Chief of Staff - UK (f/m/d)

At Upvest, we're on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. We are building the first European Investment API that empowers businesses to offer seamless investment. experiences to their users.

Upvest is a well-funded, fast-growing FinTech with a diverse team of over 250 people from 70+ nationalities working across our hubs in Berlin, Tallinn, and London. Our latest €100m fundraising round (Series C) was led by Hedosophia and Sapphire Venture, with continued support from existing investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, BlackRock, Earlybird, HV Capital, Motive Ventures, and Notion Capital.

We are committed to being a flexible employer, as we understand you don't have to be in the office to do your best work, however this role is based in London (Shoreditch) and ideally you will be able to join us in the office 3 days per week (on average).

How we Upvest in you*:

• Work with experts: Solving complex problems and fixing the European securities financial infrastructure that empowers more people to be able to invest by using cutting-edge technologies.

• Flexible work environment: Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role.

• Professional development: Access an annual budget of €1,500 for personal and professional training to master your craft.

• Wellbeing: Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits. Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year.

• Compensation and equity: We believe that all Upvengers contribute to our success and deserve a competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program.

• Team celebrations: Participate in company-wide events, such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and our Holiday party, to connect with colleagues and celebrate our achievements.

Your Impact:

We launched in the UK early in 2025 after obtaining our FCA authorisations and have launched our initial clients. We’re looking for fintech enthusiasts to join us in creating the financial infrastructure of tomorrow. We’re building the first Investment API to enable any financial institution offering a wide range of efficient and transparent investment products, such as stocks and ETFs in nominal, portfolio, and fractional form. Our mission and vision is to make investing as easy as spending money.

What you’ll do:

• Shape Upvest’s UK business and strategy to establish the leading investment infrastructure for fintechs, banks, brokers and wealth managers

• Play a critical role in scaling a growing business, acting as an extension of the general manager and collaborating with senior leadership to execute strategic goals and support our clients to scale

• Work closely with our UK clients and cross-functionally with product, operations, legal/compliance and strategy teams to deliver impactful change

• Lead high-impact projects, gaining broad exposure across the business

• Build external relationships with clients, ecosystem partners and industry/policy bodies to provide external insights and inform best practice

• Help us build and maintain a positive and proactive culture in the UK team and maintain the foundations for effective collaboration

What you bring:

• You have 5+ years experience working in investments, banking or fintech - with exposure to strategy, commercial, product and/or regulatory topics

• You have demonstrated strong leadership and communication skills, effectively engaging internal and external stakeholders to drive change

• You thrive in ambiguity and enthusiastically take the initiative to drive improvements; you probably have multiple examples of taking responsibility and creating roles and opportunities for yourself

• You’re a generalist - you love solving problems, working with cross-functional teams across a range of domains to get things done, and connecting the dots between people and topics

• You excel at analysing complex problems, breaking them down into actionable insights, and driving towards measurable outcomes

• You enjoy building relationships with clients/partners and have experience working with them collaboratively to solve problems and achieve shared goals

• You are a fintech enthusiast, ideally have experience in the investment market and are excited to shape the future of investing

Your plus would be:

• Consulting experience

• Financial services GTM/ sales or account management experience

• Experience working across a range of regulatory topics in financial services

• Industry knowledge - thorough understanding of the investment industry, its current trends and competitive landscape

Our Values:

• Make it easy for others. Team over Egos.

• Own the outcome. Progress over Perfection.

• Rise to the challenge. Growth over Comfort.

• Tell the story. Clarity over Ambiguity.

Our Commitment to Belonging

At Upvest we’re dedicated to building an inclusive environment where every Upvenger feels a true sense of belonging and is empowered to do their best work. We are a proud equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Your unique path is what we value.

* These benefits apply if you will be hired in Germany, Estonia or the UK. If you live elsewhere within Europe, some of the benefits might be slightly different.