People & Culture Manager (ANZ)

About the role

LEAP, a LegalTech company providing Legal Practice Management solutions and part of the international LegalTech group ATI, is looking for a People & Culture Manager to report to the Chief People Officer and partner across ANZ. The role leads and coaches the P&C Partners, owns the employee lifecycle from hire to exit, and makes sure leaders and employees get fast, consistent and commercially sensible people support. It is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-moving business.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coach the P&C Partners, set clear priorities and hold a high bar on the quality of their work
• Own the ANZ people calendar: performance and salary reviews, engagement, onboarding, offboarding and reward and recognition
• Act as the senior escalation point for employee relations (performance, misconduct, grievances, restructures) with fair, legally sound and well-documented decisions
• Own ANZ policies, procedures and process documentation, keeping them current and aligned with Australian and New Zealand employment law
• Build a clear view of performance and potential across ANZ, including succession plans for critical roles
• Own ANZ people reporting on headcount, attrition, hiring and ER trends

Required profile

• Experience owning People & Culture in a function, region or large part of one, having led and grown a team of People professionals
• Hands-on, pragmatic approach: builds, tests and improves rather than spending months planning
• Coaches partners and leaders, and knows when to bring in experts
• Uses data to prioritise and drive decisions

Required skills

• Affinity for and knowledge of Australian employment law and complex employee relations, with New Zealand exposure or willingness to build it quickly
• Ability to build and document simple, reliable processes

What we offer

• Flexible and hybrid working, with arrangements suited to the candidate
• Celebrations, socials, sports teams and access to sailing and yacht events
• An additional paid wellbeing day each year, free gym membership, corporate dental plan and weekly office massages
• A new office with catered lunch and breakfast, fully stocked kitchen and on-site barista
• LEAP Home, a program supporting the purchase of a primary residence