Human Resource Lead

About Wintermute

Wintermute is a technology unicorn and one of the leading global players in the digital asset markets. Wintermute is the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading company providing liquidity across all major exchanges and trading platforms. Our OTC desk offers a wide range of spot and derivatives products and supports over 2,000 counterparties across crypto natives and traditional financial institutions. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem by being one of the largest players in DeFi as well as our investments arm, partnerships and incubations.

Wintermute was founded in 2017 by trading industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology start-ups. Read more here.

Working at Wintermute

We are looking for an HR Lead who would take on the ownership of the HR/People function. Wintermute has strong values on culture, management styles, ways of working and performance assessment. This culture is thought through and deliberate and we consider it one of our core competitive advantages. Therefore we see this role as a business role focused on maintaining and scaling this competitive advantage. We are looking for a person who would share those values and would be enthusiastic to help us scale those in our journey of growing the company. Wintermute is a high performance dynamic environment attracting smart and driven people who are interested in technology, innovation, changing the status quo and having a direct impact on a company\’s performance. This is an owner-executor role, balancing strategic HR initiatives with hands-on operations across the entire employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Scale and operationalizing company’s values and ways of doing business to make sure those are distilled throughout the organization and enable its effective running
• Initiate and execute various initiatives and improvements that help in distilling the culture and values that are important to the organization
• Work closely with the management to coordinate and improve learning & development initiatives
• Work closely with team leads to support them in management of their teams and operations of team management
• Organize and coordinate of bi-annual performance and compensation review cycles, including deep analysis of self- and manager reviews
• Own and execute HR operations: employee lifecycle management, relating HR system management and documentation and automation, payroll checks own and execute of HR operations related to visas, relocation, etc
• Initiate and execute improvement projects in relation to processes, automation, HR system efficiency etc
• Maintain and increase already high morale by supporting employees with their questions, upwards feedback, individual matters, etc
• Coordinate various HR matters globally including coordination with Singapore office and management of remote employees

Hard skills requirements

• Educated to a degree level (BSc/MSc), MBA or other continued education is a plus
• 5-8 years of experience owning significant parts of the HR function in a high performing organization, such as a trading firm, fast growing technology company, consulting firm or similar
• Alternatively, 5-8 years of experience in a non-HR function, e.g. consulting, strategy & operations and similar with a strong interest in moving to people function
• Sharing Wintermute values and ways of working and enthusiastic about developing high performance environments
• Strong experience/familiarity in several areas of HR such as performance review cycles, HR operations, compensation, employee initiatives, etc; willingness and ability to learn other areas
• Ownership mentality: doing whatever needs to be done to achieve the goals, from initiating improvements to effective execution of operational tasks
• Confidence with Excel/data sets, attention to detail and zero-mistake attitude to private compensation matters
• Confidence with technology tools such as HR systems and related automations, ability to learn new tools fast
• Great communication skills – clear, concise, empathetic, ability to speak with very different people (e.g. from deep technologists to MBA graduates) and understand different personalities and perspectives, ability to stay calm in high pressure situations, ability to have hard conversations if necessary
• Proven ability to see the bigger picture, commercial strategy, understand new functional areas quickly, and have a cross-functional mindset

Here is why you should join our dynamic team

• Opportunity to work at one of the world\’s leading algorithmic trading firms
• Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership compared to traditional finance environments.
• A vibrant working culture with team meals, festive celebrations, gaming events and company wide team building events.
• A Wintermute-inspired office in central London, featuring an array of amenities such as table tennis and foosball, personalized desk configurations, a cozy team breakout area with games.
• Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial.
• A performance-based compensation with a significant earning potential alongside standard perks like pension and private health insurance.