As Senior HR Manager, lead HR strategies, talent acquisition, and organizational development to support Presto's global growth, ensuring compliance and fostering company culture.
About Presto
Founded in 2014, Presto is an algorithmic trading and financial services firm with a global presence. Presto focuses on delivering exceptional value for clients through a rigorous research-driven approach to investment and trade execution. With more than a 100 million trade executions in a day, Presto is a leading financial services firm in both digital assets and traditional finance markets.
What is the Role
As the Senior HR Manager, you will spearhead the development and execution of HR and recruitment strategies that support the scaling of our global organization. You will lead the charge in crafting policies, building high-performing teams, and ensuring fairness, consistency, and compliance across all territories. This role requires a strategic thinker who can seamlessly pivot between high-level organizational design and hands-on talent acquisition to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business.
Responsibilities
- Here's your adventure in a fast-speed trading company:
- Organizational Strategy: Design and implement HR strategies tailored for a globally scaling organization, ensuring people initiatives directly support long-term business objectives.
- Strategic Advisory: Serve as a senior HR consultant to the leadership team, utilizing data-driven insights and "People Analytics" to optimize organizational design and staffing efficiency.
- Workforce Planning: Architect workforce management strategies that align human capital with evolving business needs, ensuring the right talent is in the right place at the right time.
- Employee Lifecycle Management: Standardize and oversee the end-to-end employee journey, from seamless global onboarding to professional offboarding.
- Global Payroll & Rewards: Ensure 100% accuracy in payroll execution across multiple currencies and tax jurisdictions.
- Operational Compliance: Lead rigorous auditing of personnel files, ensuring all contracts, NDAs, and compliance documents are signed, stored, and updated in accordance with global data privacy standards.
- Recruitment Lifecycle: Own the end-to-end talent acquisition process, developing innovative sourcing strategies to attract high-caliber talent in hyper-competitive global markets.
- Employer Branding: Build and evangelize a robust employer brand that resonates with diverse talent pools and reflects the company’s mission and values.
- Policy & Governance: Author and govern global HR policies and procedures, ensuring consistency, fairness, and strict adherence to local labor legislation across all operating jurisdictions.
- Performance & Growth: Design and iterate on performance management frameworks and bespoke development programs that catalyze high output and long-term career progression.
- Culture & Engagement: Partner with leadership to deepen organizational culture, ensuring company values are lived daily and reflected in the employee experience.
- Leadership Coaching: Provide executive-level coaching to managers, offering solutions for conflict resolution, team dynamics, and leadership development.
- Team Mentorship: Lead and mentor a dedicated team of HR and recruitment specialists, fostering a proactive business partnership model.
Strategic HR Leadership & Advisory
Global HR Operations
Talent Acquisition & Brand
Governance, Culture & Development
Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years of HR management experience within a fast-paced, dynamic, global environment.
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively connect with all levels of the organization and its international branches.
- Dual Approach: Strategic thinking combined with a hands-on approach; you are as comfortable designing a global strategy as you are executing daily HR operations.
- Culture Champion: Demonstrated experience in nurturing a motivational workplace culture that upholds company values and drives retention.
- Recruitment Expertise: Proven track record of managing full-cycle recruitment and implementing successful talent acquisition strategies for trading, technical or other specialized roles.
Preferred
- Industry Background: Previous experience in financial services, specifically within a trading, fintech, or investment banking environment.
- Scaling Success: Familiarity with managing hyper-growth phases and establishing HR frameworks in a globally distributed company.
- Systems Literacy: High proficiency in HR tech stacks (e.g., Lever, BambooHR) to automate and streamline people operations.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation: Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus eligibility.
- Lifestyle Support: Comprehensive allowances and a modern, high-energy work environment.
To see how Presto excels in Quant trading? Click here to explore our YouTube channel!
Top Skills
Bamboohr
Lever
Presto Labs (prestolabs.io) Singapore Office
79 Robinson Road, #26-03, CapitaSky, Singapore, 068897
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Information Technology • Machine Learning
The Senior Manager will lead HR Quality Management and Compliance initiatives, ensuring adherence to labor laws while driving strategic HR programs for operational efficiency and improved employee experiences.
Top Skills:
Hr Case ToolsHrisIatfIsoRbaSap SuccessfactorsServicenowWorkday
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
The role involves managing partnerships, recruiting strategic partners, driving sales, and coordinating launches, requiring extensive experience in channel sales or business development within a cloud environment.
Top Skills:
Cloud ServicesSaaS
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Payments • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Generative AI
As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will build high-quality frontend applications for client risk workflows, design user experiences, and collaborate across teams to enhance decision intelligence and operational workflows.
Top Skills:
Ant DesignBootstrapCi/CdCSS3DockerEmotionGraphQLHTML5Javascript (Es6+)KubernetesMaterial UiNginxNode.jsReactRestRollupScssStyled-ComponentsTypescriptWebpack
What you need to know about the Singapore Tech Scene
The digital revolution has driven a constant demand for tech professionals across industries like software development, data analytics and cybersecurity. In Singapore, one of the largest cities in Southeast Asia, the demand for tech talent is so high that the government continues to invest millions into programs designed to develop a talent pipeline directly from universities while also scaling efforts in pre-employment training and mid-career upskilling to expand and elevate its workforce.

.jpeg)

