles and hands-on experience working with compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2).

  • Risk-First & Pragmatic Mindset: A natural tendency to start with the "why" (the risk) rather than the checklist. You possess the ability to balance strict financial regulations with the operational agility of a fast-paced FinTech, ensuring security controls protect the business without slowing it down.

  • Communication & Collaboration: Outstanding communication skills with a proven ability to comfortably converse with technical stakeholders, understand their challenges, and translate them into business risks.

  • Drive & Initiative: A highly proactive and self-motivated mindset - someone who actively looks for ways to improve our security posture and drive change.

Deisrable:

  • Tooling: Direct, practical experience working with modern security compliance and automation platforms (such as Vanta or Drata).

  • Programming and automation: Experience with Python or a similar programming/scripting language, and/or using AI to improve productivity through automation.

Interview Process

  1. Initial Chat all with a Recruiter

  2. 15 minute Cognitive Assessment

  3. 30 minute Hiring Manager call

  4. 60 minute Technical Interview

  5. 60 Culture-Add Interview

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About Lendable

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Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money.

  • Founded in 2014

  • Profitable since 2017

  • Unicorn in 2021

  • Backed by Balderton, Goldman Sachs and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

  • Loved by customers & employees with top reviews on Glassdoor and Trustpilot

So far, we’ve rebuilt the big three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days. We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do. We’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.

Life at Lendable

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  • The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies

  • Best-in-class compensation, including equity

  • You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish - on the other days we all come together IRL to be together, build and exchange ideas

  • Our in-house chefs prepare fresh, healthy lunches in the office every Tuesday-Thursday

  • We care for our Lendies’ well-being both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance

  • We're an equal opportunity employer and are keen to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London

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