Head of People & Performance

ABL Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ABL Recruitment is seeking a commercially minded HR Manager to shape the people strategy for a high-performance trading business. The role focuses on building scalable people systems, performance and compensation frameworks, and ensuring objective decision-making.

You will lead the design and delivery of performance management, hiring processes and talent development, reporting to the Founder & CEO in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. London hybrid; 4 days in-office.

Qualifications

• Experience leading People/HR within a high-performance, fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience building performance management and talent frameworks.
• Strong understanding of hiring, compensation and employee development.
• Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders with constructive dialogue.
• Data-driven approach with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own and implement company-wide performance management frameworks.
• Establish data-driven performance evaluations across the business.
• Support managers with monthly and quarterly performance reviews.
• Identify underperformance early and manage improvement plans or exits.
• Develop structured hiring processes focused on ability, problem-solving and performance.
• Create role scorecards, success criteria and effective hiring pipelines.
• Build talent pipelines for early-career and experienced staff.
• Develop performance-linked compensation and incentive frameworks.
• Ensure pay and bonuses are aligned with performance and business results.
• Provide clear, commercially grounded advice to Founder & CEO.

Skills

People leadership

Commercial judgement

Data-driven

Communication skills

Hiring & compensation

Job description

ABL Recruitment is seeking a commercially minded HR Manager to shape the people strategy for a high-performance trading business. The role focuses on building scalable people systems, performance and compensation frameworks, and ensuring objective decision-making.

You will lead the design and delivery of performance management, hiring processes and talent development, reporting to the Founder & CEO in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. London hybrid; 4 days in-office.