Strategic Director of People and Culture Partnerships

6 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia C01 Cochlear Limited (Australia) Full time
The Opportunity

Cochlear, a pioneering Australian company, is seeking a highly skilled Director People and Culture Business Partnering to join its global team. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is committed to helping people with severe hearing loss experience a life full of sound. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping the organization's culture and ensuring its workforce is equipped to meet the company's ambitious growth targets.



  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop integrated workforce strategies and human capital plans to support the achievement of medium- and long-term enterprise goals.
  • Drive a growth culture with clear accountability for performance by partnering with the People & Culture Centres of Expertise and Service and Experience.
  • Identify strategic capabilities and develop plans to grow these capabilities, enabling leaders to fully engage employees in their performance and development.
  • Lead the development of workforce strategies and plans to ensure the business has the strategic capabilities to grow the market, ensure the workforce is equipped to meet the business goals, and continuously improve its performance.
  • Leverage deep business understanding and commercial acumen to ensure the workforce strategy is competitive and sustainable and aligned with external trends and issues, including industrial relations, sustainability, work-life balance, local competitive pressures, and Cochlear's strategic business priorities.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate diagnostics to assess change impacts and inform change plans, priorities, and communication plans.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:



  • Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or Organizational Development.
  • The ability to focus and add value on outcomes that make a material difference for business performance.
  • Demonstrable skills in diagnosing issues at a systems level in an environment where cause and effect are not always apparent.
  • Experience in developing and upskilling leadership teams and the wisdom and judgment required to proactively consult with those teams.
  • Demonstrated track record of leading and managing transformational change initiatives.
  • Experience with change management, with demonstrated success in delivering effective engagement strategies, learning and development, and communications.
  • Experience in a sophisticated and complex business environment where maintaining competitiveness and growth has been a direct result of successful people programs.
  • Significant time in a P&C Business Partner role with a strong client focus, where problem-solving and judgment have been key in overcoming hurdles and sustaining continuous improvement in business performance.
  • Evidence of strong contributions to a global People & Culture function.
  • Strong team player and collaborator, with the ability to leverage all elements of the P&C operating model to deliver outcomes that positively impact business performance.

About Cochlear

Cochlear is a global leader in implantable hearing solutions, dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a life full of sound. Our mission is to give people the best lifelong hearing experience and access to innovative future technologies. We collaborate with the industry's best clinical, research, and support networks. That's why more people choose Cochlear than any other hearing implant company.

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