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About the Role

A strategic, business-facing role responsible for shaping and delivering the people agenda across one or more PwC portfolios. This role partners with the People Leader to co-create and execute the people plan that drives culture, talent, learning, and workforce outcomes. It provides portfolio delivery and support across People, Partnership & Culture, orchestrating delivery through Centres of Excellence and People Solutions without owning day-to-day operational activities. This role has no direct reports.

Responsibilities

Co-create and implement a multi-year people plan aligned to business strategy, with clear outcomes, milestones, measures, and governance.
Partner with Culture, Leadership, Talent, Workforce Strategy, and Talent Acquisition teams to define cultural opportunities, translate workforce demand forecasts into proactive planning, and deploy targeted talent and learning interventions.
Collaborate with Finance to align workforce budgets, people investments, and productivity targets; build business cases and track ROI.
Drive AI-enabled workforce delivery by embedding AI literacy, leveraging AI tools and analytics for workforce planning, and partnering with AI Workforce Enablement to define future roles and skills.
Advise on organisation effectiveness, including structure, role clarity, team health, and ways of working to enhance agility, collaboration, and performance.
Act as a change agent for transformation initiatives.
Orchestrate delivery across Centres of Excellence and People Solutions to ensure integrated, best-practice people initiatives, operational effectiveness, and consistent execution.

Requirements

Over 10 years of strategic HR/business partnering experience in complex, matrixed organisations, delivering culture, talent, learning, and change outcomes.
Expertise in talent strategy, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, and integrating AI tools and people analytics.
Proven ability to collaborate across Centres of Excellence (L&D, Talent, Workforce, Culture) and influence senior leaders through strong executive presence and consulting skills.
Comprehensive knowledge of HR governance, the Australian employment landscape, and strong commercial acumen partnering with Finance on budgets, workforce costs, and ROI.
Experience in professional services or multi-line businesses (desirable).
Background in design thinking, systems thinking, or organisational network analysis (desirable).
Familiarity with Workday, Culture Amp, ServiceNow and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI) (desirable).

Skills

Accepting Feedback
Active Listening
Analytical Thinking
Business Partnering
Business Transformation
Career Development
Change Management
Coaching and Feedback
Co-Creation
Communication
Creativity
Data Analytics
Data-Driven Decision Making (DIDM)
Data-Driven Insights
Embracing Change
Emotional Regulation
Empathy
Employee Experience
Employee Life Cycle
Executive Negotiation
Human Capital Initiatives
Human Resources (HR) Coaching
Human Resources (HR) Metrics
Human Resources (HR) Policies

Location

Australia

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time

Experience Level

Senior Manager
Over 10 years

Benefits

Leadership development programs
Executive coaching
World-class parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks of leave for caregivers
Flexibility in work arrangements
Community united by purpose

About the Company

At PwC Australia, your skills meet purpose. We tackle big challenges across industries like finance, technology, energy, and health giving you the chance to make a real impact. Here, your growth is your priority. You’ll work with leading teams, explore new technologies, and unlock your full potential.
Join a global community of more than 370,000 people who value bold ideas, collaboration, and lasting change. Together, we’re building trust and shaping the future.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, neurodivergence, or any other protected characteristic and to maintaining a safe, respectful workplace for everyone.
We want you to have every opportunity to thrive in our selection process.
In the application form, you can let us know what adjustments you require during our recruitment process and/or any workplace accommodations you anticipate needing to help you perform your role.