HR Operations Manager, Wintermute
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
Algorithmic trading firm in digital assets
Open for applications
Algorithmic trading firm in digital assets
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent, fair and efficient markets and products.
Role
Who you are
- Educated to a degree level (BSc/MSc)
- 3-5 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, 3-5 years of experience in a non-HR function, e.g. consulting, strategy & operations and similar with a strong interest in moving to people function
- Confidence with Excel/data sets and technology tools such as HR systems
- Enthusiastic about Wintermute values and ways of doing business, enthusiastic about building and maintaining high performance environments
- Ownership mentality: doing whatever needs to be done to achieve the goals, from initiating improvements to effective execution of operational tasks
- 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 and balances even in high pressure situations
- Proven ability to see the bigger picture, commercial strategy, understand new functional areas quickly, and have a cross-functional mindset
What the job involves
- We are seeking an HR Operations Manager to play a critical role in ensuring the seamless execution of HR processes that support the company’s growth
- This role requires a hands-on approach to optimizing core HR operations, implementing best practices, and driving continuous improvements to ensure efficiency and effectiveness within the HR function
- At Wintermute, we operate in a high performance, dynamic environment that attracts smart, driven individuals who are passionate about technology, innovation, and challenging the status quo whilst making a direct impact on the company's performance
- Own and execute HR operations across employee lifecycle, e.g. employee onboarding and induction, training, internal moves, etc
- Handle the end-to-end HR processes, including employee record management, HRIS and ATS maintenance, and ensuring we are compliant with local regulations and GDPR
- Draft employment contracts, addendums, and termination documentation as needed
- Oversee visa applications and relocation processes, coordinating with new hires and the required visa issuer
- Support payroll processes by ensuring accurate HR data collection and submission
- Maintain HR systems, ensuring they function effectively and support business needs whilst also utilizing new features as and when they are integrated
- Conducting HR analytics, drawing actionable conclusions and providing reporting to the management team as needed, including helping establish processes for regular data output reports (such as for payroll purposes or to extract team-based holiday schedules)
- Together with the greater HR, Compliance and Talent teams, supporting any other employee queries
- Supporting the greater HR and Talent team in any number of strategic projects, as they come (Hiring, Employee engagement surveys, Training, etc.)
- Work on various cross-functional projects and initiatives; there is no limit to the types of projects to get involved in, all depends on your skills, motivation and ambition
- Although we are unable to accept fully remote candidates, we support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Recent developments in mobile applications and financial tech have resulted in increased demand for digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, and this growing demand is putting pressure on traditional market makers. Ultimately, the increased scale and complexity of the new digital asset landscape has exposed inefficiencies in existing liquidity providers.
Wintermute uses an algorithmic approach to provide market-making services that facilitate digital asset liquidity with long-term scaling and efficiency in mind. The company currently provides its market-making services to over 50 centralized and decentralized trading platforms, including Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken.
The company has taken a unique approach towards market making by operating with the assumption that digital asset markets are only going to get bigger and more complex. By streamlining the market making process with algorithmic automation and thus optimizing efficiency, Wintermute presents itself as a future-proof solution for the rapidly scaling digital asset industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Nice people
"Very nice, motivated colleagues. Culture is strong, activities such as events and even an annual outing allows you to connect and make friends...."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2021
$20m
SERIES B
Jul 2020
$2.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $24.8m
Company benefits
- A unique opportunity to work on very interesting projects, get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project or trading firm
- A unique opportunity to join one of the strongest and most successful DeFi teams globally
- With Wintermute you don’t make a bet on a single product, platform, chain or technology; we’ll win if DeFi wins as a whole
- Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial
- Option to work from London or Singapore offices, as well as remotely; we generally prefer at least 60% working from the office but are open to remote candidates
- Aligned incentive structure: high upside from performance-based variable pay with very transparent bonus system
- We offer standard perks too, like pension, private health insurance and free food, but that’s probably not the right reason to join us
Company values
- Ambitious: We set the most ambitious goals. We set the highest standards for ourselves and work hard. We play to win
- Collaborative: We go above and beyond to help our partners and counterparties grow. We work as a team, not as siloed groups and individuals. We are united by common goals and values
- Entrepreneurial: We love building new innovative things. We move very fast and focus on the results. We empower everyone from day 1 to act like an owner
- Meritocratic: We are non-hierarchical, informal, and direct. We focus on results above seniority and experience. We generously reward results
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Evgeny Gaevoy
(CEO)Holds an Executive MBA from London Business School. Joined Optiver as an Index Derivatives Trader, and was eventually made Head of ETF Business Expansion.
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