About Us
YouLend is a rapidly growing FinTech that is the preferred embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce platforms, tech companies, and Payment Service Providers. Our software platform enables our partners to extend their value proposition by offering flexible financing products in their own branding, to their merchant base, without capital at risk.
We are owned by the leading Private Equity company, EQT, and have grown +100% year-on-year since 2020. We are headquartered in London, UK, but are also present in several European countries as well as the United States where we service our partners, including eBay, Amazon, Just Eat, Shopify, and Stripe.
The Role
YouLend is looking to hire a ‘Sales Team Leader’. As a Sales Team Leader, you will play a vital part in our merchant journey at YouLend, managing a team of account executives – coaching them to a high standard, ensuring excellent pipeline management and leading them to hit their monthly targets. This involves motivating your team towards key business KPIS, including call activity and conversion targets, in order to optimise their chances of successfully selling our lending product and achieving theat monthly £ funded goal.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
* Leading and developing a team of between 6-10 account managers, with you being instrumental in developing their sales skills.
* Coaching, training and honing the sales prowess of those under your management – this includes leading sessions on selling aspects such as objection handling, offer pitching and rapport building.
* Monitoring the pipeline management of your teams pipelines, ensuring that all open deals are chased well and regularly – with a strategic approach.
* Driving your team performance, ensuring that your team monthly funding and conversion targets are hit. This will involve thinking strategically and what areas of the pipeline to best target to improve areas that are not performing across your team members and business area.
* Working with our merchants, helping to handle any managerial escalations from your team, including complaints.
* Working on projects with internal stakeholders throughout the business to improve Sales processes and help your team sell more, more efficiently!
The ideal candidate will have the following skillset:
* Experienced in Sales, having at least 1-2 years – ideally of short Sales cycle selling.
* Experience in leading Salespeople: whether as a mentor or a formal leadership role.
* Experience working in a fast based environment, where daily run rates & call KPIS are the norm!
* Passionate about building a high-performing team and committed to supporting the development of the people within it.
* Knowledgeable on pipeline management, and how to coach on best practices in this area.
* In the detail and able to identify and communicate trends in performance.
* Sociable, with a desire to work in a company with a great culture.
* Not afraid of a challenge, rather, you are looking for one!
Benefits
Why join YouLend?
* Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work in 2024 and 2025” by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
* Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.
It’s just getting fun:
* We have developed powerful solutions, won some significant partnerships, and are growing at a rapid pace.
* But the global opportunity is still massive, and YouLend is a raw organisation where we are only just getting started.
Lots of upsides:
* High-growth (>100% growth during 2022 and 2023), so clear outlook to compensation (bonus or share option appreciation) and career growth (through growth with business).
* Well-capitalised with supportive private equity backing.
* Part of Banking Circle Group with a fully licensed Luxembourg bank, which can provide a balance sheet and support European expansion in otherwise complex regulated markets.
Motivating work environment:
* A high-quality team that pushes each other to succeed through direct feedback and aligned incentives.
* Strong and transparent team culture, we have each other’s backs.
* Independent work environment where results matter.
* Data-driven culture and emphasis on speed (anti-red tape).
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
* Stock Options
* Private Medical insurance via Vitality and Dental Insurance with BUPA
* EAP with Health Assured
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
* Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
* Free Gym in office building in Holborn
* Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
* Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
* Monthly in office Masseuse
* Team and Company Socials
* Football Power League / Paddle and Yoga Club
Salary Range: £47,500 + £12,500 OTE Bonus
Potential Start Date: 10th November 2025
At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.