HRBP

As an experienced HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to leaders across our London office, supporting organisational design, workforce planning and team effectiveness in a fast\-paced, high\-performance environment. You’ll bring a data\-driven and commercially grounded approach to people decisions, balancing risk, performance and long\-term impact. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will drive performance, strengthen leadership accountability and help shape a high\-performing, values\-led culture aligned with Optiver’s global priorities. **What You’ll Do** * Partner with leaders on organisational design, workforce planning and team effectiveness Support performance and compensation cycles, bringing analytical rigour to calibration and talent decisions * Use people data and analytics to identify trends and provide actionable insights to senior stakeholders * Lead complex employee relations cases, ensuring fairness, consistency and compliance with UK employment law * Coach managers to address performance issues early and maintain high standards * Oversee sensitive contractual matters, including non\-compete management * Support onboarding and exit processes, using insights to improve retention and employee experience * Drive the London engagement agenda, translating survey and exit data into measurable actions * Facilitate leadership discussions that balance performance, accountability and culture * Act as the UK subject matter expert on employment law and HR practices * Partner with Legal and Compliance on policy development and governance * Contribute to global People initiatives and cross\-regional projects * Explore opportunities to leverage data, automation and AI to improve HR effectiveness * Provide day\-to\-day leadership and development support to the HR Generalist **Who You Are** * 6\+ years of progressive HR experience, including in a strategic HRBP or HR Manager role * Experience in trading or financial services preferred, ideally in a fast\-paced environment * Experience managing or mentoring at least one direct report preferred * Strong knowledge of UK employment law and experience handling complex employee relations matters * Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate data into practical insights * Confident advising and constructively challenging senior stakeholders * Strong commercial judgement, balancing risk, fairness and business priorities * Comfortable operating in a fast\-paced, ambiguous environment * Intellectually curious, solutions\-focused and commercially minded * Calm, credible and confident in sensitive situations * Able to hold leaders accountable while building trust * Adaptable and comfortable working in a continuously evolving environment **Who We Are** At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70\+ exchanges across the globe. **What You’ll Get** You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high\-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets. In addition, you’ll receive: * A performance\-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool. * 27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays. * Daily breakfast and lunch, along with support on commuting expenses. * Private medical insurance, pension scheme, and ClassPass fitness membership. * Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events. * International transfer opportunities for global career growth. **How To Apply** Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via recruitment inquiry form. Please note: * We do not require any assistance from third\-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role * We cannot accept applications via email **Diversity statement** Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.