Interim People & Culture Transformation Manager

About Our Client

Our client is a global business undergoing significant transformation across its operations. As part of this journey, they in the process of maturing their support and shared services centre. We are looking for an Interim People & Culture Transformation Manager for a 12–18-month engagement based in Sydney, with Brisbane and Melbourne also considered.

The Role

This role will support People enablement projects, maintain delivery governance and act as a practical conduit between People stakeholders, shared services teams and external providers, spanning the end-to-end employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

- Drive end-to-end People transition coordination, including plans, milestones, readiness activities, risks and dependencies.
- Support the integration of People services and controls into a global shared services operating model.
- Coordinate People enablement projects spanning HRIS improvements, case management enhancements, reporting improvements and control standardisation.
- Maintain service delivery routines and performance reporting across the employee lifecycle.
- Manage relationships and operational follow-up with vendors.
- Partner with People leaders, regional HR teams, shared services and provider stakeholders to drive agreed outcomes.




- Maintain governance artefacts including transition documentation, action logs, issue registers and readiness checklists.

What You'll Bring

- Experience and background as a human resource professional, with a thorough understanding of operationally efficient people structures
- Demonstrated experience in People or HR shared services, Global Business Services, People service delivery, HR transition management or BPO-enabled People operating models.
- Hands-on experience coordinating People transitions, service integration and operational improvement across the employee lifecycle.
- Practical understanding of people processes including workforce administration, onboarding, employee data management, payroll and time interfaces, benefits, case management and offboarding.
- Experience managing outsourced People or HR service providers, including service reviews, performance reporting, compliance follow-up and issue resolution.
- Structured, delivery-focused and able to coordinate effectively across business, shared services and provider stakeholders in a complex, globally distributed workplace.

This role is for a 12-18 month period. To be eligible, you must have full Australian work rights without restrictions for the duration of the contract.

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📌 Interim People & Culture Transformation Manager (City of Sydney)
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📍 City of Sydney