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Demonstrates expertise in People Operations, including global payroll, Talent Acquisition, and systems architecture. Proficient in building AI agents and automations while establishing frameworks for independent management of people processes.
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People Operations LeadershipAI Tools ImplementationSystems Architecture DesignProject ManagementEmployee Relations Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own the People Operations function end-to-end, including global payroll, employee lifecycle, Talent Acquisition, IT provisioning and People programs
- Lead and develop a team consisting of a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager and a People Operations Manager
- Architect People Operations systems, tools, data flows and automation across entities
- Build AI agents and automations for People Operations, with appropriate data guardrails
- Create frameworks and playbooks enabling managers to run people processes independently
- Own career paths, levels, promotion policy, compensation principles, learning and development, performance and engagement cycles
- Establish people data, engagement measurement and reporting systems
- Set the function's operating model, workforce plan, standards, SLAs and KPIs
- Maintain payroll, recruitment operations and compliance during the function rebuild
- Map manual administration and prioritize automation
- Design how Rippling, Remote and Ashby work together
- Run the function's weekly cadence and coach the team
- Handle complex employee relations and global compliance cases with Legal
- Own calibration, promotion and exit decisions across the function
- Report progress and outcomes to the CEO and partner with Finance, Legal and department leaders
Requirements
What you’ll need- Operations or leadership experience, ideally through a comparable growth-stage transition
- Experience leading People Operations through a high-growth, high-change period, ideally at a 100 to 300 person scale-up
- Systems architecture thinking: designing how platforms and their data work together so processes run without manual administration
- Hands-on experience building automations or AI agents yourself
- Experience writing frameworks or playbooks that managers can run themselves
- Ability to thrive with ambiguity and act on hypotheses while learning
- Essential: AI tools
- Essential: project management and communication tools, including Slack, Jira and Confluence
- Willingness to work from the Sydney office at least 2 days per week
- If not based in Sydney, willingness to relocate within 3 months of start date
- Full permanent work rights
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equity
- 20 days annual leave plus sick, carer's and compassionate leave
- 16 weeks primary and 6 weeks secondary carer parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Learning and development budget
- Home office setup
- Weekly catered lunches
- Work-from-anywhere weeks
- Flex days
- Full transparency: monthly all-hands share metrics, hiring plans and financial performance
- Levels, career frameworks and pay ranges visible to every employee
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Hard Skills
Global Payroll ManagementTalent AcquisitionAutomation DevelopmentFramework CreationData Flow ArchitectureEngagement MeasurementCompliance ManagementPerformance ManagementKPI SettingEmployee Lifecycle Management
Soft Skills
CommunicationTeam LeadershipAdaptabilityProblem-SolvingCoaching
Tools & Technologies
SlackJiraConfluenceRipplingRemoteAshby
Industry Keywords
High-Growth TransitionScale-Up ExperiencePeople ProgramsWorkforce PlanningData Guardrails