Senior People Partner in City of London

Senior People Partner - Series C Fintech - Commercial

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£90k - £100k

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4 Days in the office.

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What You’ll Be Doing:

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Partner with UK commercial leaders and managers on the people priorities that will help their teams perform, develop and scale.

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• Act as a trusted first point of contact for managers and employees, providing practical, high-quality support across day-to-day people matters.

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• Coach managers to set clear expectations, give effective feedback, address underperformance and lead their teams with confidence.

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• Manage employee relations cases end-to-end, including performance, absence, disciplinaries and grievances, applying sound judgement and UK employment law to reach fair and pragmatic outcomes.

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• Support the delivery of core people cycles across the UK commercial organisation, including performance reviews, compensation, talent and engagement.

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• Use people and commercial data to identify trends, diagnose problems and translate insight into clear actions for leaders.

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• Support workforce and organisational planning, helping leaders make effective decisions around team structure, capability and headcount as the organisation scales.

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• Identify high-potential talent and future leaders, supporting development and succession planning across critical commercial roles.

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• Partner closely with the Talent team to ensure the organisation continues to attract and hire high-quality commercial talent.

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• Help improve how commercial teams are onboarded, developed and retained, taking ownership of projects that strengthen capability and employee experience.

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• Partner with Finance, Reward, Sales Operations and other teams to ensure headcount, organisational structures and incentives support commercial objectives.

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• Champion a high-performance culture and help create an environment where people can do their best work.

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• Contribute to wider People initiatives and share best practice across the broader People function.

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What We’re Looking For:

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• A strong operator who takes ownership, works at pace and turns ideas into action.

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• Experience within a People Partner, HR Advisor, HR Business Partner or similar generalist role, with the appetite to take on greater ownership and scope.

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• Comfortable working directly with managers and employees and able to build credibility quickly across different levels of an organisation.

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• Strong employee relations experience and a good working knowledge of UK employment law.

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• A solid understanding of performance management and the confidence to support managers through challenging performance and people issues.

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• Commercially minded, with an interest in understanding how the business operates and connecting people decisions to commercial outcomes.

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• Analytical and comfortable using data to understand problems, challenge assumptions and support better decision-making.

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• Strong judgement, with the ability to balance empathy for individuals with what is right for the team and wider organisation.

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• Comfortable operating within fast-moving, ambitious and sometimes ambiguous environments.

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• Collaborative and low ego, while confident enough to challenge leaders constructively when required.

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• Ambitious, curious and eager to develop. You do not need to have done everything before, but you should demonstrate strong learning agility, potential and the ability to execute.

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