Senior Performance Manager

Oakleaf Partnership; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Performance Manager for an 18-month fixed-term contract. The role focuses on designing and implementing a comprehensive performance management strategy across multiple business lines, collaborating closely with senior stakeholders and HR teams to enhance performance culture and feedback processes. Candidates should have strong business partnering skills and hands-on experience with Workday systems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading performance strategy in complex organizations.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders effectively.
• Hands-on experience with performance or learning systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a refreshed performance management framework.
• Partner with HR and senior leadership to shape culture.
• Manage execution of performance systems and feedback processes.

Skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Strong communication skills

Performance management

Tools

Workday performance systems

Job description

Senior Performance Manager - 18-Month FTC

Location: Hybrid, London-based Sector: Global Professional Services Contract Type: Fixed-Term (18 months)An exciting opportunity has arisen at a leading global professional services firm for an experienced Senior Performance Manager to lead the design and implementation of a firmwide performance management strategy. This is a high-impact, visible role supporting a refreshed people agenda within a newly formed HR Business Strategy team.

The Opportunity

This role will play a key part in shaping and embedding a new performance management process across the entire organisation-spanning multiple business lines and jurisdictions. Working closely with senior stakeholders, Centres of Excellence, and the Learning & Development team, you'll be instrumental in creating a culture of feedback, performance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the design and delivery of a refreshed performance management framework aligned with business strategy and people priorities.Partner with HR Business Partners and senior leadership to understand performance drivers and embed a high-performance culture.Collaborate with L&D to shape performance enablement tools (e.g., goal setting, feedback frameworks).Contribute to the design and roll-out of Workday-based performance systems, including testing and communications.Build inclusive and consistent feedback processes, incorporating best practice and DEIB principles.Develop engagement and communications collateral to support rollout and adoption.Manage milestones, reporting, and deliverables to ensure effective execution across the project lifecycle.

Requirements:

Demonstrable experience leading performance strategy and design in a complex, matrixed organisation.Strong business partnering capability and ability to influence at senior levels.Hands-on experience working with Workday performance or learning systems.Collaborative mindset and strong stakeholder management skills.Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing engaging toolkits and training materials.Understanding of current performance trends and how to embed DEIB and wellbeing into performance frameworks.

Competitive salary on offer. Please email [e-mail] for more information.