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Lead People Partner - Technology


Company : Employment Hero


Location : Melbourne, Victoria


Created : 2026-02-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Employment Hero is on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone. Our Employment Operating System brings hiring, HR, payroll and benefits into an all-in-one solution.Since our inception in 2014, we''ve scaled to a $2 billion valuation and gained a presence in 6 countries globally - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK and Canada. We now service over 300,000 businesses and more than 2 million employees.The EH WayAt Employment Hero, we''re proud of our unique DNA, which we call The EH Way.We are Mission First - everything we do (from what we work on, to how we allocate capital and where we focus) is driven by our MissionWe are Remote First - we champion a remote environment with a preference for asynchronous communication and a high degree of autonomyWe are AI First - we are committed to using AI to accelerate our mission; AI is not just a tool, it''s a fundamental part of how we operate, innovate, and scaleWe are Apolitical - we do not take a position on political or social topics, unless it relates to our MissionWe Live by Our Values - we role model our values 100% of the timeWe Expect High Performance - we set a high standard and we''re not satisfied with being averageWhat your days might look likeThe Lead People Partners mission is to be a strategic partner to our leaders, enabling them to activate and amplify their people. You''ll be instrumental in driving a high-performance and high-productivity culture across your portfolio, bringing data-driven insights and a deep knowledge of pragmatic advice to activate our leaders. Your role will be pivotal in driving the commercial success of Employment Hero through:Providing world-class, product-led guidance to senior Product & Engineering leaders, enabling execution at maximum velocityServe as a senior leader in the Performance Ops Team, contributing to the strategic direction and evolution of the People Team''s strategic priorities.Advising on our organisational design, ensuring we''re optimised for success and set up to scale effectivelyLeading the charge on talent management and succession planning, guaranteeing that we''re enhancing leadership effectivenessEstablishing and maintaining a high performance culture across Product & Engineering, aligned to EH expectations and Product Ways of WorkingAmplifying the Employment Hero Way (Mission First, Remote First, AI First, Apolitical)Collaborating with Talent Acquisition, People Ops and Product Operations to design lean, fit-for-purpose people systems that amplify Product & Engineering performanceUnderstanding your portfolios business, metrics and deliverables to achieve successAs our Lead People Partner - Technology you''ll be responsible for:Strategic PartneringAct as a trusted operating partner to the CPTO and Product & Engineering leaders, shaping how teams scale, perform, and deliverPartner on organisational design decisions that directly support Product strategyChallenge leaders constructively on structure and people challenges in alignment with Product Ways of WorkingSupport leaders to make fast, high-quality people decisions in line with EH''s Mission-First and High-Performance cultureActively coach Product & Engineering leaders on how to role model the EH Way through their decisions, communication, and trade-offsPerformance, Growth and DeliveryPartnering with leaders to drive and sustain high performance through clear expectations, effective performance management, and timely interventionUse data, insight, and judgment to identify performance bottlenecks, capability gaps, or structural constraintsSupport leaders to run clear, direct, and timely performance conversations aligned to EH''s high-performance expectationsDrive talent management initiatives, including workforce planning, succession planning, talent assessment, and leadership development, to ensure an internal pipeline of top talent to meet current and future business needs.Designing talent and performance practices that support continuous delivery, fast iteration, and outcome-based executionEmbedding our DNADesigning people practices that prioritise speed, ruthless prioritisation, and ownership.Coaching leaders to balance rapid execution with clarity, fairness, and sustainabilityHolding leaders accountable for behaviours that undermine collaboration, humility, or one-team outcomesEnsuring recognition, progression, and feedback reinforce how results are achieved, not just what is deliveredEngagement & InsightsEnable leaders by addressing engagement, retention, and burnout risks through analytics, prioritisation, and effective performance managementReinforce async-first, remote-first ways of working, improving focus, autonomy, inclusion, and execution quality across regionsUse AI and people analytics to surface actionable insights, identify emerging performance or capacity risks, and inform workforce and leadership decisionsContinuously experiment with emerging AI tools to reduce manual overhead and and enable workforce decisions are made at scaleWho you areTo thrive at Employment Hero, you''ll need to embody The EH Way - operating with focus, agility, and an obsession with impact. For this role, you''ll also bringProven success in aligning business goals to people strategies, to drive performance and effectivenessExperience in a people partnering role, ideally with large portfolios across multiple geographiesExpertise in leveraging AI and HR analytics to provide actionable insights, optimise talent strategies, and support organisational design for global scalabilityExperience in workforce planning, succession management, and leadership development to build and sustain a strong internal talent pipelineTech-savvy and experienced working with cross-functional teams, preferably in technology or product led companiesStrong commercial and systems thinking; able to connect people decisions to product delivery and business outcomesComfortable operating with incomplete information, making judgment calls at speed, and constructively challenging senior leadersWhat we can offerAt Employment Hero, we don''t just talk about a better way to work - we live it. Joining Employment Hero meansYou will work remotely, with the flexibility to own your time and impactYou will access cutting-edge tools to amplify your work, knowledge and outputsYou''ll surround yourself with ambitious, outcome-driven colleagues who challenge you to do the best work of your lifeYou''ll own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world''s fastest-growing tech companiesYou''ll also have access to a wide range of benefits that includes - a very generous parental leave policy, subsidised egg freezing (so you can make the choice that''s right for you, on your terms), a WFH office expense budget, and outstanding learning & development opportunitiesSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionHuman ResourcesIndustriesTechnology, Information and Media and Technology, Information and InternetReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Employment Hero by 2xGet notified about new Technology Specialist jobs in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 weeks agoSeoul, South Korea $100,584.00-$121,392.00 2 weeks agoWe''re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. 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