--- title: 'Vulnerability Strategy Manager at Monzo' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/vulnerability-strategy-manager-monzo-cardiff-london-or-z4esj6n2a1pa' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-11' --- # Vulnerability Strategy Manager at Monzo - **Company:** Monzo - **Location:** Cardiff London OR, United Kingdom - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-11-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/monzo/jobs/8356252 ## Job description 🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as [personal](https://monzo.com/current-account/personal) and [business](https://monzo.com/business-banking) bank accounts, we offer [joint accounts](https://monzo.com/current-account/joint-account), [accounts for 16-17 year olds](https://monzo.com/current-account/16-17), a [free kids account](https://monzo.com/current-account/under-16s) and [credit cards](https://monzo.com/flex) in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also [save](https://monzo.com/savings), [invest](https://monzo.com/investments)and [combine their pensions](https://monzo.com/pensions) with us. With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers! We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️ 📍London/Cardiff/UK Remote | 💰£51,200-64,700 + equity + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + [Benefits](https://monzo.com/careers/)  ✨ Our VAIB team⭐ Making money work for everyone is what we do at Monzo, but it only counts if it works for the people who need support the most. Our Vulnerability, Accessibility, Inclusion and Bereavements (VAIB) team is dedicated to breaking down barriers across the bank. We make sure that whether a customer is vulnerable, disabled, excluded, or experiencing a bereavement, they get a product and a service that is empathetic, accessible, and built entirely with them in mind. 🔑You’ll play a key role by… As VAIB Strategy Manager at Monzo, you will lead and develop a high-performing team of Strategy Analysts dedicated to improving vulnerability, accessibility, inclusion, and bereavement outcomes. You will act as the bridge between overarching strategy and execution, translating business priorities into data-driven programs that deliver exceptional customer experiences. By collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders, you will ensure VAIB considerations are deeply embedded into all products and services while maintaining strict regulatory compliance and governance. Ultimately, you will balance empathetic people leadership with rigorous operational discipline to continuously identify emerging opportunities and drive meaningful change for our customers. - Lead and Develop Talent: Coach and build a high-performing, engaged team of Strategy Analysts, driving recruitment, knowledge-sharing, and a culture of accountability that aligns with Monzo’s core values. - Drive Strategy and Delivery: Translate VAIB priorities into clear, actionable projects and oversee the implementation of customer-centric treatment strategies, expertly balancing team capacity with strategic and regulatory demands. - Leverage Data for Improvement: Monitor customer journeys and performance metrics, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative insights to identify emerging trends, resolve gaps, and make evidence-led recommendations with Strategy Leads. - Champion Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner seamlessly across Operations, Product, Risk, Data, and Engineering to ensure VAIB considerations are deeply embedded into wider business initiatives and customer touchpoints. - Manage Risk and Governance: Work closely with Risk and Compliance partners to design, document, and operate robust controls, ensuring all team activities strictly adhere to internal governance and external regulatory expectations. - Resolve Complex Escalations: Act as the primary escalation point for complex customer, operational, or regulatory issues, guiding the team through ambiguity to reach appropriate and proportionate outcomes. - Lead Through Change: Own and cascade crucial business communications and leadership updates, effectively supporting stakeholders through process changes while identifying emerging opportunities for continuous improvement. 🤩 We’d love to hear from you if… - You have deep subject matter expertise in vulnerability, accessibility, inclusion, and bereavement (VAIB), applying key legal and industry standards (e.g., Consumer Duty, Equality Act, WCAG) to proactively reduce barriers and champion exceptional customer outcomes. - You are a values-driven leader with a proven track record of building motivated, high-performing teams through coaching, clear feedback, and a strong commitment to continuous professional development for both yourself and your team. - You are highly organised and adaptable, with the ability to manage competing priorities, allocate team capacity, and translate strategic goals into structured programs of work that are successfully delivered and monitored. - You can interpret customer insights and operational data to make evidence-based recommendations and sound decisions, particularly when navigating complex or ambiguous regulatory and operational challenges. - You have a strong grasp of risk, governance, and control environments, paired with excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders, manage formal actions, and confidently guide your team through organisational change. Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Monzo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet. Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you! 🙌 What’s in it for you 💰 £51,200-64,700 + equity + Incentive Awards tied to your performance ⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team. 📚 £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences. 🏡 We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup. ➕ Plus lots more! [Read our full list of benefits](https://monzo.com/careers/). 🌈 The application journey has 3 key steps - Recruiter call (25 minutes) - Values & Behaviours Interview (60 minutes) - Role Specific Interview (60 minutes) This process should take around 3-4 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible! We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. [You can read them here.](https://monzo.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-on-using-ai-to-ace-an-interview-at-monzo) We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out. ## #LI-REMOTE #LI-CB4 ## Equal opportunities for everyone Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our [blog](https://monzo.com/blog/diversity-and-inclusion), 2026 [Diversity and Inclusion Report](https://monzo.com/blog/our-2026-diversity-and-inclusion-report) and 2025 [Gender Pay Gap Report.](https://monzo.com/blog/gender-pay-gap-report-2025) We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status. If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don't need full or birth names at application stage 😊 ## About Monzo ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Monzo is a UK-based digital bank offering personal and business current accounts, savings, loans, investments, and insurance through a mobile-first platform. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series I, unicorn) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom (offices also in Cardiff, Dublin, and Barcelona) - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Tom Blomfield, Gary Dolman, Jonas Huckestein Templestein, Jason Bates, Paul Rippon (current co‑CEOs are Diana Layfield and Conor Walsh) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Digital banking and financial services (consumer finance, payments, lending) - Target customers: B2C (personal banking) and B2B/SMB (business banking); primarily UK‑based, with growing EU presence - Mission or purpose statement: “Building a bank you’d be proud to use” – focused on solving problems, not selling financial products, and making money work for everyone. ## Products & Services - **Personal Current Account**: Mobile‑banking account with budgeting tools, spending insights, and automated savings. Features real‑time notifications, card controls, and biometric authentication. - **Business Current Account**: Separate account for small businesses with expense categorisation, invoicing, and integration with accounting software. - **Savings Pots**: Sub‑accounts inside the app to save toward goals; includes interest‑bearing options. - **Credit Cards & Loans**: Personal credit cards, overdrafts, and Flex (buy‑now‑pay‑later style borrowing). Also offers personal loans. - **Investments**: Share dealing and ISA products (introduced in 2024). - **Insurance**: Home, travel, and gadget insurance (underwritten by partners). - **Pension Management**: Tools to manage and consolidate pension pots within the app. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: $5.2 B (current, per Tracxn; latest round Series I) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue £1 B+ (as of 31 Mar 2025), total funding $1.81 B - **Notable Investors/Partners**: General Catalyst, Passion Capital, Accel (lead investors in previous rounds) - **Growth Signals**: 15 million+ personal and business customers; headcount of ~3,786 (YoY growth 26.8% per Revelio Labs); expansion into EU via Dublin office; launched investment and pension products in 2024; continued lending product innovation (Flex, credit cards). ## Competitive Advantages - **Community‑driven product development** – Customers actively suggest features, test the app, and give feedback, creating strong brand loyalty. - **Mobile‑first architecture** – Built from scratch as a digital‑only bank, offering a seamless user experience with real‑time budgeting and spending insights. - **Regulatory innovation** – One of the first UK challengers to obtain a full banking licence, enabling deposit‑taking and lending. - **Open‑source culture** – Engages with the engineering community through open‑source contributions and transparent development. ## Strategic Focus - **Product expansion**: Deepening lending and investment offerings, and building a wealth management suite. - **International growth**: Scaling in the European market (office in Barcelona, Dublin hub, and hiring for EU‑focused roles). - **Embedded finance**: Enabling third‑party services to use Monzo’s banking infrastructure. - **Operational efficiency**: Using AI/ML for risk management, fraud detection, and personalised financial recommendations. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Open, collaborative, and inclusive; regular community events, yoga, and lunch‑and‑learns; contributes to open‑source software. - **Remote/Hybrid**: Office‑based roles allow occasional remote work; distributed workers receive equipment budget. Roles in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Barcelona, or UK‑remote. - **Visas**: Monzo sponsors visas for tech, engineering, and product roles due to Home Office regulations. - **Learning**: £1,000 annual budget for books, courses, and conferences; regular knowledge‑sharing sessions. - **Compensation & Benefits**: Annual salary reviews; performance‑based incentive awards (cash/equity mix); pension (4% Monzo contribution, matching up to 6%); private healthcare; life insurance (4x salary); 26 days holiday + bank holidays (or opt‑out for 34 days); 8‑week sabbatical every 5 years; generous family leave (primary caregiver 26 weeks full pay, secondary 13 weeks full pay); paid sick leave; cycle‑to‑work scheme. - **Office Perks**: Free breakfast, hot lunches twice a week, snacks, and drinks in London office. ## Sources 1. [monzo.com/careers](https://monzo.com/careers) – Benefits, visa policy, flexible working, culture 2. [monzo.com/about](https://monzo.com/about) – Company overview, mission, customer count 3. [tracxn.com/d/companies/monzo](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/monzo/__HguZJzK7Q_qZsyIz1Y4VwV75H5fHjDMtGaXPelPAxpU) – Funding, valuation, revenue, employee count, founders, CEOs 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/monzo](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/monzo/jobs/7963253) – Open roles, location details 5. [reveliolabs.com/companies/monzo-bank/employees](https://www.reveliolabs.com/companies/monzo-bank/employees/) – Headcount growth ## Other roles at Monzo - [Senior Finance Analyst](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-finance-analyst-monzo-london-z6rmjhney2tg) — London, United Kingdom - [Lead Product Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-product-manager-monzo-cardiff-london-or-a9jxxkpt6cev) — Cardiff London OR, United Kingdom / London, United Kingdom - [Senior Manager, Supplier Performance, FinCrime, Fraud & Disputes](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-manager-supplier-performance-fincrime-fraud-disputes-monzo-cardiff-55enbc3s6cvz) — Cardiff London OR, United Kingdom - [Complaints Policy Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/complaints-policy-manager-monzo-cardiff-london-or-gecabr7f6m5p) — Cardiff London OR, United Kingdom - [Senior Manager, Supplier Performance, Customer Ops & Specialist Services](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-manager-supplier-performance-customer-ops-specialist-services-monzo-qbyks7k5vk6n) — Cardiff London OR, United Kingdom - [Partner Programme Delivery Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/partner-programme-delivery-lead-monzo-united-kingdom-dp958578th18) — United Kingdom - [Partner Risk Delivery Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/partner-risk-delivery-lead-monzo-united-kingdom-1bgd5eaf02q1) — United Kingdom - [Partner Strategy and Delivery Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/partner-strategy-and-delivery-manager-monzo-united-kingdom-z6gr2nhs3fqq) — United Kingdom - [Partner Estate & Relationship Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/partner-estate-relationship-manager-monzo-united-kingdom-cnyhgs51ds4s) — United Kingdom - [External Partnerships & Engagement Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/external-partnerships-engagement-manager-monzo-cardiff-london-or-hfvk27qanb8w) — Cardiff London OR, United Kingdom