People Lead, North America

About Us

Engelhart was founded in 2013 by BTG Pactual Group as a commodities trading company. Its business model is “asset light” and highly diversified – giving it the ability to adapt effectively and nimbly to changing market conditions. It has assembled successful multidisciplinary teams, leveraging advanced fundamental analysis with deep quantitative and weather research capabilities.  Its activities are underpinned by strong risk management practices and by powerful technology and operational excellence. Its exceptional teams have diverse global backgrounds and decades of experience, and are driven by a highly collaborative culture, across products and competencies.

In 2024, Engelhart acquired Trailstone, a global energy trading and technology company. The acquisition provides Engelhart with new expertise, analytics and proprietary technology which is used to provide risk management and optimisation services to manage the intermittency of renewable power generation for its client base. The acquisition also expanded Engelhart’s capabilities into physical natural gas across North America.

Its talented and experienced individuals work together according to its four company values: be bold, be collaborative, be proactive, be your best.

People Lead, North America – Stamford, US

About the Role

Engelhart is seeking an experienced People Lead to join us in our Stamford CT office. This individual will be joining our highly collaborative and energetic People (HR) Team, that is global in nature and strives for ‘best in class’ when it comes to employee experience.

This role will report directly to the Chief People Officer, based in our London office in the UK, and will have management responsibility for our People Analyst based in Austin TX.

This is a truly exciting opportunity for a senior HR professional to take a lead role in shaping the culture and growth of a complex, growing business, post-merger. This individual will support the evolving needs of our US entities and employees, enabling best practice in the newly formed group between Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners & Trailstone.

This will be a full-time role, owning the following responsibilities:

• Acting as the key point of contact for Engelhart’s US entities, managing relationships with local stakeholders and escalating as required to the Chief People Officer.
• Serving as a trusted advisor and coach to employees and business leaders on People (HR) policies and processes.
• Partnering with the Chief People Officer, C-Suite and global People Team to develop and execute Engelhart’s People (HR) Strategy particularly as it relates to talent needs, retention, and succession planning.
• Managing our US-based People Analyst, building their skillset and supporting their development.
• Balancing operational and strategic tasks as required to ensure the seamless running of the People function.
• Ensuring legal compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommend best practices while balancing a pragmatic approach.
• Overseeing the full life cycle of the US People function including, but not limited to, benefits, compensation, disciplinary matters, disputes and investigations, performance and talent management, productivity, recognition, and morale. This remit will focus specifically on the US entities, but a collaborative global approach is also required.
• Managing multiple projects and assignments, meet tight deadlines, and display initiative, flexibility, and innovation in support of regional and global business goals.

About You

This person will have excellent collaboration skills, comfortable operating in a global team with a high degree of autonomy. To best set this individual up for success, the following experiences and skills are required:

• Over 6 years of working experience in a People / HR department, with the most recent experience as a strategic or senior People / HR Business Partner.
• Experience working within a global business with an international People / HR Team.
• Experience working within financial/professional services, or in a trading environment.
• Tangible working knowledge of US employment-related laws and regulations.
• Advanced level of MS Excel and commercial analytical skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with demonstrable ability to coach and influence leaders up to C-Suite level.
• Strong presentation skills with high proficiency in MS PowerPoint.
• Experience working in a post-merger environment is highly desirable but not essential.

The postholder will be required to undertake regular travel to our other US offices (TX and NYC) as required.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and participation in Engelhart’s discretionary bonus plan. 
• 20 days of annual holiday entitlement, excluding US public holidays.
• Robust benefits package such as Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, 401(k) contribution match, and supplemental benefits partially subsidised by the Company.  
• Eligibility to receive external and internal training in accordance with our Training & Development Policy.

We believe in inclusivity and are therefore dedicated to ensuring all employees – across gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, life experience, background and more – feel welcome and included in the company. We promote diversity because we believe it is essential to our ability to think holistically.