Head of People Performance & Development

About the role

The Head of People Performance & Development will own the evolution of performance, progression, and learning frameworks to support the company's scaling efforts. This role involves designing and implementing creative, data-led programmes that reinforce culture and enable high performance across the organization. You will partner with leadership to drive talent reviews, succession planning, and manager enablement while ensuring all initiatives are practical and measurable.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the performance approach from framework design through to manager enablement, calibration, and continuous improvement.
• Build progression and levelling frameworks that provide clarity and support high standards without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Create a proactive L&D strategy that strengthens managers, develops critical capabilities, and reinforces cultural tenets.
• Turn performance data into meaningful talent reviews and succession plans to ensure top talent is recognized and retained.
• Use performance, engagement, and retention insights to identify opportunities and prove measurable impact.
• Partner directly with founders, VPs, and functional leaders to build trust and adapt approaches to achieve outcomes.
• Own programmes end-to-end from diagnosis and design to launch, embedding, and iteration.

Required skills

• Performance management
• Learning and development
• Data analysis
• Strategic planning
• Stakeholder management
• Talent management

About the Company

Midnite is a next-generation sports betting and gaming platform built for a new wave of players. The company operates as a high-performance team that values ownership, constant iteration, and fast execution.