People and Culture Manager

Your first hire is you.

Most HR roles hand you a function to maintain. This one gives you a blank page, a growth plan and a team that’s about to grow fast.

The business
A Melbourne-based, venture-backed ad tech / commerce media scale-up. Its award-winning technology is used by global brands and works with some of the world’s biggest media and tech platforms. It recently closed a capital raise backed by a US investor and is now expanding into the US, the UK and Southeast Asia. Experienced senior leaders are being hired right across the business.

The opportunity
Headcount is heading from around 30 to 80+, and most of the new hires will be outside Australia. Until now, HR has been one of several jobs held by a senior leader. You’ll be the first person whose whole job is people. You’ll assess what’s in place, decide what to build, and then build it yourself.

What you’ll do

• Own HR end to end: policy, contracts, ER, performance and engagement
• Build scalable foundations, including HRIS, payroll, onboarding and people data
• Drive hiring for around 50 roles and personally lead senior hires
• Set up consistent, compliant people practice across Australia, the US, the UK and Asia with EOR and local partners
• Advise the founder and leadership team as a steady, trusted voice

What you’ll bring

• A track record of building HR in a startup or scale-up through growth
• Experience supporting people outside Australia (US, UK or Asia) or working with EORs and offshore teams
• A hands-on approach: you’ve implemented systems, policies and processes yourself
• Strong recruitment experience, including senior roles
• Composure with complex ER matters
• The confidence to challenge leadership, and the judgement to know when to do it
• Tech, SaaS, media or digital experience (highly regarded, not essential)

What’s in it for you

• Ground-floor ownership with real influence at founder and board level
• Global scope from day one
• A role that grows with the company
• Competitive senior package
• Hybrid working from an inner-city Melbourne office

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