Sydney-based Strategic P&C Director for Creative Agencies

Narooma; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Enero is a global group of creative and marketing agencies with Australian operations growing rapidly. We are seeking a commercially minded People & Culture Director who partners with agency CEOs to tackle people challenges and drive meaningful transformation over a 12-month contract.

Based in our Sydney office, you will balance hands-on delivery with strategic leadership across our P&C function. You’ll work closely with the Global P&C team to standardise and automate programs, lead

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior P&C Business Partner or Head of P&C in an agency or professional services business.
• Demonstrated experience driving transformation in business and within the P&C team.
• Hands-on with AI: used AI in P&C and driven adoption or automation.
• Experience integrating offshore or distributed teams across time zones.
• Strong Australian employment law and ER skills, with comfort in detail.
• Commercial, credible with CEOs and leaders, with coaching ability to lead a small team while doing the work.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEOs of the three Australian agencies as their P&C partner on org design, workforce planning, performance and culture.
• Drive responsible AI adoption: build skills, reshape roles, and policy.
• Integrate offshore and onshore teams in onboarding and ways of working.
• Collaborate with the Global P&C team to standardise and automate programs and processes.
• Lead employee relations and performance/reward cycles that support high performance.
• Champion culture, DE&I and wellbeing across the organisation.
• Lead and develop a small P&C team.

Skills

Senior P&C Partner

CEO collaboration

AI adoption in HR

Talent & performance

Change management

ER skills

Coaching

Job description

Enero is a global group of creative and marketing agencies with Australian operations growing rapidly. We are seeking a commercially minded People & Culture Director who partners with agency CEOs to tackle people challenges and drive meaningful transformation over a 12-month contract.

Based in our Sydney office, you will balance hands-on delivery with strategic leadership across our P&C function. You’ll work closely with the Global P&C team to standardise and automate programs, lead