Head of Performance

About the Position

We are seeking a Head of Performance to join our team in Cyprus. The role involves designing and continuously evolving a unified performance framework across all functions and regions, ensuring alignment with business strategy and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design and continuously evolve a unified performance framework across all functions and regions, ensuring alignment with business strategy and priorities
• Translate company goals into clear, measurable performance standards and scorecards in collaboration with functional leaders
• Own the end-to-end quarterly performance cycle, ensuring disciplined execution, data integrity, and consistency across teams
• Lead performance and calibration discussions with senior management and C-level stakeholders to ensure objective, comparable evaluation
• Assess the quality and effectiveness of KPIs used across the business; challenge and refine metrics that do not reflect real outcomes
• Identify performance risks, inefficiencies, and misalignment between targets, execution, and results
• Ensure performance outcomes are used consistently in promotion, underperformance (PIP/exit), and reward decisions
• Partner with Finance and HR leadership to align performance results with compensation, bonuses, and salary review processes
• Define and enforce standards and guardrails for KPIs and metrics used in performance-related decision-making
• Prepare analytical materials and recommendations for executive committees related to performance, promotions, and rewards
• Build and lead a team responsible for performance operations, analytics, and governance
• Continuously improve performance systems and decision-making processes to support company growth and organisational maturity

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in strategy, business operations, analytics, consulting, or performance-related leadership roles
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a senior leadership or management position
• Proven experience designing and operating performance frameworks in fast-growing, metrics-driven organisations
• Strong understanding of how performance metrics connect to business results, efficiency, and growth
• Experience leading structured performance or calibration discussions with senior and executive stakeholders
• Highly analytical mindset with the ability to identify root causes, inconsistencies, and performance risks through data
• Ability to manage complex, time-bound initiatives with high standards for execution discipline and data quality
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to challenge assumptions and influence senior leaders constructively
• High level of ownership, integrity, and discretion when working with sensitive information
• Fluency in English; Ukrainian or Russian is a strong advantage
• Willingness to work from the Cyprus office

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, brokerage, payments, or other regulated, metrics-driven industries
• Background in top-tier consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) or strategy roles in hyper-growth technology companies
• Experience linking performance metrics to compensation, incentives, or investment decisions
• Hands-on experience with BI, analytics platforms, or performance management tools

We Offer

• Opportunity to work for a leading international brokerage company
• A high-impact leadership role with direct exposure to the CEO and executive team
• Chance to design and scale a company-wide performance system from the ground up
• 21 paid vacation days per year
• 10 paid sick leave days per year
• Public holidays according to the Cyprus Public holiday list
• Medical insurance
• Extensive relocation package
• Professional education budget
• Language learning budget
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear, and related expenses)

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