Lead, Talent & Performance (1 Year Contract)

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $80 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

We’re looking for a builder to join our People team as we scale the next chapter of Talent & Performance at WS.  You’ll design, build, and operationalize talent development programs that drive measurable impact across WS focusing on performance, career pathing, development, and talent density.

You’ll bring clarity, consistency, and speed to how we grow and develop our people while keeping things simple and effective for managers and employees.

• Building and developing our Performance programs: Own the design and development of our performance cycles (goal setting, calibrations, feedback), ensuring clarity, fairness, and high adoption.
• Developing career frameworks: Create and iterate clear, scalable career pathing frameworks to support growth, transparency, and manager enablement.
• Driving talent density initiatives: Help us identify, develop, and retain top talent while enabling a high-performing environment.
• Supporting employer brand delivery: Partner with TA and Comms to ensure our talent programs reinforce our external and internal brand story.
• Simplifying and scaling: Build programs that work in a fast-paced fintech environment, balancing structure with speed and practicality.
• Measuring impact: Establish clear success metrics and gather insights to continuously improve our programs.
• Partnering deeply: Work with HRBPs, TA, and business leaders to ensure programs align with business needs and are easy to adopt for execution and delivery.

• Builder & Operator: You love taking programs from concept to launch, iterating quickly, and turning complex challenges into simple, scalable solutions.
• Tech-Savvy & AI-Minded: You’re comfortable leveraging modern HR tech and AI tools to automate, personalize, and enhance learning and talent programs.
• Outcome-Focused: You measure success by real business impact
• Strategic Doer: You can design frameworks, set clear strategy, and dive into the details to get things shipped efficiently.
• Collaborative Partner: You work seamlessly with HR, TA, and business leaders to design programs that truly move the needle.
• Clear Communicator: You can distill complex ideas into clear, compelling messages that drive stakeholder buy-in and action.
• Fast-Paced & Adaptable: You thrive in dynamic environments, balancing speed with thoughtful execution.

• 8-10 years in HR, Talent, or People Program roles with experience building and delivering talent or performance programs in high-growth environments.
• Learning & Development experience in a fast scaling company
• Experience designing and running performance cycles and frameworks at scale.
• Exposure to career pathing, talent management, or talent development initiatives.
• Ability to manage projects end-to-end, with strong stakeholder management.
• Comfort with HR systems and data to track and report on program effectiveness.

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business

🌴 Generous PTO offerings

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple

We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI and tooling, to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.