Partner - Work From Home in London

We are Vitesse – the treasury and payment partner of choice for insurance. About UsAt Vitesse, we're more than just a payments platform – we're the trusted financial infrastructure connecting the global insurance ecosystem. Tailor-made for insurers, brokers, MGAs, and TPAs, our unified platform optimises claims funds, enables real-time global payments, and delivers full financial control. We're licensed in the UK (FCA), Europe (DNB), and New York (NYDFS), with over 260 amazing colleagues worldwide. Headquartered in the heart of London and expanding across Europe and the US, Vitesse is where your ideas power tomorrow's insurance solutions. YOUR MISSIONAs Senior People Partner supporting Product Engineering and Operations at Vitesse, you will operate as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, shaping and delivering a high-impact People strategy that drives performance, engagement, and scalable growth. This role goes beyond operational HR support you will influence leadership capability, organisational design, talent strategy, and culture in a fast-moving fintech environment. You will balance commercial acumen with people expertise to ensure our teams can perform at their best while building a sustainable, inclusive and high-performing culture. Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders, driving accountability and high performance. Talent Strategy & Workforce PlanningDrive and take ownership of the workforce planning and support the Talent Acquisition team to shape hiring plans aligned to business growth and skills needs. You will play an active role in supporting recruitment through coaching hiring managers to elevate hiring standards and ensure consistent, high-quality selection processes. Proactively identify capability gaps and future talent risks within Product Engineering and Operations. Performance & High-Performance CultureLead performance management cycles, ensuring robust goal setting, feedback, calibration, and development planning is in operation and meeting our standards. Enable managers to confidently manage both high and low performance. Support succession planning and internal mobility strategies. Employee Relations & Risk ManagementServe as a trusted advisor and manager all employee relations matters within your functions and support others when and where appropriate. Provide balanced, commercially sound guidance that mitigates risk while maintaining trust. Ensure People practices align with employment law and regulatory requirements whilst staying in line with our people centric approach. Diversity, Equity & InclusionEmbed inclusive leadership practices across Product Engineering and Operations. Partner with leaders to drive equitable talent outcomes across hiring, performance, and progression. Use data insights to identify and address systemic gaps. Engagement & CultureTranslate engagement data into actionable insights and support with driving measurable improvements. Lead retention strategies for critical talent populations. People Analytics & InsightLeverage People data to inform decision-making and influence leadership conversations. Track and report on key metrics including attrition, performance distribution, hiring effectiveness, and engagement trends. Use insights to proactively identify organisational risks and opportunities. Change & TransformationLead the People aspects of organisational change, including restructures, team evolution, and process transformation. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEEDSignificant experience as a Senior HR Business Partner or Senior People Partner in a fast-paced, scaling environment ideally fintech or technology. Strong commercial acumen and ability to link People strategy to business performance. Deep understanding of employment law, regulatory frameworks, and People best practices. Proven capability managing complex employee relations and organisational change. Strong coaching and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively. Analytical mindset with the ability to translate People data into strategic insights. A genuine passion for HR and driving our business forward as well as passion for enabling Product and Technology teams to do their best work. We understand that everyone has their own work rhythm and believe in a flexible working schedule - at Vitesse you're expected to work 35 hours a week. We leave ego at the door, ask for help when we need it, and celebrate collective success. Our policies and practices aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect.