At bunq, we're reshaping how people experience their financial lives.

As CEO, UK, you will own bunq's growth in the United Kingdom end to end: deciding who we win, how we win them, and what we build the UK business on.

Responsibilities:

Position bunq as the go-to financial partner for users in the UK by understanding their lifestyle inside out: how they spend, save, and run their money, and where bunq fits in.
Define and execute the local commercial strategy, delivering on budget, user, and revenue targets.
Build the go-to-market machine: acquisition, commercial, and operational engines, with KPIs that prove it's working.
Own the UK P&L and commit to it.
Secure and operate under the UK license.
Lead bunq's path to full UK banking authorization, including the application and ongoing dialogue with the PRA and FCA.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with UK regulators, and act as the senior accountable face of bunq in the UK.
Work with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Finance to meet capital, governance, safeguarding, and reporting requirements, and to fill senior roles the regulator expects.
Translate regulatory milestones into commercial planning, ensuring go-to-market timing, product scope, and growth targets match what the license allows at each stage.
Ensure the UK business is built to stay compliant as it scales.
Identify gaps between current and desired states, and own the hiring plan.
Hire, lead, and develop a high-performing UK team across commercial, operations, and risk and compliance.
Manage a broad set of stakeholders across Marketing, Product, and external partners.
Land partnerships that drive user growth and engagement.

Requirements:

Proven track record running a P&L in financial services, fintech, or a consumer subscription business, ideally in the UK.
Direct experience with UK financial regulation, ideally a banking or EMI authorization, or senior accountability under the SM&CR regime.
Credible relationships with, or strong working knowledge of, the PRA, FCA, and the wider UK fintech ecosystem.
Experience building go-to-market engines from scratch or at scale, with clear KPIs.
Deep consumer insight and the ability to turn it into product and marketing priorities.
A builder's mindset: hiring well, moving fast, and staying accountable for the numbers.
Comfortable working across cultures and time zones with a fast-moving, product-driven team.

Benefits:

Chief Executive Officer, UK

Skills