HR Manager

An 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.