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A rapidly growing organisation is seeking a commercially minded and highly organised Chief of Staff to support its People & Culture leadership team during an exciting phase of scale and transformation.
This newly created role will work closely with the Executive General Manager People & Culture and senior HR leaders to drive strategic coordination, governance, reporting, and operational effectiveness across the function.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a highly visible enterprise role with significant exposure to executive leadership, board-level reporting, and organisation-wide strategic initiatives. It is ideally suited to someone coming from HR Business Operations, HR Projects, consulting, transformation, or a strategic HR environment who is looking to broaden their enterprise capability and accelerate toward future executive leadership opportunities.
What you’ll be doing:
This is an outstanding “stepping stone” opportunity for an ambitious manager-level candidate wanting broader enterprise exposure and a more strategic remit. You’ll gain direct access to executive decision-making, enterprise planning, and organisational strategy while helping shape the future operating rhythm of a growing business.
If you enjoy connecting the dots, bringing structure to complexity, and partnering with senior leaders to drive outcomes, this role offers exceptional long-term growth potential.
Strategic People & Culture Operations Manager
- Posted25 May 2026
- SalaryCompetitive
- LocationSydney
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Human Resources
- ReferenceBH-17333
Job description
- Chief of Staff | P&C
- Strategic Operations | Governance | Executive Exposure
- Scaling business
A rapidly growing organisation is seeking a commercially minded and highly organised Chief of Staff to support its People & Culture leadership team during an exciting phase of scale and transformation.
This newly created role will work closely with the Executive General Manager People & Culture and senior HR leaders to drive strategic coordination, governance, reporting, and operational effectiveness across the function.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a highly visible enterprise role with significant exposure to executive leadership, board-level reporting, and organisation-wide strategic initiatives. It is ideally suited to someone coming from HR Business Operations, HR Projects, consulting, transformation, or a strategic HR environment who is looking to broaden their enterprise capability and accelerate toward future executive leadership opportunities.
What you’ll be doing:
- Coordinating strategic priorities and operational rhythms across the People & Culture function
- Supporting board and committee reporting, ELT activities, business reviews, and enterprise planning cycles
- Partnering with senior HR leaders to collate insights, reporting, and strategic updates
- Driving governance processes, planning disciplines, and structured ways of working
- Developing high-quality executive communications, presentations, and business documentation
- Ensuring initiatives, priorities, and messaging are aligned to enterprise strategy
- Creating visibility across competing priorities while maintaining a future-focused lens
- Experience in HR Business Operations, strategic program management, consulting, transformation, or a similar business management role
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail with a genuine passion for process improvement, governance, and operational excellence
- Ability to operate confidently in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Naturally collaborative, pragmatic, and down-to-earth approach
- High levels of organisation, commercial acumen, and executive maturity
This is an outstanding “stepping stone” opportunity for an ambitious manager-level candidate wanting broader enterprise exposure and a more strategic remit. You’ll gain direct access to executive decision-making, enterprise planning, and organisational strategy while helping shape the future operating rhythm of a growing business.
If you enjoy connecting the dots, bringing structure to complexity, and partnering with senior leaders to drive outcomes, this role offers exceptional long-term growth potential.
