Senior HR Partner: Global People Strategy

Coates Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Thrive program

Wellness day off

Give back day

Job summary

Coates Group is seeking a senior HR Business Partner to partner with ELT leaders on people, workforce and organisational matters in a dynamic, global tech‑driven environment. You will influence leadership decisions using data, build strong partnerships, and deliver practical, scalable people solutions across segment priorities.

You will lead workforce planning, design and change initiatives, champion talent development and leadership pipelines, and coach senior leaders to foster high performing,

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in Human Resources, including significant HR Business Partnering experience in a complex organisation.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Experience leading workforce planning, organisational design and change initiatives.
• Strong background in talent and performance management, succession planning and leadership development.
• Strong generalist HR knowledge
• Sound working knowledge of relevant employment legislation and employee relations practice
• Proven ability to build credible, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and to influence at a leadership level
• Demonstrated experience in working with people data and analytics to inform recommendations and decisions

Responsibilities

• Acts as a trusted advisor to the ELT leaders and SLT member on people, workforce and organisational matters.
• Influences leadership decisions through data, insights and commercial understanding.
• Builds strong partnerships with leaders to proactively identify opportunities and address organisational challenges.
• Balances enterprise priorities with functional business needs to deliver practical people solutions.
• Develops and executes clear, measurable segment people plans aligned to achieve the Global People Strategy.
• Partners with leaders to identify priorities that improve business, team and leadership performance.
• Utilises workforce intelligence to track progress and impact.
• Leads workforce planning activities to identify future workforce requirements - headcount, skills mix and capability needs and puts plans in place to address gaps and opportunities.
• Designs and delivers talent management programs, succession planning and leadership pipeline development.
• Coaches' senior leaders to build high-performing, accountable and inclusive teams.
• Supports leaders to improve employee engagement, culture and performance outcomes using enterprise culture and engagement frameworks
• Builds leadership capability through focused development and coaching initiatives. Strengthens collaboration, alignment and accountability across leadership teams.
• Leads organisational design initiatives that improve effectiveness, scalability and performance.
• Assesses organisational impacts, risks and readiness for change.
• Partners with leaders to successfully implement and sustain change initiatives.
• Leads the implementation of enterprise people programs and frameworks within the segment.
• Partners with Corporate to embed talent, performance, reward, engagement and capability initiatives.
• Ensures consistent application of people policies, frameworks and practices. Identifies opportunities to improve adoption and effectiveness of enterprise programs.
• Provide expert guidance to leaders on employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent and legally sound outcomes
• Manages employee relations matters and escalates high risk matters to the CPO

Skills

HRBP

Stakeholder mgmt

Workforce analytics

Talent management

Change management

People data

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS systems

Excel

Job description

Coates Group is seeking a senior HR Business Partner to partner with ELT leaders on people, workforce and organisational matters in a dynamic, global tech‑driven environment. You will influence leadership decisions using data, build strong partnerships, and deliver practical, scalable people solutions across segment priorities.

You will lead workforce planning, design and change initiatives, champion talent development and leadership pipelines, and coach senior leaders to foster high performing,