HR Business Partner

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We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support our R&D organisation, with a focus on Product & Design, through a 12month period.

You'll partner closely with Product & Design leaders and their leadership teams as a trusted advisor on all peoplerelated topicsorg design, performance and talent, capability building, and culture. As well as supporting people programs and initiatives. You'll move comfortably between strategy and execution: shaping the longterm people agenda for R&D while rolling up your sleeves to solve realtime issues with leaders and teams.

This role is based in Australia and will work with distributed teams across time zones.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic partnership for Product & Design

• Partner with senior Product & Design leaders to understand business and product strategy, and translate it into a clear people plan.
• Diagnose org health (structure, headcount mix, capability, engagement, ways of working) across R&D teams and propose datadriven interventions.
• Support organisational design, restructures and workforce planning (e.g. team shape, IC/Manager mix, craft vs. crossfunctional structures) aligned to product and portfolio priorities.
• Act as a thought partner on culture, inclusion, leadership effectiveness, and how we build strong product & design organisations over time.

• Lead the performance and growth cycles for your client groups (goalsetting, feedback, calibration, rewards conversations) in line with our global frameworks.
• Coach Product & Design leaders and managers to build highperforming, healthy teams with strong succession pipelines.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on senior hiring (e.g. Group PMs, Heads of Design), role design, and assessment approaches that reflect our craft expectations.
• Use talent and performance data to identify capability gaps in areas like product strategy, execution, craft quality, and crossfunctional leadership, then recommend targeted development solutions.

• Provide pragmatic, riskaware guidance on complex employee relations matters (performance, conduct, complaints, absence, etc.) in line with Australian employment law and our policies.
• Coach managers to handle people issues early and well, building their leadership confidence and capability.
• Ensure consistent, fair application of policies and practices across Product & Design teams in Australia and, where relevant, in other regions.

• Support annual compensation and benefits processes for your client groups, including market reviews, promotions, and pay decisions.
• Interpret and apply HR policies and employment legislation in Australia; flag risks and propose options to leaders.
• Ensure HR data integrity, documentation and processes meet internal and legal requirements.

• Lead or support peoplerelated change initiatives within R&D e.g. reorganisations, new operating models, location strategy, or shifts in how Product & Design work together.
• Partner with People CoEs (Talent, Rewards, DEI, Learning, etc.) to roll out global programs and adapt them for the R&D context.
• Use engagement, pulse and feedback data from R&D teams to cocreate action plans with leaders and track progress.
• Champion inclusive, psychologically safe, highperformance culture across Product & Design.

• Significant experience as an HR Business Partner (or similar) supporting senior leaders in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Experience operating at equivalent level, influencing Director/VPlevel stakeholders and navigating ambiguity with limited oversight.
• Strong grounding across core HR domains: org design, performance and talent management, employee relations, rewards, and change management.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading org design and change in knowledgework environments (ideally tech, product, or designheavy teams).
• Comfortable using data (people metrics, engagement, qualitative insights) to diagnose issues and influence decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, relationshipbuilding and communication skills; able to challenge constructively and build trust quickly.
• Proven track record of coaching leaders and managers to grow their people leadership capability.

• Experience supporting R&D, Product Management, Design, or Engineering organisations.
• Experience working with distributed or global teams across time zones.
• Familiarity with modern HR tech stacks (e.g. Workday or similar HRIS, Greenhouse or similar ATS, engagement tools).
• Professional HR qualification (e.g. CIPD, AHRI, SHRM or equivalent).

• Contract type: 12month fixed-term contract (onpayroll).
• Competitive salary and benefits aligned to level and market.
• Opportunity to influence key Product & Design leadership teams and shape org outcomes during a pivotal period.
• Collaboration with a highimpact People team and peers supporting other parts of R&D.