Full job descriptionAn exciting opportunity to shape the people strategy of a high-performance quantitative trading business operating across multiple sports and markets.


Job title: HR Manager/Head of People
Location: London (hybrid – 4 days in the office, 1 day WFH)
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £60,000


The Opportunity
We are recruiting on behalf of a high-performance quantitative trading business looking for a commercially minded Head of People / HR Manager to professionalise and scale its people function.
This is not a traditional HR administration role. You’ll be responsible for building high-performance people systems, raising standards, developing strong teams and ensuring performance and compensation decisions are objective, consistent and commercially focused.
Key Responsibilities
*Own and implement company-wide performance management frameworks.
*Establish consistent, data-driven performance evaluations across the business.
*Support managers with monthly and quarterly performance reviews.
*Identify underperformance early and manage improvement plans or exits where required.
*Develop structured hiring processes focused on ability, problem-solving and performance.
*Create role scorecards, success criteria and effective hiring pipelines.
*Build both early-career and experienced talent pipelines.
*Develop performance-linked compensation and incentive frameworks.
*Ensure pay and bonuses are aligned with performance and business results.
*Act as a guardian of company culture, accountability and high standards.
*Address behavioural and performance issues directly and professionally.
*Oversee contracts, appraisals, compliance and scalable people processes.
*Provide clear, commercially grounded advice to the Founder & CEO.
About You
*Experience leading People/HR within a high-performance, fast-paced environment.
*Strong commercial judgement and confidence making difficult people decisions.
*Proven experience building performance management and talent frameworks.
*Strong understanding of hiring, compensation and employee development.
*Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and managers constructively.
*Highly organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
*Data-driven and focused on measurable outcomes.
*Comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial environment with limited bureaucracy.
*Experience within quantitative trading, finance, technology, sports, consulting or another high-performance environment would be advantageous.
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to build and shape the people function of a growing high-performance business from the ground up.
You’ll work closely with the Founder & CEO and have significant ownership over performance, talent, culture and people strategy.
If you’re a commercially minded People leader who thrives in high-performance environments and is comfortable holding people and teams accountable, we’d love to hear from you.