London Startup Jobs
London Startup Executive Jobs
Executive and senior roles in London's startup ecosystem — fractional, part-time, and full-time opportunities with high-growth companies.
From seed stage to Series C, covering fintech, healthtech, AI, and emerging technologies across London's innovation districts.
How a brief runswhat we undertake
- 01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
- 02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
- 03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
- 04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
- 05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief
Shortlist3–5
On the board · last 3 months
London startup jobs on the board
- FractionalSyndicatedFractional IT Director – Technology & AI (FTC)
Flat Iron · London
est £1,000/day2 d/wk - FractionalSyndicatedFractional IT Director – Technology & AI
Flat Iron · London
est £1,400/day2 d/wk - FractionalSyndicatedFractional CFO
fin-house · London
£700–£1,000/dayLondon - FractionalSyndicatedFractional General Counsel
Ffern · London
est £1,000/day1 d/wk - FractionalSyndicatedPerformance & Development Lead (Fractional)
Unity Advisory · London
Rate not stated3 d/wk - FractionalSyndicatedHead of Medical Compliance, Governance & Diligence (Fractional)
CNX Therapeutics Ltd · Greater London
est £1,000/dayGreater London - FractionalSyndicatedFractional Product Practice Leader - 9 Month Contract
Tails.com · London
est £1,000/day2 d/wk - FractionalExclusiveFractional COO
Confidential client (Fractional Quest mandate) · London
Rate not statedLondon - InterimExclusiveInterim Chief Operating Officer
Confidential client (Fractional Quest mandate) · London
Rate not stated5 d/wk
01/ the board
What the board holds.
A read of the roles on the board above, counted as they stand: the seat, how each is engaged, whether the posting gives the days and the rate, and where the work happens.
On this board, last 90 days · 9 roles · London startup
Engagement
- Fractional8
- Interim1
Seat
- COO2
- CTO1
- CIO1
- CFO1
- General counsel1
- HRD1
- Other seats2
Days a week
- Stated in the posting6
- Not stated3
Day rate
- Verified rate1
- Estimated (est)5
- Rate not stated3
Work arrangement (as the job feed classifies it)
- Remote1
- Hybrid5
- On-site1
- Not classified2
Newest posting on the board: 8 Oct 2026.
Postings per week on this board, last 90 days
8 postings on this board in the last 90 days, counted by the week each was published.
02/ overview
London's Startup Executive Landscape
The shape of fractional work in this market.
London is Europe's largest startup ecosystem — around $15bn of funding a year and 40+ unicorns (Dealroom, 2026) — and its startups and scale-ups create a steady run of executive openings.
The city's unique combination of financial expertise, technology talent, regulatory sophistication, and global connectivity makes it a magnet for high-growth companies.
Shoreditch, King's Cross, and Canary Wharf form the heart of London's startup geography, each with distinct characteristics.
The ecosystem spans from university spinouts in Imperial and UCL to mature scale-ups preparing for IPO, creating opportunities across all growth stages.
London startup job market by stage
Seed/Series A companies often need fractional executives to access senior expertise without full-time costs.
Series B/C scale-ups require permanent and interim leadership to manage rapid growth.
Late-stage companies offer IPO-prep and international expansion roles with significant equity upside.
03/ rates
Fractional day rates for London startups
Published bands only, each with its source. Type your own day rate to see where it sits.
- Fractional CFO£700–£1,400FD Capital, 2026
- Fractional CTO£1,000–£1,600Leadership Services, 2026
- Fractional CMO£750–£1,400Connectd, 2026
- Fractional COO£800–£1,400Connectd, 2026
UK-wide published bands, not London-specific. Equity, where offered, is negotiated role by role; we don't publish a range we can't source. See the CFO, CTO and CMO hubs for detail.
04/ by function
London Startup Roles by Function
What hiring teams and candidates need to know, function by function.
07/ startup experience
Finding a fractional executive who understands the UK startup ecosystem
Founders who want a fractional executive who understands the UK startup ecosystem usually mean something specific: someone who has done the job inside a venture-backed company, knows how UK rounds are put together, and can talk to investors without a translator.
Senior experience in a large company is valuable, but it is not the same thing.
Test for it directly.
Ask which rounds a candidate has worked through and in what role; whether they have prepared a company for the SEIS and EIS venture capital schemes, including HMRC advance assurance; and how they read the funding market you are raising into.
The British Business Bank's Small Business Equity Tracker tracks UK equity finance by stage, sector, nation and region, and a candidate with real startup experience should be able to talk you through the trends it describes.
In the capital, London & Partners, the city's growth agency, runs free support programmes for London small businesses and scale-ups.
Then check the ground truth: references from founders, not only from investors.
For roles outside London see fractional jobs for startups; the fractional CTO and fractional CFO hubs cover those two roles in detail.
08/ startup finance
Startup finance jobs in London: CFO, FD and finance lead
Startup finance jobs in London run from a first finance hire who keeps the books and payroll in order, through a finance director who owns forecasting and the board pack, to a CFO who leads fundraising and investor relations.
Early-stage companies often cover the senior end part-time with a fractional CFO, and hire full-time as the finance function grows.
What startups look for: a professional qualification from ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA; experience of a funding round, including investor due diligence; and the tax work early companies depend on, from the venture capital schemes above to R&D tax relief claims and, for a company holding a grant from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, the reporting that comes with it.
Candidates who have built a model a board trusts, and then been held to it, stand out.
Published UK fractional CFO bands are in the rate table above (FD Capital, 2026).
Live London finance roles, full-time and fractional, appear on the board at the top of this page.
For more fractional roles see fractional CFO jobs UK; for the wider picture, fractional jobs UK.
05/ questions
Frequently asked
Common questions about fractional work in this market.
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Book 15 minutes to hire for your startup
Tell us the seat, the days a week and the start date. We come back with candidates, their day rates and availability.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the role, the days and the start date
- 03A shortlist of 3–5 after the call
- 04Fractional, interim and permanent briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
Fractional Quest is a fractional recruitment agency: send a brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five vetted candidates.
