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Head of People

Sydney, NSW, AustraliaPosted 3 weeks ago
Full-timehybridMid-Senior Level

Job Description

Strategic People Leadership & Organisational Effectiveness

  • Lead and develop a high-performing People team across People Partnering, Employee Relations, Operations, and Learning & Capability.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and executives on workforce strategy, leadership effectiveness, culture, and change.
  • Drive organisational capability uplift initiatives that strengthen performance, leadership capability, and employee growth across the business.
  • Partner with leaders to shape scalable, high-performing team structures and ways of working that support business growth.

Leadership Development & Capability Uplift

  • Own and evolve the company-wide Learning & Capability strategy, with a strong focus on leadership development and future capability building.
  • Design and implement leadership frameworks, capability programs, and development pathways that support leaders at all levels.
  • Build a modern learning culture that empowers continuous growth, high performance, and adaptability.
  • Identify capability gaps and partner with leaders to embed targeted development initiatives across teams and functions.

Employee Relations

  • Provide strategic oversight and guidance on complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, and compliance requirements.
  • Strengthen leadership capability through coaching, proactive support, and evidence-based people insights.
  • Lead the development and evolution of people policies, frameworks, and practices that are scalable, modern, and values-aligned.

People Systems & AI-Enabled Transformation

  • Lead the transformation of our People Operations function into an AI-native, digitally enabled capability.
  • Drive the evolution of people systems, workflows, and employee support experiences through smart, human-centred automation.
  • Design human + AI ways of working that reduce friction, improve service delivery, and create better employee experiences at scale.
  • Promote the responsible and ethical use of AI within the People function, ensuring technology enhances — not replaces — human connection.
  • Experience in senior People & Culture leadership roles within fast-paced, high-growth, or scaling environments.
  • Demonstrated success leading People functions spanning business partnering, operations, employee relations, and capability/learning.
  • Strong capability in leadership development, and workforce capability uplift.
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and shape people strategies that drive business performance and cultural outcomes.
  • Deep understanding of Australian employment law; experience supporting the Philippines or distributed teams is highly regarded.
  • A progressive and commercially minded approach to People leadership, with a passion for modern organisational thinking and future-of-work practices.
  • Strong interest in how AI, technology, and digital tools can elevate the employee and leadership experience.
  • Exceptional communication, leadership, and relationship-building capability.

Lendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. Bringing together diverse expertise, innovative technology and a customer-first approach, our teams work seamlessly to simplify the property journey, helping Australians find, buy and own property with confidence.

We support our people in a variety of ways, but a few of the benefits that our people rave about include:

  • A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture.
  • Hybrid working arrangement designed to support work-life balance, while fostering meaningful connection and collaboration.
  • A holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work.
  • Generous paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers.
  • An additional week’s Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years’ service.
  • Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety.

We’re committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at Lendi Group. We believe that a team reflecting the world around us leads to greater innovation, stronger collaboration, and a more engaging workplace.

Our culture is guided by our 3 core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. Our values are part of our core DNA that helps Lendi Group to attract, engage and evolve the right talent and build best-in-class products.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing, purpose-driven company that’s transforming the homeownership journey.

Ready to contribute to Lendi Group’s next chapter? Apply now and be part of something big!

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