Reference: REC000635-MNS-1
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will serve as the enterprise-wide people strategist and trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Board. You will architect a scalable, cross-border People & Culture blueprint across Australia, South Africa, the Netherlands, and the US—aligning organizational design, talent pipelines, and high-performance frameworks with rapid international expansion.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will serve as the enterprise-wide people strategist and trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Board. You will architect a scalable, cross-border People & Culture blueprint across Australia, South Africa, the Netherlands, and the US—aligning organizational design, talent pipelines, and high-performance frameworks with rapid international expansion.
Duties & Responsibilities
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People Operations, Infrastructure & Strategic Tooling
People Operations, Infrastructure & Strategic Tooling
- Must-Haves:
- Global HR Governance: Multi-entity international employment compliance, role architecture, and cross-border people governance (AU, EMEA, US).
- Workforce Design & Strategy: Organizational design, strategic workforce planning, executive succession mapping, and performance differentiation frameworks.
- People Systems & Analytics: Modern HRIS platforms, people analytics, workforce reporting dashboards, and data-driven talent modeling.
- Executive Advisory: Direct-to-CEO and Board-level reporting, executive remuneration, and change management.
- Nice-to-Haves:
- M&A Due Diligence: People-side integration, talent retention post-deal, and cultural unification in PE-backed environments.
- Modern HR Tech: AI & workflow automation tools for talent acquisition and onboarding scalability.
- Domain Exposure: Background within embedded hardware, IoT, software engineering, or innovation-led tech spaces.
- Architect the Global People Strategy: Design and deliver an enterprise-wide P&C roadmap that supports international scaling, commercial growth, and clear organizational accountability.
- Drive Performance & Talent Engine: Establish robust succession planning, global compensation benchmarks, and structured performance frameworks that reward results.
- Lead Systems, Data & M&A Readiness: Implement scalable global HR tech, build out talent metrics for Board reporting, and spearhead people-related diligence/integration for strategic acquisitions.
- Product-Led Engineering Heritage: Join a high-growth IoT leader where hardware, firmware, and software are designed in-house to solve mission-critical, physical-world challenges.
- Direct Strategic Ownership: True seat at the executive table with direct Board visibility and total autonomy to build out global people operations.
- Global Footprint, Agile Mindset: The backing of private equity with the agility and flat decision-making of a product-focused tech scale-up.