Senior Human Resources Business Partner – Quantitative Trading

Overview

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders provide liquidity to the market through market-making across commodities, interest rates, ETFs, and equity index options. We continually invest in our proprietary technology and re-engineer, optimize, and maintain trading models and software systems to stay on the cutting edge.

Our People Team, part of the Intel department, focuses on employee-first solutions to the business. We use data to gain insights and advance human-capital-related applications for efficiency and consistency. The People Team is comprised of Employee Experience, People Operations, Talent, and Training & Education, and these groups collaborate to bring in the best talent for Team Belvedere and ensure all team members have the tools to succeed and develop through their tenure.

Belvedere is seeking an experienced Senior Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to support the Trading department. The HRBP acts as a strategic partner to business leaders, aligning human capital initiatives with business objectives, fostering a high-performance culture, and providing hands-on HR support for performance management, employee relations, change management, and organizational development in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have deep HR experience, strong business acumen, and the ability to operate in a high-stakes setting.

• Act as a strategic advisor to Trading leadership, translating business strategy and departmental goals into people strategies across hiring, engagement, development, performance, and retention.
• Shape organizational design and workforce plans by assessing structure, roles, and staffing needs to support growth and long-term business objectives.
• Drive alignment with Talent Acquisition by setting priorities around headcount planning, hiring timelines, and role requirements based on evolving business needs.
• Own the onboarding experience for new hires, ensuring a smooth transition from offer through full integration, including compliance, systems access, trading desk readiness, and cultural immersion.
• Hold managers accountable for early talent success, ensuring 30-, 60-, and 90-day milestones are met, development plans are established quickly, and new hires are supported through ramp-up.
• Define and advance learning priorities for Trading, working with Training & Education to deliver training aligned with performance expectations, risk awareness, compliance, and communication standards.
• Set and reinforce performance expectations by guiding managers through goal setting, performance reviews, feedback cycles, and development planning.
• Identify and develop key talent, building career paths, targeted development plans, and retention strategies for key contributors.
• Advise leadership on compensation and rewards, including bonus structures, incentives, and performance-based pay, to ensure alignment with firm goals and market competitiveness.
• Serve as the go-to people leader for the teams, proactively addressing concerns, navigating sensitive issues, managing escalations, and protecting a high-integrity, high-performance culture.
• Champion accountability and continuous improvement, reinforcing expectations around collaboration, compliance, ownership, and execution.
• Lead people-side change management initiatives, supporting growth, team evolution, restructuring, and new product launches.
• Leverage people data and insights to spot trends, surface risks, and inform leadership decisions related to turnover, performance, engagement, and workforce planning.

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field (Master’s or HR certification a plus).
• 5+ years of strategic HR Partner role experience.
• Proven background in financial services, trading, investment firms, or other high-performance/regulated environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong business acumen: ability to understand trading/investment business dynamics, financial incentives, performance pressure, and cultural sensitivities.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and influencing…