Head of Performance

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 Will be a plus: - 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)