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About the Role

This senior role partners Executive members across Commercial, Marketing and Finance, supporting around 200 employees from Sydney HQ. As a member of the Extended Leadership Team and second-in-command within People & Culture, it will help shape Diageo Australia through an exciting period of transition and growth.

Responsibilities

• Owns the people strategy and annual plan for Commercial, Marketing and Finance, aligned to global/local principles and growth priorities.
• Operates as senior trusted advisor to Executive members, challenging constructively and shaping organisation choices.
• Leads end-to-end priority P&C projects and pillars, setting outcomes, governance, stakeholder engagement and execution.
• Owns talent for the function and enables decisions on talent, succession, leadership, culture, organisation design and workforce investment.
• Acts as second-in-command to the P&C Director where required, representing P&C in senior forums.
• Partners Commercial, Marketing and Finance from Sydney HQ, supporting around 200 employees in a fast-paced, matrixed business.
• Connects people strategy to growth, performance, brand, customer and financial outcomes.
• Supports a business transition requiring future-fit organisation design, capability building and culture leadership.
• Partners CoEs (Talent Engagement, Reward, L&D, OE, I&D) and offshore People Services (FirstPoint).
• Build leadership capability and team effectiveness, embedding performance expectations and approaches, inclusive leadership and a culture that supports growth.
• Shape talent, succession and capability plans with CoEs, deepening bench strength and accelerating development in critical roles.
• Lead OE priorities including design, simplification, productivity, role clarity and ways-of-working for a future-fit business.
• Translate business strategy into people priorities, using insight, data and commercial judgement to drive performance and growth.
• Lead end-to-end P&C projects and change initiatives through clear governance, stakeholder engagement and adoption.

Requirements

• Proven senior HRBP experience partnering Executive members and senior leadership teams in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect people strategy to growth, customer, brand and financial outcomes.
• Deep generalist capability across talent, OE, culture, leadership, performance and change.
• Experience leading end-to-end people projects or strategic HR pillars with measurable business impact.
• Understanding of the Australian employment landscape, people risk and ER matters.
• Confidence using HR systems and analytics (e.g., Workday, LMS, Power BI) to generate insights and track outcomes.
• Independent problem solver with strong judgement, pace, resilience and delivery orientation.
• Credible with Executive stakeholders; able to challenge constructively, coach deeply and build trust quickly.
• Strong commercial lens; curious about the business, close to the numbers and comfortable with growth and transformation.
• Thrives in a global matrix and delivers through others, connecting CoEs, People Services and business leaders.

Skills

• Talent Management
• Organisation Effectiveness
• Culture Leadership
• Commercial Partnership
• Project Management
• Change Management
• HR Systems and Analytics
• Problem Solving
• Judgement
• Pace
• Resilience
• Delivery Orientation
• Coaching
• Trust Building
• Commercial Acumen

Location

• Sydney HQ

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• Market-leading salary
• Performance-driven bonus

Benefits

• Flexible ways of working
• Industry-leading family leave
• Generous paid parental leave
• Support for life’s key moments
• Health & wellbeing support
• Mental health resources
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Employee assistance programmes
• Career growth opportunities
• Access to global opportunities
• Leading learning programmes
• Clear pathways for development
• Inclusive culture
• Employee discounts and experiences across our iconic portfolio

About the Company

• With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company.
• From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love.
• Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere.
• Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world.
• With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills.
• Every day, over 29,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.
• From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities.

Equal Opportunity

• Creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
• We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense.
• This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you.
• You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.