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 bethhicks@oakleafpartnership.com for more information.
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