Head of HR and Group ER, IG Group
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
+ Annual performance based bonus scheme
3+ days a week in office
The UK's No.1 trading provider
Be an early applicant
The UK's No.1 trading provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Annual performance based bonus scheme
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
We challenge anything that holds investors back.
Role
Who you are
- Significant HR leadership experience partnering at executive/C-suite level in complex, fast-paced environments
- Demonstrable expertise building high-performance cultures, including performance frameworks and addressing underperformance
- Strong ER background with experience overseeing ER functions, managing complex cases, and ensuring policy compliance
- Experience leading large-scale organisational transformation and change programmes
- Track record leading high-performing HR teams; proven ability coaching executives through ambiguity
- Strong UK employment law knowledge; financial services or fintech experience highly desirable
- Commercial Business Partner: Translates business strategy into people priorities that drive measurable outcomes
- High-Performance Culture Builder: Skilled at embedding accountability, recognition, and development into everyday practice
- ER-Savvy Leader: Sound judgement on complex people matters; manages risk effectively
- Executive Presence: Credible at ExCo level; builds trust quickly and influences across stakeholders
- Transformation Leader: Drives change at pace while maintaining engagement and momentum
- Inspiring People Leader: Motivates, develops, and empowers teams; role-models high-performance behaviours
- Resilient Operator: Thrives in ambiguity; bias for action and delivery
- Follows our performance principles: Lead and Inspire, Think Big, Champion the Client, Deliver at Pace, Raise the Bar
What the job involves
- A pivotal leadership role at the heart of IG's transformation. You and your team will partner with four Executive Committee members — CFO, CPO, CRO, Trading Director and Operations Director — to shape and execute people strategies that drive commercial performance across Trading & Operations, Finance, Risk and People
- In addition to strategic HR business partnering, you will have accountability for Employee Relations & Policy across IG Group. You will lead a team of five— three HRBPs, one HR Consultant and one ER & Policy Lead—delivering excellent HR service while setting the standard for strategic partnership and ER excellence
- We seek a commercially astute HR leader who thinks strategically, moves quickly, and is passionate about creating environments where high performance thrives alongside fair, consistent people practices
- Executive Partnership & Strategic Advisory
- Partner, and support your team to partner with five ExCo members (CFO, CPO, CRO, Trading Director and Operations Director) to develop and execute people strategies that accelerate business performance
- Translate business strategy into practical, long-term people plans with clear milestones, accountabilities, and measurable outcomes
- Act as trusted advisor, bringing commercial insight and constructive challenge to complex organisational challenges
- Utilise workforce data and analytics to surface insights, identify risks, and drive evidence-based decision-making
- Building & Embedding High-Performance Culture
- Tailor and implement performance frameworks across all client groups, driving the right behaviours while respecting functional nuances
- Partner with leaders to establish clear expectations, accountability mechanisms, and consequence management
- Champion continuous feedback, development, and recognition; address underperformance swiftly and fairly
- Embed IG's values into everyday leadership practices, hiring decisions, and reward outcomes
- Inspire employees within your function and interrelated teams through visible leadership and clear communication
- Employee Relations & Policy Oversight
- Provide strategic leadership for ER & Policy across IG Group, ensuring consistent, fair, and legally compliant practices
- Oversee the ER & Policy Lead, ensuring excellent advisory support, case quality, and policy governance
- Own accountability for high-risk ER matters; monitor trends and take proactive action on systemic issues
- Partner with Legal on employment litigation, regulatory matters, and external counsel
- Organisational Transformation & Change Leadership
- Lead organisational design initiatives—team structures, spans of control, reporting lines, operating model changes
- Own change management for major transformation programmes with clear communication strategies
- Solve unique and complex organisational problems, recognising their impact across functions
- Drive cost-effective solutions balancing operational efficiency with commercial delivery
- Talent Strategy & Performance Excellence
- Set and execute talent strategies that attract, develop, and retain critical talent across diverse functions
- Drive performance management rigour—differentiation, calibration, and consequence management
- Lead talent reviews and own succession planning for critical roles
- Team Leadership & HR Service Excellence
- Lead, develop, and inspire your team to create high performance and accountability
- Role model IG's culture and values within the HR function, setting the standard for how the team operates
- Monitor external HR trends and best practices to identify opportunities for IG's people approach
- Collaborate with CoEs and global HR colleagues to leverage expertise and ensure alignment of goals
- Recognise and manage the impact of people decisions on interrelated teams and functions
- Key Deliverables & Outcomes
- Build and embed a high-performance culture with measurable improvements in differentiation and manager capability
- Establish excellent ER standards across IG with consistent case management and proactive risk management
- Develop and execute people strategies that demonstrably accelerate commercial priorities
- Deliver transformation programmes on time with measurable organisational effectiveness improvements
- Build a strong talent pipeline with visible succession coverage for critical roles
- Drive measurable improvements in engagement scores and retention; develop a high-performing HR team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler as a UK-based spread betting company for gold, IG Group, abbreviated from Investors Gold Index, was initially set up to allow people to speculate and trade on the price change of gold without owning physical gold. And in the year 2000, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and its gradual evolution into the world of fintech began.
By 2011, the company had played a part in numerous international buyouts before narrowing its focus down to financial wagers. During the latter half of that decade, IG shut down its binary options trading platform and focused instead on building an investment portfolio with partner BlackRock Investments, all whilst maintaining its Forex and CFD trading processes. Since then, it has become a fast-paced market leader in the investment space.
In recent years, IG Group has developed major platforms for various trading actions and has grown profit and revenue significantly. Alongside this it has acquired a number of companies, including tastytrade and Freetrade, and launched its own crypto product, making it the first UK-listed company to launch crypto trading to retail investors. This further proves how much of a staple IG Group is in the world of financial trading.
Kirsty
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Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Think big
- Deliver at pace
- Raise the bar
- Lead and inspire
- Champion the client
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Breon Corcoran
(Group CEO)Joined IG Group as CEO in January 2024. Prior to this, they were the CEO of WorldRemit and a Non-Executive Director at Tilney Group.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IG Group
- Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture.
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