Hr Partner Lead - Melbourne

Company Overview

We are a leading global professional services company dedicated to helping organizations build their digital core, optimize operations, accelerate revenue, and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. With 774,000 people serving clients in over 120 countries, we are at the forefront of technological change, leveraging our expertise in cloud, data, and AI, combined with industry experience and global delivery capabilities.

Role: HR Partner Lead

Location: Melbourne

Management Level: Senior Manager

Job Summary

Joining Human Resources at Accenture offers an opportunity to become a HR Practitioner, directly involved in talent strategy and delivering personalized experiences for our people. We seek individuals who enjoy solving complex challenges at the intersection of business and people, working within a diverse team committed to fostering growth and innovation in HR practices.

We invest significantly in capability development to cultivate world-class, future-ready HR professionals who are compassionate, innovative, agile, and lifelong learners.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead a team of HR Partners, ensuring alignment with business needs and talent strategies.
2. Provide coaching, learning, and career guidance to the HR team.
3. Support key escalations and collaborate with executive stakeholders.
4. Understand business/practice strategies and coach leaders and staff accordingly.
5. Manage HR metrics and share insights with business leaders.
6. Provide leadership coaching and guidance.
7. Oversee critical HR processes, including performance management.
8. Partner with leadership to promote inclusion, diversity, and well-being initiatives.
9. Monitor employee engagement and leverage listening strategies to enhance employee experience.
10. Collaborate with Talent Strategists and Business Leaders on talent development strategies.
11. Coordinate with Workforce Planning to align talent priorities with strategic demands.
12. Manage complex employee relations issues and provide coaching to leaders.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years in Human Resources, including at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in strategic HR management and business partnering.
• Comprehensive knowledge of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations.
• Strong leadership, team management, and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to develop and execute HR strategies and initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret metrics and inform decisions.
• Ability to build relationships with business leaders and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with talent management, organizational development, and change management.
• Proactive, adaptable, and capable of driving HR projects forward.