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Job Title


Operations Lead


Company : SEEK


Location : Sydney, Australia


Created : 2026-05-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About SEEK Pass SEEK Pass is a trusted digital passport used by over 4 million people to manage and share their verified identity, credentials, and documents. We aim to integrate across the HR ecosystem to provide more value, security and convenience for individuals and organisations in employment-related processes. Our primary use case today is helping job seekers to stand out on SEEK by preverifying their qualifications, licences and other credentials so that employers can shortlist them with confidence and speed. We operate as a distinct crossfunctional business unit, with integrations into SEEKs job marketplaces across AsiaPacific. Learn more about SEEK Pass at: Life at SEEK SEEKs purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (20212024). We are proud to work in an environment that''s inclusive where everyone''s unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued. Job Description About the role As an Assistant Operations Manager (Ops Squad Lead) within SEEK Pass, youll be part of a crossfunctional squad responsible for designing, delivering and optimising worldclass products that add trust to employmentrelated claims across SEEKs marketplaces. Reporting to the subdomain Operations leader, youll operate in a shared leadership model alongside your Product and Engineering coleads, jointly owning the squads vision, roadmap and operational outcomes for a key trustrelated Job to be Done. Success in this role over the first 612 months looks like a clearly defined and executed squad roadmap, smooth operationalisation of new features, strong stakeholder relationships, and measurable improvements in operational performance and customer outcomes. Responsibilities Collaborate with Product and Engineering coleads to define and communicate the squads vision, roadmap and OKRs, ensuring clear alignment to subdomain and SEEK Pass priorities. Use data and operational insights to identify optimisation opportunities, inform prioritisation and support datadriven decision making across the squads work. Define operational and product requirements and facilitate collaboration sessions to design practical, purposebuilt solutions that enhance our verification and customer experiences. Oversee the smooth operationalisation of new product features, including planning, forecasting and monitoring operational impact, and coordinating collateral and stakeholder communications. Build and maintain strong internal customer and stakeholder relationships across engineering, UX, operations and product teams to enable effective delivery at pace. Manage multiple priorities and initiatives concurrently, clearly communicating tradeoffs and progress while embodying SEEK Pass purpose, principles and behaviours. Contribute to broader operations activity, including resourcing, onboarding and training team members, ensuring compliance with policies and SOPs, and supporting accurate credential verification and customer support interactions. The Team SEEK Pass is a crossfunctional scaleup that operates as a distinct business unit in SEEK. We currently employ over ~100 people across software engineering, product, operations and commercial teams in Melbourne, Sydney and Kuala Lumpur. This role is based in Sydney, but occasional brief travel may be required. This role reports to the subdomain Operations leader. While you have no direct reports, you will work closely with engineers, UX designers, operational staff and product people. Qualifications Skills and experience Experience as a lead within a team, with a track record of influencing and collaborating effectively across multiple functions and stakeholder groups. Strong datadriven mindset, with experience defining and monitoring key operational metrics, interpreting trends and using insights to drive continuous improvement. High level of comfort with ambiguity and working in an agile, testandlearn environment, ideally in a tech, product or startup/scaleup context. Good highlevel understanding of, or strong desire to learn, key technology concepts and how digital products are designed, built and operated in crossfunctional teams. Exceptional judgement, prioritisation and decisionmaking skills, with the ability to focus on the critical few things that move the needle for customers and the business. Customerfocused mindset with excellent written and verbal communication skills, plus a positive, cando attitude, resilience and ownership mentality; experience scaling operations, working with agile software teams or using data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Sisense) is highly regarded. Additional Information Permanent Perks Annual Performance Bonus Plan Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role. Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a lowcarbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a longterm emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050 The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program) Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers Free income protection insurance Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia Free kickstart breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices Casual dress every day At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart. We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but dont meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us. Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist. For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered. SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees. #J-18808-Ljbffr